Consumer Guide Album

Gladys Knight & the Pips: Second Anniversary [Buddah, 1975]
Success of the Vegas/television sort does more than pollute the sensibility--it diverts one's attention from the grubby business of making records. It took two production teams to turn out this arrant product, a sure sign she knows something's wrong. Strongest cut: the Pips' (and Eugene McDaniels's) "Street Brother." C+