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Doris

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A vintage pop oddity of sorts, but one that’s worthwhile for its musical content at least as much as its curiosity value, the lone LP by Swedish chanteuse Doris (nee Svensson) is an accomplished and somewhat offbeat collection of lush pop, soul, and light funk. Cut in 1970 with a handful of veteran Swedish jazz and rock musicians who sound completely at home playing in a variety of primarily American idioms, Did You Give the World Some Love Today Baby reveals Doris to be a singer of considerable range with plenty of personality. She’s a throaty belter on the funky, country-inflected “Waiting at the Station,” the Northern soul-styled groovers “Don’t” and “Beatmaker,” and the brassy pop-soul title tune (even coming off a bit worryingly unhinged as she exhorts “you’ve got to love the one you love/and the whole darn world as well”) — but she scales back the fireworks for sweet, if somewhat fey, ballads l