Chinesse Wall (1984)
At the time Philip Bailey persuaded Phil Collins to produce his second solo album, Chinese Wall, Collins was among the hottest pop stars in the world. The advantage to that, of course, is the exposure it affords, and after the merely modest success of his debut solo album, Continuation, Bailey needed the reflected glory. On the other band, it’s hard to shine yourself in such a glare, and although Bailey’s name was on the gold-selling hit single “Easy Lover,” a duet with Collins that helped the album take off, it’s Collins’ singing and drumming that one remembers. Elsewhere, tunes like “Photogenic Memory” and “Walking On The Chinese Wall” better represent Bailey’s ability to handle a variety of material from ballads to techno dance tracks with his elastic falsetto. Still, Chinese Wall was a gold-selling standoff that made Bailey a solo hitmaker without really establishing him on his own. (AMG)
Tracks:
1. Photogenic Memory
2. I Go Crazy
3. Walking on the Chinese Wall
4. For Every Heart That’s Been Broken
5. Go
6. Easy Lover
7. Show You the Way to Love
8. Time Is a Woman
9. Woman
10. Children of the Ghetto
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Philip Bailey – Chinesse Wall (1984)
Julio 7, 2009 a 9:59 pm (Pop, R&B)
Plush – Plush (1982)
Julio 7, 2009 a 9:57 pm (R&B)
Plush (1982)
Àngela Winbush is a “three-hyphen” musician – producer- arranger-composer-performer – who had a big impact on Urban Contemporary charts in the late 80s, originally as part of the duo René and Àngela, and is still around today. She creates enveloping tracks (either moody and introspective or lively and bouncy) with layers of keyboards, gorgeous melodic hooks and lush vocals. She has a powerful voice, an exceptional range and a unique style – she started out as a backup singer for Stevie Wonder among others. Lyrically, she writes nothing but love songs, but with real feeling and originality, never trite. She’s one of a handful of women in her generation – along with Patrice Rushen and Brenda Russell – who produced not only their own material but also other artists’, working extensively with, among others, the Isley Brothers (she was married to Ronald Isley for most of the 90s).
Watson, Moore and Winbush produced the debut for this group, sort of a Shalamar clone made up of Siedah Garrett, Tony Phillips and Ambrose Price II. Rene & Angela didn’t push themselves too hard for new material: “Free And Easy” and “Strangers Again” are recycled from their own debut album. Two songs were written by band members, “Gonna Get Ya” and “Living For Your Love.” Generally it’s midtempo grooves, soothing and not particularly distinctive (“I Don’t Know”; “We Got The Love” – both Garrett leads), occasionally showing the buzzing synths that would be more prominent on future releases (“Burnin’ Love,” the single). The same year, the team also produced half of Janet Jackson’s debut.(www.warr.com)
Tracks:
1. Burnin’ Love
2. We’ve Got The Love
3. Free And Easy
4. Coast To Coast
5. Gonna Get Ya
6. Lovin’ For Your Love
7. Strangers Again
8. I Don’t Know (Where Loves Comes From)
**Listen**
Various Artists – Sugar Hill ‘The Sound Of The Street’ Vol.2 (1998)
Julio 7, 2009 a 2:39 am (Funk, Rap)
Sugar Hill ‘The Sound Of The Street’ Vol.2 (1998)
Rhino – Warner Music (1998).
Tracks:
01. The Birthday Party – Grandmaster Flash & The Fourious Five
02. The Adventure Of Grandmaster Flash – Grandmaster Flash
03. Let’s Dance (Make Your Body Move) – Web Street Mob
04. Apache – The SugarHill Gang
05. Sing A Simple Song – Web Street Mob
06. Whip It – The Treacherous Three
07. Ooh Baby – Web Street Mob
08. Message II (Survival) – Melle Mel & Duke Bootee
09. The Word Is Out – The Sugarhill Gang
10. White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It) – Grandmaster & Melle MEL
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Various Artists – Sugar Hill ‘The Sound Of The Street’ Vol.1 (1998)
Julio 7, 2009 a 2:22 am (Funk, Rap)
Sugar Hill “The Sound Of The Street” Rhino-Warner Music (1998).
Tracks:
1. Rapper’s Delight – Sugarhill Gang
2. Funk You Up – The Sequence
3. Super-Wolf Can Do It – SuperWolf
4. Freedom – Grandmaster Flash & The Furoius 5
5. Monster Jam – Spoonie Gee Meets The sequence
6. People get On Up – Positive Force
7. 8th Wonder – The Sugarhill Gang
8. That’s The Joing – Funky 4+1
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