Luther vandross song listing late 90s3/24/2024 ![]() ![]() ![]() E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator ![]() Sorry,have to disagree with you several of Luther's 80s albums were definitely R&B classics.I forgot to mention his 1985 album 'The Night I Fell In Love'.That's a classic too.These songs were all over the radio back then,even the non-singles.His masterpiece is 1986's 'Give Me The Reason',an album where nearly every song got alot of attention and airplay.I once read that Prince was heavily into this album and Patti LaBelle's 'The Winner In You' album.both of these albums inspired him to come up with "Adore". Jackson was so hot in that period that he became the first artist in more than 40 years to supplant himself with on the Billboard R&B Singles chart with back-to-back No. 1 album on the Billboard R&B Albums chart. ![]() In fact, 1986's "Just Like the First Time" spent something like an amazing 27 weeks as the No. Signature 1980s albums would be something like Janet Jackson's "Control," Anita Baker's "Rapture," Prince's "1999" and "Purple Rain," Rick James' "Street Songs," etc.Īs for Freddie Jackson, where Vandross has him beat is in longetivity Jackson's albums "Rock Me Tonight," "Just Like the First Time," "Don't Let Love Slip Way" and "Do Me Again" were as equally successful as anything Vandross put out in the 1980s. It's a stretch to call any of Luther Vandross' albums signature albums for the 1980s - the quality of the albums were consistently good, but if anything Vandross does not have one definitive album that can be considered a landmark effort. And what good is a lover-man soul singer who won't move past his overly rehearsed phrasings and go all the way?įreddie Jackson has talent,but I think Luther simply made better music.Luther has several albums that are true classics ('Never Too Much','Forever For Always For Love',and 'Give Me The Reason').It's impossible to discuss 80s R&B without mentioning these albums.Freddie was more of a singles artist.I truly can't name a "classic" album by him. Even his signature song - his remake of "Superstar" - is a testament of how it seemed that people are more caught up in his vocal performance than any inherent sensuality. I found myself spending more time listening to Vandross' vocal technique than being swept up in the emotion of the song. IMO, his contemporary and one-time rival Freddie Jackson's music was much more romantic than Vandross'. But IMO his songs lacked the passion and emotion and essentially stopped before they got to where love songs by Marvin, T.P., The Isley Brothers and Barry started. However, they are the type of songs that I would play in the background of a party of mixed company of upwardly mobile people. I feel Vandross produced his vocal style and production to where it was too polished, too much technique and had hardly any feeling.ĭon't get me wrong - Vandross' songs were performed expertly and he sang them wonderfully. Where I find Vandross to be lacking compared to the great soul male romantic singers (see Al Green, Barry White, Teddy Pendergrass, Marvin Gaye) is that his musical style lacked emotion. However, you have to judge the entire package (namely, his songs and the production and quality of said songs). As I said on another thread, Luther Vandross technically had an incredible voice and showed ample and great usage of his gift. ![]()
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