Critical Assessment
Critically, both the recordings and Richard's self-parodying persona of the time have been regarded as low points in his career: Vee Jay rerecorded many of Richard's Specialty hits, too. But, blinded by commercial considerations, they rushed the session without concern for quality. The result was dreadful. Low-key promotion and the overwhelming "invasion" of British groups prevented the records from making it. His stage act was rapidly becoming a form of self-parody. The undiscriminating audiences, who seemed to love his camp fooling more than his music, encouraged his displays of narcissistic nonsense and he became even more eccentric." (page 127).
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