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Crawford is most renowned in Europe, where she is enjoyed by mature adult audiences. She's marketed in the U.S. as a jazz singer, but judging from this stellar collection -- which features not one filler song -- she could fake her ID and ride high on the R&B charts alongside the younger crowd. Her voice can be sweet and airy, as on the dramatic, orchestrally punched opening track, but she digs deeper on more emotional statements like "Free the Child." "Permanent" is a funky power ballad in the classic R&B tradition, while "Sweetest Thing" rides along a soaring string section and percussive near-disco groove. "When the Evening Comes" and "All I Do" do the disco thing very impressively, but with a class reminiscent of Lisa Stansfield. "Fire and Rain" isn't the James Taylor song, but actually has a hook that would seduce even the most cynical teenybopper. Crawford shows her range on power ballads like "Tell It to Your Heart" and an acoustic, jazzy cover of "Alfie." A welcome return from an artist whose reach should be much more in the mainstream of pop and R&B.
© Jonathan Widran /TiVo
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Pete Smith, Producer - Peter Gordeno, Bass Guitar, Piano - Randy Crawford, MainArtist - Dimitri Tiomkin, Writer - Ned Washington, Writer - Jim Lowe, Engineer - Steve McNichol, Drums - Ben Darlow, Mixer - Gus Isador, Guitar
© 2000 WEA RECORDS / WARNER MUSIC GERMANY ℗ 2000 WEA RECORDS / WARNER MUSIC GERMANY
Pete Smith, Producer - Peter Gordeno, Bass Guitar, Keyboards - Randy Crawford, MainArtist - Jim Lowe, Engineer - Carol Kenyon, Backing Vocals - Steve McNichol, Drums - Ben Darlow, Mixer - Lisa Simmons, Composer, Lyricist - Multi Man, Composer, Lyricist
© 2000 WEA RECORDS / WARNER MUSIC GERMANY ℗ 2000 WEA RECORDS / WARNER MUSIC GERMANY
Pete Smith, Producer, Drums - Graham Kearns, Guitar - Peter Gordeno, Drums - Randy Crawford, MainArtist - Simon Hale, String Arranger - Phil Spalding, Bass - Jim Lowe, Engineer - Carol Kenyon, Backing Vocals - Ben Darlow, MixingEngineer - Danny Cummings, Drums - Gus Isador, Guitar - Gordeno, Smith, Lyricist - Gordeno, Smith, Christie, Composer
© 2000 WEA RECORDS / WARNER MUSIC GERMANY ℗ 2000 WEA RECORDS / WARNER MUSIC GERMANY
Pete Smith, Producer - Graham Kearns, Guitar - Randy Crawford, MainArtist - Phil Spalding, Bass Guitar - Jim Lowe, Engineer - Carol Kenyon, Backing Vocals - Steve McNichol, Drums - Niven Garland, MixingEngineer - Danny Cummings, Drums - Gus Isador, Guitar - Sarah Nagourney, James McMillan, Katherine Davies, Composer, Lyricist
© 2000 WEA RECORDS / WARNER MUSIC GERMANY ℗ 2000 WEA RECORDS / WARNER MUSIC GERMANY
Pete Smith, Producer - Graham Kearns, Guitar - Peter Gordeno, Drums - Randy Crawford, MainArtist - Simon Hale, String Arranger - Phil Spalding, Bass Guitar - Jim Lowe, Engineer - Carol Kenyon, Backing Vocals - Steve McNichol, Drums - Niven Garland, MixingEngineer - Danny Cummings, Percussion - Gus Isador, Guitar - Gordeno, Smith, Composer, Lyricist
© 2000 WEA RECORDS / WARNER MUSIC GERMANY ℗ 2000 WEA RECORDS / WARNER MUSIC GERMANY
Pete Smith, Producer, Backing Vocals, Background Vocals - Graham Kearns, Guitar - Peter Gordeno, Keyboards, Backing Vocals, Background Vocals - Randy Crawford, MainArtist - Phil Spalding, Bass - Jim Lowe, Engineer - Carol Kenyon, Background Vocals - Steve McNichol, Drums - Ben Darlow, MixingEngineer - Danny Cummings, Drums - Gordeno, Smith, Composer, Lyricist
© 2000 WEA RECORDS / WARNER MUSIC GERMANY ℗ 2000 WEA RECORDS / WARNER MUSIC GERMANY
Pete Smith, Producer - Graham Kearns, Guitar - Peter Gordeno, Keyboards - Chris Cameron, String Arranger - Randy Crawford, MainArtist - Phil Spalding, Bass Guitar - Jim Lowe, Engineer - Steve McNichol, Drums - Ben Darlow, Mixer - Brian Foreman, Ken Foreman, Composer, Lyricist
© 2000 WEA RECORDS / WARNER MUSIC GERMANY ℗ 2000 WEA RECORDS / WARNER MUSIC GERMANY
Pete Smith, Producer - Peter Gordeno, Keyboards - Randy Crawford, MainArtist - Burt Bacharach, Writer - Hal David, Writer - Jim Lowe, Engineer - Steve McNichol, Drums - Ben Darlow, Mixer - Gus Isador, Guitar
© 2000 WEA RECORDS / WARNER MUSIC GERMANY ℗ 2000 WEA RECORDS / WARNER MUSIC GERMANY
Pete Smith, Producer - Peter Gordeno, Keyboards - Randy Crawford, MainArtist - Simon Hale, String Arranger - Tim Cansfield, Guitar - Phil Spalding, Bass Guitar - Jim Lowe, Engineer - Carol Kenyon, Backing Vocals - Steve McNichol, Drums - Niven Garland, Mixer - Danny Cummings, Drums - Steve Lee, Simon Ellis, Judy Cheeks, Composer, Lyricist
© 2000 WEA RECORDS / WARNER MUSIC GERMANY ℗ 2000 WEA RECORDS / WARNER MUSIC GERMANY
Morris Broadnax, Lyricist - Pete Smith, Producer - Peter Gordeno, Drums, Keyboards - Randy Crawford, MainArtist - Stevie Wonder, Composer, Lyricist, Writer - Clarence Paul, Composer, Writer - Phil Spalding, Bass Guitar - Jim Lowe, Engineer - Carol Kenyon, Backing Vocals - Niven Garland, Mixer - Danny Cummings, Drums - Morris E. Broadnax, Composer, Writer - Gus Isador, Guitar - Clarence O. Paul, Lyricist
© 2000 WEA RECORDS / WARNER MUSIC GERMANY ℗ 2000 WEA RECORDS / WARNER MUSIC GERMANY
Pete Smith, Producer - Peter Gordeno, Bass Guitar, Keyboards - Chris Cameron, Backing Vocals - Randy Crawford, Composer, Lyricist, Backing Vocals, MainArtist - Jim Lowe, Engineer, Guitar - Steve McNichol, Drums - Niven Garland, Mixer - Gus Isador, Guitar
© 2000 WEA RECORDS / WARNER MUSIC GERMANY ℗ 2000 WEA RECORDS / WARNER MUSIC GERMANY
Pete Smith, Producer - Graham Kearns, Guitar - Peter Gordeno, Keyboards - Randy Crawford, MainArtist - Burt Bacharach, Composer - Tonio K, Lyricist - Phil Spalding, Bass Guitar - Jim Lowe, Engineer - Steve Sidwell, Flugelhorn - Steve McNichol, Drums - Niven Garland, MixingEngineer - Gus Isador, Guitar
© 2000 WEA RECORDS / WARNER MUSIC GERMANY ℗ 2000 WEA RECORDS / WARNER MUSIC GERMANY
Pete Smith, Producer - Phil Thornally, Lyricist - Graham Kearns, Guitar - Peter Gordeno, Keyboards - Randy Crawford, MainArtist - Phil Spalding, Bass Guitar - Jim Lowe, Engineer - Steve Sidwell, Flugelhorn - Steve McNichol, Drums - Niven Garland, MixingEngineer - Albert Hammond Jr, Composer - Gus Isador, Guitar
© 2000 WEA RECORDS / WARNER MUSIC GERMANY ℗ 2000 WEA RECORDS / WARNER MUSIC GERMANY
Album review
Crawford is most renowned in Europe, where she is enjoyed by mature adult audiences. She's marketed in the U.S. as a jazz singer, but judging from this stellar collection -- which features not one filler song -- she could fake her ID and ride high on the R&B charts alongside the younger crowd. Her voice can be sweet and airy, as on the dramatic, orchestrally punched opening track, but she digs deeper on more emotional statements like "Free the Child." "Permanent" is a funky power ballad in the classic R&B tradition, while "Sweetest Thing" rides along a soaring string section and percussive near-disco groove. "When the Evening Comes" and "All I Do" do the disco thing very impressively, but with a class reminiscent of Lisa Stansfield. "Fire and Rain" isn't the James Taylor song, but actually has a hook that would seduce even the most cynical teenybopper. Crawford shows her range on power ballads like "Tell It to Your Heart" and an acoustic, jazzy cover of "Alfie." A welcome return from an artist whose reach should be much more in the mainstream of pop and R&B.
© Jonathan Widran /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:52:56
- Main artists: Randy Crawford
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: WM Germany
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2000 WEA RECORDS / WARNER MUSIC GERMANY ℗ 2000 WEA RECORDS / WARNER MUSIC GERMANY
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