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Produced by band guitarist Stephen Shockley, Power was Lakeside's last nationally charting album. Issued during the waning years of R&B bands, it has healthy heaping of both funk cuts and slow jams. The opening track, "Relationships," written by onetime Prince & the Revolution bassist Brownmark, was a Top 24 R&B single in the spring of 1987. Still, it's the LP's ballads that left the most lasting impressions. The crystalline "To Be Your Lover" remains a heart-melter almost two decades after its release and was curiously never released as a single, despite receiving massive radio play. The other standout ballad, "Bullseye," was a Top 33 R&B hit during the summer of 1987. Former Slave member Steve Arrington's wife, India Arrington, co-wrote the inspiring, poppin' title track which sports the lyric: "What makes you better than the roaches on the wall/Until you get up from the bottom/You'll both have to crawl." "Bullseye" appears on The Best of Lakeside [Sequel] and Galactic Grooves: The Best of Lakeside.
© Ed Hogan /TiVo
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Mark Brown, Composer, Writer - Stephen Shockley, Producer, Keyboards, Lead Guitar - Lakeside, MainArtist
© 1987 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1987 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Craig Cooper, Composer, Writer - India Arrington, Composer, Writer - Gary Johnson, Composer, Writer - Stephen Shockley, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, Writer, Lead Guitar - Lakeside, MainArtist - Fred Alexander Jr., Composer, Writer - Norman Beavers, Composer, Writer
© 1987 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1987 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Kenny Nolan, Composer - Stephen Shockley, Producer, Keyboards, Lead Guitar - Lakeside, MainArtist
© 1987 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1987 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Daryl Simmons, Composer, Writer - Kenneth Edmonds, Composer, Writer - Stephen Shockley, Producer, Keyboards, Lead Guitar - Lakeside, MainArtist
© 1987 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1987 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Stephen Shockley, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, Writer, Lead Guitar - Lakeside, MainArtist
© 1987 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1987 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Stephen Shockley, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, Writer, Lead Guitar - Lakeside, MainArtist
© 1987 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1987 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Stephen Shockley, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, Writer, Lead Guitar - Lakeside, MainArtist - Fred Alexander Jr., Composer, Writer
© 1987 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1987 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Allan Rich, Composer, Writer - Leon Sylvers, Composer, Writer - Troy Johnson, Composer, Writer - Stephen Shockley, Producer, Keyboards, Lead Guitar - Lakeside, MainArtist
© 1987 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1987 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Mark Brown, Composer, Writer - Stephen Shockley, Producer, Keyboards, Lead Guitar - Lakeside, MainArtist
© 1987 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1987 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Album review
Produced by band guitarist Stephen Shockley, Power was Lakeside's last nationally charting album. Issued during the waning years of R&B bands, it has healthy heaping of both funk cuts and slow jams. The opening track, "Relationships," written by onetime Prince & the Revolution bassist Brownmark, was a Top 24 R&B single in the spring of 1987. Still, it's the LP's ballads that left the most lasting impressions. The crystalline "To Be Your Lover" remains a heart-melter almost two decades after its release and was curiously never released as a single, despite receiving massive radio play. The other standout ballad, "Bullseye," was a Top 33 R&B hit during the summer of 1987. Former Slave member Steve Arrington's wife, India Arrington, co-wrote the inspiring, poppin' title track which sports the lyric: "What makes you better than the roaches on the wall/Until you get up from the bottom/You'll both have to crawl." "Bullseye" appears on The Best of Lakeside [Sequel] and Galactic Grooves: The Best of Lakeside.
© Ed Hogan /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 00:43:41
- Main artists: Lakeside
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Sanctuary Records
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 1987 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1987 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
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