I'm a big 80's / early 90's pop guy and I was surprised at how average this was, at least compared to some of the other pop / pop-rock oriented albums coming out in 1990 from other prominent artists (Depeche Mode, Everything But The Girl, Pet Shop Boys, Queensryche, Toy Matinee, Lava, etc.).
On this particular record, she sounds like a watered down Paula Abdul, but the second half of the album has some good stuff: 'The World Still Turns' livens things up a bit with sax, 'Things Can Only Get Better' has a nice hook, and 'Count The Days' sounds like a lost Miami Sound Machine classic.
Still, the so-called 'Golden Quartet' is pretty weak and there's no heavy hitting session players like Michael Landau or Jeff Porcaro to add some extra crunch to the overall pop sound. It also might have benefited from a production team like Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis instead of Stock-Aitken-Waterman. Oh well: nothing we can do about it.
5.5 out of 10
Last edited by Anteater; 04-30-2018 at 09:45 AM.
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