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What looked at first like a premature marketing ploy -- a greatest-hits collection after only three albums? -- now makes some historical sense, for founding member Lee Ritenour left the quartet not long after the CD's release. So this is in essence a summary of Fourplay's first edition, a collection of mildly funky, ethereally voiced selections from Fourplay, Between the Sheets, and Elixir, where Ritenour, Bob James, Nathan East, and Harvey Mason integrate their personalities into a smoothly homogenized whole. To sweeten the pot for the hardcore fans, Fourplay recorded three new tracks for the album -- Stevie Wonder's "Higher Ground" with vocals by Take 6, "4 Play and Pleasure," and "Any Time of Day" -- all fairly uneventful. The musicianship is impeccable, the production velvety, and despite the suitable-for-lovemaking-and-commuting stamp of approval, one wishes that these fine players would just cut loose and really rip once in a while.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
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Harvey Mason, Composer - Fourplay, MainArtist - Michael Lange, Composer
(C) 1997 Evolution Media Ltd. / Cherry Red Records (P) 1997 Evolution Media Ltd. / Cherry Red Records
Nathan East, Composer - Fourplay, MainArtist - MARCEL EAST, Composer
(C) 1997 Evolution Media Ltd. / Cherry Red Records (P) 1997 Evolution Media Ltd. / Cherry Red Records
Fourplay, MainArtist - Stevie Wonder, Composer - Take 6, FeaturedArtist
(C) 1997 Evolution Media Ltd. / Cherry Red Records (P) 1997 Evolution Media Ltd. / Cherry Red Records
Fourplay, MainArtist - LEE RITENOUR, Composer
(C) 1997 Evolution Media Ltd. / Cherry Red Records (P) 1997 Evolution Media Ltd. / Cherry Red Records
Fourplay, MainArtist - BOB JAMES, Composer
(C) 1997 Evolution Media Ltd. / Cherry Red Records (P) 1997 Evolution Media Ltd. / Cherry Red Records
Fourplay, MainArtist - Marvin Gaye, Composer - Leon Ware, Composer - ARTHUR ROSS, Composer - EL DEBARGE, FeaturedArtist
(C) 1997 Evolution Media Ltd. / Cherry Red Records (P) 1997 Evolution Media Ltd. / Cherry Red Records
Fourplay, MainArtist - LEE RITENOUR, Composer - BOB JAMES, Composer
(C) 1997 Evolution Media Ltd. / Cherry Red Records (P) 1997 Evolution Media Ltd. / Cherry Red Records
Fourplay, MainArtist - LEE RITENOUR, Composer - BOB JAMES, Composer
(C) 1997 Evolution Media Ltd. / Cherry Red Records (P) 1997 Evolution Media Ltd. / Cherry Red Records
Chris Jasper, Composer - Ernie Isley, Composer - Marvin Isley, Composer - Nathan East, FeaturedArtist - Fourplay, MainArtist - CHAKA KHAN, FeaturedArtist - Ronald Isley, Composer - RUDOLPH ISLEY, Composer - O Kelly Isley, Jr., Composer
(C) 1997 Evolution Media Ltd. / Cherry Red Records (P) 1997 Evolution Media Ltd. / Cherry Red Records
Harvey Mason, Composer - Fourplay, MainArtist
(C) 1997 Evolution Media Ltd. / Cherry Red Records (P) 1997 Evolution Media Ltd. / Cherry Red Records
Nathan East, Composer - Sam Purkin, Composer - Fourplay, MainArtist
(C) 1997 Evolution Media Ltd. / Cherry Red Records (P) 1997 Evolution Media Ltd. / Cherry Red Records
Fourplay, MainArtist - Phil Collins, Composer, FeaturedArtist
(C) 1997 Evolution Media Ltd. / Cherry Red Records (P) 1997 Evolution Media Ltd. / Cherry Red Records
Reggie Lucas, Composer - Fourplay, MainArtist - Patti Austin, FeaturedArtist - Peabo Bryson, FeaturedArtist - James Mtume, Composer
(C) 1997 Evolution Media Ltd. / Cherry Red Records (P) 1997 Evolution Media Ltd. / Cherry Red Records
Album review
What looked at first like a premature marketing ploy -- a greatest-hits collection after only three albums? -- now makes some historical sense, for founding member Lee Ritenour left the quartet not long after the CD's release. So this is in essence a summary of Fourplay's first edition, a collection of mildly funky, ethereally voiced selections from Fourplay, Between the Sheets, and Elixir, where Ritenour, Bob James, Nathan East, and Harvey Mason integrate their personalities into a smoothly homogenized whole. To sweeten the pot for the hardcore fans, Fourplay recorded three new tracks for the album -- Stevie Wonder's "Higher Ground" with vocals by Take 6, "4 Play and Pleasure," and "Any Time of Day" -- all fairly uneventful. The musicianship is impeccable, the production velvety, and despite the suitable-for-lovemaking-and-commuting stamp of approval, one wishes that these fine players would just cut loose and really rip once in a while.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 01:07:31
- Main artists: Fourplay
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Cherry Red Records
- Genre: Jazz
(C) 1997 Evolution Media Ltd. / Cherry Red Records (P) 1997 Evolution Media Ltd. / Cherry Red Records
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