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Boy Meets Girl's George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam wrote Whitney Houston's "How Will I Know" and "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)," so they understand how important a foundation is to adult contemporary pop -- without something to pull the listener along, the songs become just flash and keyboard flutter, platitudes about love and loss. And while Reel Life suffers a little bit from the over-synthesized instrumentation of its era, Boy Meets Girl more often than not pushed the right melodic buttons on this, their biggest album. "Bring Down the Moon" and "Stay Forever" are particularly strong, while the hit single, "Waiting for a Star to Fall," is just a classic. "Trying to catch your heart is like trying to catch a star" -- the urgency as it drives toward its chorus is a clinic for durable songwriting. (It's no surprise that European house producer Mylo based an entire song around a single phrase from "Waiting for a Star to Fall.") "One Street Dream" and "Is Anybody out There in Love" make good use of Boy Meets Girl's coed vocal setup, and "No Apologies" gives Rubicam a chance to show off about halfway through, right before the too-saccharine sax solo. Reel Life rides that line, pairing its feel for songwriting in a 1970s soft rock style to a synthetic 1980s slickness. But ultimately it's the quality of the songs that wins out, making Reel Life one of the better lite rock entries of the era. ~ Johnny Loftus
Recording information: Greenstreet Studios, New York, NY; Mad Dog Studios, Venice, CA.
Director: Ria Lewerke.
Photographer: Michael Tighe.
Unknown Contributor Roles: George Merril; George Merrill.
Personnel: George Merrill (vocals, piano, keyboards, synthesizer, drum programming, sampler); Joe Turano, Shannon Rubicam, Susan Boyd (vocals); John Goux (guitar, electric guitar, dulcimer, drums); John Morton (guitar); Eric Williams (mandolin); Gary Herbig (oboe); Andy Snitzer (saxophone, alto saxophone); Larry Williams (alto saxophone); George Merril (piano, synthesizer, drum programming, sampler); Denny Fongheiser (keyboards, synthesizer, drums); Joe Mardin (synthesizer, programming); Richard Gibbs (synthesizer, sampler, sound effects); Thomas Hart (synthesizer); Kerry Hatch (bass synthesizer); Michael Jochum (drums, bongos, cymbals, percussion, sound effects); Tomas Hart (programming).
Audio Mixers: Joey Wolpert; David Leonard.
Reel Life Music | List Price | $6.98 (You save $1.33) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs | | Label | BMG Special Products | | Orig Year | 1988 | | All Time Sales Rank | 4639  | | CD Universe Part number | 6780492 | | Catalog number | 148361 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Apr 01, 2004 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | George Merril; Tomas Hart; George Merrill; Arif Mardin | | Engineer | Joey Wolpert; Rod Hui | | Recording Time | 45 minutes | | Personnel | Larry Williams - alto saxophone Larry Williams - alto saxophone Gary Herbig - oboe Andy Snitzer - saxophone, alto saxophone Richard Gibbs - synthesizer, sampler, sound effects Denny Fongheiser - keyboards, synthesizer, drums Joe Turano George Merrill - vocals, piano, keyboards, synthesizer, drum programming, sampler Joe Mardin - synthesizer, programming John Goux - guitar, electric guitar, dulcimer, drums
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