Tracks Masterpiece Theater [CASSETTE]
- Falling In Love
- Number One Man
- Beat Of Love
- Que Sera Sera (Whatever Will Be Will Be)
- Love Won't Take Me Out
- No No No (Can't Come Back)
- Suite Intro
- Latin Soul
- Work It Out
- Love You Crazy
- Those Dogs
- Riddle
- Suite Outro
- Sad But True
Publisher: East West Release date: 2000-05-22 RRP: £12.99 Price: £19.01
Review Masterpiece Theater [CASSETTE] / En Vogue:When En Vogue broke onto the scene (initially with "Hold on", in 1990, then with 1992's Funky Divas), they did it with a democratic blend of future-looking r&b: four powerful voices and a spare-no-expense production budget that updated classic r&b with its blend of sounds and styles. On their fourth album, the group-reduced to a vocal trio after their second album; former EV-member Dawn Robinson unveiled her Lucy Pearl project about the same time as this album was released-switches direction. In a post-Lauryn-Hill world, En Vogue's classic sound no longer sounds so innovative, so on Masterpiece Theater they go classic. The production is still interesting, and even without Robinson, the remaining vocalists (Terry Ellis, Cindy Herron and Maxine Jones) pack a sultry punch. The Middle Eastern feel of "Beat of Love" makes it the perfect cabaret piece for a Casablanca update; "Those Dogs" blends rap into a doo-wop epic; "No No No (Can't Come Back)" is as classy as it is retro; and "Love You Crazy" is built around The Nutcracker Suite's "Dance of the Sugar Plum Faries". Only opener "Riddle" sounds quite like past EV albums, incorporating the burst-sound from "My Lovin'". Despite the title, En Vogue have already made their masterpiece with Funky Divas; this album shows that, despite that, there's still fuel left in the engine. -Randy Silver.
Tracks I Learned From The Best [CASSETTE]
- I Learned from the Best [Jr. Vasquez Disco Mix]
- I Learned from the Best [Original Version]
- I Learned from the Best [HQ2 Uptempo Remix]
Publisher: Arista Price: £19.57
Review I Learned From The Best [CASSETTE] / Whitney Houston:
Publisher: Jive Release date: 1994-08-22 RRP: £4.99 Price: £40.95
Review At Your Best (You Are Love) / Aaliyah:
Tracks Why Do Fools Fall in Love? [CASSETTE]
- Endless Love
- Sweet Surrender
- Work That Body
- Sweet Nothings
- Two Can Make It
- Think I'm in Love
- Why Do Fools Fall in Love?
- Mirror Mirror
- It's Never Too Late
Publisher: RCA Release date: 1990-10-17 Price: £4.99
Review Why Do Fools Fall in Love? [CASSETTE] / Diana Ross:
Tracks Can't Take That Away [12" VINYL]
- Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme) [Album Version]
- Can't Take That Away [Morales Club Mix]
- Can't Take That Away [Morales Instrumental]
- Crybaby [Album Version Featuring Snoop Dogg]
- Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme) Morales Revival Triumphant Mix
Publisher: Columbia RRP: £6.99 Price: £25.37
Review Can't Take That Away [12" VINYL] / Mariah Carey:
Tracks Selection of Marvin Gaye: The Man, The Music, The Legend
- Distant Lover [Live]
- I Heard It Through the Grapevine
- Sexual Healing
- Stubborn Kind of Fellow
- Rockin' After Midnight
- Pride and Joy
- Come Get to This
- Interlude/African Dance
- Medley: Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing/Heaven Must Have Sent You - Marvin Gaye,
- Third World Girl
- Joy (Dedication to My Father)
- Intro
- Let's Get It On
- God Is My Friend
- What's Going On
- Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
Publisher: Golden Sounds Release date: 1998-08-11 RRP: £8.99 Price: £9.95
Review Selection of Marvin Gaye: The Man, The Music, The Legend / Marvin Gaye:
Tracks Not Over You Yet [CD 1]
Publisher: EMI Release date: 1999-10-04 RRP: £4.99 Price: £0.50
Review Not Over You Yet [CD 1] / Diana Ross:
Tracks Greatest Hits Live
- Joy
- Sexual Healing
- What's Going On
- Let's Get It On
- Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
- I Heard It Through the Grapevine
- Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing
- Distant Lover
- God Is Love
Publisher: Masters Intercontine Release date: 1996-02-23 RRP: £4.99 Price: £11.15
Review Greatest Hits Live / Marvin Gaye:
Tracks You Make Me Feel Brand New [CD2]
- Something For You (Live)
- You Make Me Feel Brand New (Live)
- Home (Live)
Publisher: Simplyred.Com Release date: 2003-12-08 RRP: £4.99 Price: £3.89
Review You Make Me Feel Brand New [CD2] / Simply Red:
Publisher: Sony Release date: 1996-04-23 Price: £4.99
Review Always Be My Baby [12" VINYL] / Mariah Carey:
Tracks Never Miss the Water [12" VINYL]
- Never Miss the Water [Album Version]
- Papillon (A.K.A. Hot Butterfly) [Stylus Club Mix]
- Never Miss the Water [Stylus Remix]
- Never Miss the Water [Franktified Club Mix]
- Never Miss the Water [Stylus Street Mix]
- Papillon (A.K.A. Hot Butterfly) [Album Version]
- Papillon (A.K.A. Hot Butterfly) [Frankie's Sunday Mix]
- Papillon (A.K.A. Hot Butterfly) [Stylus Club Anthem]
Publisher: Warner Bros. Release date: 1996-11-04 RRP: £7.99 Price: £18.82
Review Never Miss the Water [12" VINYL] / Chaka Khan:
Tracks Live: Word Up
- I Just Want to Be
- Shake Your Pants
- Word Up!
- She's Strange
- Why Have I Lost You
- Skin I'm In
- Candy
- Back and Forth
- Nasty
- Sparkle
Publisher: EMI RRP: £9.99 Price: £8.98
Review Live: Word Up / Cameo:
Tracks Sunshine
- Sunshine [Radio Edit]
- Sunshine [Frankie Knuckles Mambo Sunset Reprise]
- Sunshine [Frankie Knuckles Classic Club Mix]
Publisher: Unknown Label Release date: 1999-11-01 RRP: £5.99 Price: £3.16
Review Sunshine / Gabrielle:
Tracks Stars [CASSETTE]
- Your Mirror
- Stars
- Wonderland
- Thrill Me
- She's Got It Bad
- Freedom
- For Your Babies
- How Could I Fall
- Something Got Me Started
- Model
Publisher: East West Release date: 1991-10-01 Price: £7.99
Review Stars [CASSETTE] / Simply Red:Such was the omnipresence of Britain's biggest selling album in 1992 and 1993, that Stars sounds like a Greatest Hits in its own right. It's always been fashionable for critics to sneer at Simply Red's phenomenal success, but there's no denying the sumptuous clarity which pervades everything here, from the doting, devotional "For Your Babies" to the deliciously understated "Wonderland". Even clumsy forays into social commentary-"Model" and the Tory-baiting "Your Mirror"-are partially redeemed by a couple of cracking tunes. Lest we forget, Stars was Simply Red's last album as a fully functioning band. Hucknall may well have since written songs to equal "For Your Babies" and "Stars", but bereft of Fritz McIntyre's sunny keyboard sound and Heitor T. P. 's crisp, angular funk playing, he's never quite sounded so Simply Red. -Peter Paphides.
Publisher: Bmg/J Records
Review Take You Out / Luther Vandross:
Publisher: Tent Price: £3.99
Review Surely [CASSETTE] / Five Star:
Publisher: Sony
Review Said I Loved You (But I Lied) [CASSETTE] / Michael Bolton:
Publisher: Unknown Label Release date: 1999-07-14 RRP: £4.99 Price: £10.95
Review From the Heart / Another Level:
Tracks The Midnight Lover: Live in Concert
- Heaven Must Have Sent You
- Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
- Rockin' After Midnight
- What's Going On
- I Heard It Through The Grapevine
- Sexual Healing
- If This World Were Mine
- God Is Love
- Joy
- Let's Get It On
- Come Get To This
- Distant Lover
- Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing
Publisher: Summit Release date: 1996-11-01 RRP: £4.99 Price: £1.84
Review The Midnight Lover: Live in Concert / Marvin Gaye:
Tracks The Woman I Am [CASSETTE]
- Woman I Am
- Don't Look at Me That Way
- You Can Make the Story Right
- Everything Changes
- I Want
- Love You All My Lifetime
- Facts of Love
- Love With No Strings
- Be My Eyes
- Give Me All
- Keep Givin' Me Lovin'
- This Time
- Telephone
Publisher: Warner Bros / Wea Release date: 1992-04-14 Price: £5.99
Review The Woman I Am [CASSETTE] / Chaka Khan:
| Models & Brands: Masterpiece Theater [CASSETTE], I Learned From The Best [CASSETTE], At Your Best (You Are Love), Why Do Fools Fall in Love? [CASSETTE], Can't Take That Away [12" VINYL], Selection of Marvin Gaye: The Man, The Music, The Legend, Not Over You Yet [CD 1], Greatest Hits Live, You Make Me Feel Brand New [CD2], Always Be My Baby [12" VINYL], Never Miss the Water [12" VINYL], Live: Word Up, Sunshine, Stars [CASSETTE], Take You Out, Surely [CASSETTE], Said I Loved You (But I Lied) [CASSETTE], From the Heart, The Midnight Lover: Live in Concert, The Woman I Am [CASSETTE] |