Yes, oh yes, this was a great album of songs; funky and soulful, gritty and bluesy, and also quite poppy and tuneful in parts. Some definite candidates for Top 40 hits, and some groove-laden tracks where Robert and his musician buddies (if you don't know the names by now, look 'em up; it's an all-star cast) stretch out and get down with it. How much fun? A lot! Hard to believe that this was the same guy who later got slick for MTV and his chorus line of models. But this album, and a few more that came after it, show what a fine singer and interpreter of songs that he was.