Forever Your Girl (1988).
Review:
Singer/dancer/choreographer Paula Abdul hit the big time with the third single, “Straight Up,” off this album, which sparked a string of hits that carried through to her follow-up. Despite having a slight voice, her voice is distinct and perfectly suited to this synthesized type of late-’80s dance-pop. “Cold Hearted” is insistent and catchy, “Forever Your Girl” is sweet and accessible, and “Opposites Attract” gives Abdul a chance to spar with the Wild Pair. There is some filler — “Next to You,” for example — that hasn’t aged as well as the better material, but overall this is a consistent album with some great dance-pop songs. Unfortunately, as Abdul and her material matured, her audience waned.(Bryan Buss – All Music Guide).
Tracks
1. The Way That You Love Me
2. Knocked Out
3. Opposites Attract
4. State Of Attraction
5. I Need You
6. Forever Your Girl
7. Straight Up
8. Next To You
9. Cold Hearted
10. One Or The Other
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Paula Abdul – Forever Your Girl (1988)
Julio 26, 2009 a 1:58 am (Dance, Pop)
Caldera – Caldera (1976)
Julio 26, 2009 a 12:43 am (Funk Jazz, Fusion)
Caldera (1976).
With Wayne Henderson of Crusaders fame handling the production, Caldera showed a great deal of promise on its self-titled 1976 debut album. The Latin jazz-fusion unit isn’t afraid to take chances on such imaginative pieces as Jorge Strunz’s “El Juguete” and Eduardo del Barrio’s “Exaltation” — chances that pay off in a major way. Though one can tell that Caldera’s members were well aware of such explorers as Return to Forever, Weather Report, and the Mahavishnu Orchestra, it’s also clear that they were major Earth, Wind & Fire fans and had absorbed a wide variety of Latin music. Strunz and del Barrio were hardly the only fusionists who incorporated Latin rhythms in the 1970s — Chick Corea, George Duke, Wayne Shorter, Al DiMeola, and Joe Zawinul were all well aware of the musical innovations of Latinos, but Caldera was unique in the sense that the band represented a real melting pot of Latinos bringing different ideas to the table. And on this LP, those ideas work magnificently.(Alex henderson-All Music Guide).
Tracks:
1. Guanacaste
2. Coastin’
3. Exaltation
4. Synesthesia
5. Out of the Blue
6. El Juguete
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