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Champaign had huge hits with 1981's "How About Us" and 1983's "Try Again," but by the late 1980s, the Illinois group was struggling. So Champaign turned to the same Jackson, MS-based label that had been a refuge for Johnnie Taylor, Denise LaSalle, Latimore and other soul veterans: Malaco. In 1990, Champaign signed with Malaco and recorded IV, its first album since 1984's Woman In Flames. Lead singer Pauli Carman had been recording as a solo artist, and returned to the band for this decent but not earth-shattering release. Instead of jumping on the new jack swing bandwagon and adding an abundance of rapping, Champaign pretty much sticks with the type of pop-flavored R&B it had been recording since the early 1980s. Although Champaign uses a lot of keyboards and drum machines, R&B/adult contemporary tunes like "Belong," "Teardrops Fall" and "Trials of the Heart" aren't much different from the songs Champaign had done for its Columbia debut almost ten years earlier. The production is high-tech, but the writing is pretty much the same. IV was ignored by urban contemporary radio, and adult contemporary radio wasn't very responsive either. ~ Alex Henderson
Personnel: Pauli Carman, Rena Day (vocals).
Recording information: Daygroup Studios; Private Studios.
Champaign IV Music Review Purchase Champaign IV CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Joe Sample Spellbound CD (1989)
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With the supremely funky rhythm section of Marcus Miller (bass), Lenny Castro (percussion) and Omar Hakim (drums) propelling his piano most of the way -- the other ringers on a few tracks aren't bad either -- you would think that Joe Sample couldn't miss on this solo outing, Spellbound. Indeed, his distinctive piano cannot be mistaken for anyone else's, free of the usual mainstream influences and always a pleasure to groove to. And yet there is something too comfortable, too settled, too automatic about the musicmaking here, as if the grooves are being smothered by a warm, snuggly electric blanket. Another ...
| | Bootsy Collins One Giveth, The Count Taketh Away CD (1982)
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With the release of the semi-autobiographically titled The One Giveth, The Count Taketh Away (1982), William "Bootsy" Collins (bass/vocals) concluded his eight-year relationship as a Warner Brothers artist. Once again, Collins came armed with a cache of longtime associates, namely sibling Phelps "Catfish" Collins (guitar), Bernie Worrell (keyboards), Robert "P-Nut" Johnson (vocals), and Frankie "Kash" Waddy (drums). Plus, of course, the Horny Horn section with Collins' fellow James Brown and P-Funk alums Maceo Parker (sax) and Fred Wesley (trombone). An added surprise to the assembled ensemble are synth-funksters Midnight Star, who are credited on the rear LP jacket under the heading "Vocalists who helped me make it" -- though not mentioned individually. Other than co-writing the sassy opener "Shine-O-Myte (Rag Popping)," George Clinton is conspicuously absent, with Bootsy listed as producer. Worrell's keyboards ...
| | How 'Bout Us: The Very Best Of Champaign CD (2003)
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| | Jeffrey Osborne From The Soul CD (2005)
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Smooth soul singer Jeffery Osborne dropped FROM THE SOUL, a classy set of cover songs, in 2005. Osborne is a gentle, sensuous vocalist with a great deal of control and subtlety, so it is a treat to hear him on these tunes, some of which are quite well known.
Gamble and Huff's romantic soul classic "Close the Door" ...
| | Ludacris Presents: Disturbing Tha Peace CD (2005)
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| | Ruff Endz Cash, Money, Cars, Clothes CD (2001)
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| | Bill Jennings Stompin' With Bill CD (1950)
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| | That's My Stuff, Chicago 1929-1930 CD (1998)
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| | Z Z Hill Blues Business CD (1997)
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| | Mary Louise Defender Wilson My Relatives Say CD (2001)
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| | Stomps & Blues CD (1994)
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| | Sunrize CD (1982) (Import) Japan
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| | Krishna Das Pilgrim Heart CD (1998)
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Krishna Das, an American devotee of the late Indian guru Neem Karoli Baba, has become the Western world's most beloved chanter by virtue of records like PILGRIM HEART, which fuse traditional Hindu slokas and mantras to vibrant pop melodies from various cultures. It may sound pretentious or schlocky on paper, but Das's aim is true. Warmth, wit, and humility radiate from every track of this album (and its self-deprecating liner notes), and the stylistic experiments succeed most of the time, making the chants accessible and even catchy.
With the exception of the dreamy "Mother Song," the lyrics derive from Sanskrit texts--there are chants to Shiva, Krishna, and a slew of goddesses. One chant to Krishna materializes as a slow but stirring gospel number, weaving in and out of lines from "Amazing Grace," ...
| | Matt Schofield Trio, Live CD (2005)
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| | Ron Griffin It's What It Is CD (2003)
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Philadelphia born, Ron Griffin has always wanted to compose music and now he does it and he does it well. Ron started playing the bass at the age of seventeen and recalls learning a great deal from another Philly bassist Ralph Downs, who was cut out of the James Jamerson mold, Motown’s great bassist. Ron grew to love and copy Jamerson’sApproach to the bass guitar.”One of the things that I learned ...
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