Karyn White’s voice is stupendous. Shame her momentum stalled after The away I Feel About You. This remains special.
Older albums you're loving today.
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I think this will always be my fave Brandy record. She and Timbaland were a great combination.
I thought Full Moon was good, but this topped it for me. Great album.
The complete over-saturation of Pink on Australian radio has really put me off her in recent years, but listened to this for the first time in years today on my evening walk and it really is a fantastic record
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Due to the new SWV and Xscape reality show I'm finally doing a discography deep dive on both.
I'm more familiar with SWV so it's been nice to revisit the singles from It's About Time (and to find out that as an album it's pretty much all killer, no filler!) - with Xscape I'm going in blind, and while the debut has its moments (Pumpin', Let Me Know, With You, and Love On My Mind are all great), it's definitely more patchy. Just Kickin' It in particular disappointed me; I'm not fond of the lyrics and overall I found it pretty meh, which is weird since it's one of their signature songs. Hopefully their other two albums are stronger!
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The 3CD Deluxe Edition. Packaging is glossy and beautiful (and a damn sight better than the original CD artwork, for a change) but I know I'll be bugged by the errors on the bonus discs. Hence waiting for it to be 50% off at HMV. 8 quid is more than reasonable. The remaster is a bit loud but does sound pretty good.
A good album that didn't deserve to flop so badly (blame the great pop bloodletting of Q4 1986).
Why haven’t I been told daily to go and listen to this?!?!?!
Wig indeed
Incredible album:
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SWV vs. Xscape day 2. For me both groups' sophomore albums seem to be mirrors of each other, in that New Beginnings isn't as bulletproof as It's About Time, while so far Off The Hook has higher highs than Hummin'... did. I still largely prefer SWV in terms of vocals and overall production though - It's All About U is one of my favorite R&B songs of the 90s.
Talk about the passion...!Incredible album:
SWV vs. Xscape day 2. For me both groups' sophomore albums seem to be mirrors of each other, in that New Beginnings isn't as bulletproof as It's About Time, while so far Off The Hook has higher highs than Hummin'... did. I still largely prefer SWV in terms of vocals and overall production though - It's All About U is one of my favorite R&B songs of the 90s.
Both acts are on my list to explore, I always assumed I would prefer Xscape given how much I love Kandi's first solo album and the many bops she's penned. I only know 2-3 of SWV's singles, all of which I've enjoyed.
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Kandi definitely has the best vocals for me out of everyone in Xscape. So far SWV's albums are a lot stronger on the whole though
This week’s selection of older albums I am loving this week comes in the form of five that I have been hammering on non-stop heavy rotation!
Ace of Base - The Golden Ratio
Bardot - Play It Like That
Jessica Simpson -Irresistable
Brandy - Full Moon
Paula Abdul - Forever Your Girl
Some of these remain week from week while others I swap out for others, but yeah, this week it has been these five non stop!
Ace of Base - The Golden Ratio
Bardot - Play It Like That
Jessica Simpson -Irresistable
Brandy - Full Moon
Paula Abdul - Forever Your Girl
Some of these remain week from week while others I swap out for others, but yeah, this week it has been these five non stop!
Been listening to all these three
They're actually all quite solid efforts? Bittersweet World is definitely the best, she really did release her best album with barely any promotion and then just disappeared ddd
They're actually all quite solid efforts? Bittersweet World is definitely the best, she really did release her best album with barely any promotion and then just disappeared ddd
