Men's Groups - Measure X Measure On Our Own

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Mustang Sally

My Heart

Only You

Up the Ladder to the Roof

You Don't Treat Me No Good

Measure X Measure On Our Own

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The first thing that strikes one about this album is that it's so CLEAN. The production (all done by the group, by the way) is solid, the voices are in tune, the entrances and exits are all together, the vocal percussion riffs are great - it's Lysol clean. This may explain why it leaves this listener with a sanitized kind of feeling. Maybe it's that the opening track ("Up the Ladder to the Roof") has been done a lot. Granted, they do give it their own treatment (maybe that's where the title of the album comes from), as they do with many other standards - "You Don't Treat Me No Good," "Mustang Sally," and Flying Pickets' "Only You" among others. Their arrangement of the Mint Juleps' "Don't Let Your Heart" is the standout cover on the album. Of the five originals on the album, "Live and Learn" is the most interesting, pairing a reggae verse with a straight-pop chorus. They close the album with Duruflé's "Ubi Caritas" - a very surprising choice, done very well, with a modernized feeling to it. That just shows that these boys have paid their choral dues and have not forgotten from whence they came. (40:33 2003)
Song List:
Up the Ladder to the Roof
You Don't Treat Me No Good
My Heart
Mustang Sally
Only You
Live and Learn
So in Love With You
Everything
On Our Own
Don't Let Your Heart
Ubi Caritas
(40:33 2003)

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