The
gauche brilliance of "Love Will Keep Us Together" could not have prepared
us for what followed. The Captain & Tennille subsequently
unleashed a series of singles in such monumental bad taste that words fail me. "Muskrat
Love"? "Do That To Me One More Time"? "The Way That I Want
To Touch You"? I mean, wow, that stuff reeked. They even made Smokey Robinson's "Shop
Around" stink. The Captain & Tennille mastered the art of being squeaky
clean and grotesquely vulgar at the same time; if that gets you excited, grab
your tube top and meet me under the black light. Their Greatest Hits album,
released way back in 1977, leaves off about three years' worth of worthless drivel,
but is otherwise adequate and retains a certain nostalgic appeal. The Ultimate Collection (2001) is much more complete - but enter at your own risk.