The final studio LP Reese recorded for RCA, Moody contained 12 tracks of songs about heartbreak and loss.

Before becoming a television actress (notably on the TV series Touched by an Angel), Della Reese was an established singer and recording artist.

The album's liner notes argue that while the songs are about despair, Reese's "rocking groove" could change listener's minds.

Billboard magazine wrote that, "Della tempers each love song with a touch of the blues for added effect and feeling".

[6] Meanwhile, Walt Friedwald of the book A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers praised it as a set "of exceptionally well-sung slow love songs".