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Atlantic Starr hit its commercial peak in the late '80s, when the bland, insipid adult contemporary ballad "Always" soared to number one on both the pop and R&B charts. That song put Atlantic Starr in the Whitney Houston/Lionel Richie realm -- in other words, people who associate Atlantic Starr with "Always" think of them as a crossover act. But from an R&B standpoint (as opposed to a pop/adult contemporary standpoint), Atlantic Starr provided their best work in the early '80s, when Sharon Bryant was still on board and the East Coast residents were being produced by James Carmichael. Released in 1982, Brilliance was the second of three albums that Carmichael produced for Atlantic Starr -- and it is also one of the band's finest and most essential releases. There is nothing not to like about this LP. The soul ballads "Your Love Finally Ran Out" and "Let's Get Closer" are excellent, and so are up-tempo funk/dance numbers like "Sexy Dancer" and "Love Moves" (which features Wayne Lewis on lead vocals and has a Slave/Steve Arrington/Aurra type of appeal). Brilliance, however, is best known for Bryant's soaring performance on the smash hit "Circles," which is one of those songs that is great on the dancefloor but is equally appealing if you want to simply sit down and listen to it. Bryant also excels on the single "Love Me Down," which wasn't as big a hit as "Circles" (it reached number 14 on Billboard's R&B singles chart), but is still a fine medium-tempo item. If you have only a casual interest in Atlantic Starr and only want to have a few of its albums in your collection, Brilliance should definitely be among them.
© Alex Henderson /TiVo
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Atlantic Starr, MainArtist - Jonathan Lewis, Producer - David Lewis, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - James Anthony Carmichael, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Wayne I. Lewis, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - David E. Lewis, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1982 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Atlantic Starr, MainArtist - Wayne I. Lewis, ComposerLyricist - David E. Lewis, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1982 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Atlantic Starr, MainArtist - Wayne Lewis, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - James Anthony Carmichael, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1982 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sam Dees, ComposerLyricist - Atlantic Starr, MainArtist - Wayne Lewis, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - James Anthony Carmichael, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1982 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Atlantic Starr, MainArtist - James Anthony Carmichael, Producer - Wayne I. Lewis, ComposerLyricist - David E. Lewis, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1982 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Atlantic Starr, MainArtist - Jonathan Lewis, Producer - Harold Johnson, ComposerLyricist - James Anthony Carmichael, Producer - David E. Lewis, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1982 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Greg Phillinganes, ComposerLyricist - Atlantic Starr, MainArtist - Wayne Lewis, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - James Anthony Carmichael, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Allee Willis, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1982 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Deborah Thomas, ComposerLyricist - Atlantic Starr, MainArtist - James Anthony Carmichael, Producer - David Cochrane, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1982 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
Atlantic Starr hit its commercial peak in the late '80s, when the bland, insipid adult contemporary ballad "Always" soared to number one on both the pop and R&B charts. That song put Atlantic Starr in the Whitney Houston/Lionel Richie realm -- in other words, people who associate Atlantic Starr with "Always" think of them as a crossover act. But from an R&B standpoint (as opposed to a pop/adult contemporary standpoint), Atlantic Starr provided their best work in the early '80s, when Sharon Bryant was still on board and the East Coast residents were being produced by James Carmichael. Released in 1982, Brilliance was the second of three albums that Carmichael produced for Atlantic Starr -- and it is also one of the band's finest and most essential releases. There is nothing not to like about this LP. The soul ballads "Your Love Finally Ran Out" and "Let's Get Closer" are excellent, and so are up-tempo funk/dance numbers like "Sexy Dancer" and "Love Moves" (which features Wayne Lewis on lead vocals and has a Slave/Steve Arrington/Aurra type of appeal). Brilliance, however, is best known for Bryant's soaring performance on the smash hit "Circles," which is one of those songs that is great on the dancefloor but is equally appealing if you want to simply sit down and listen to it. Bryant also excels on the single "Love Me Down," which wasn't as big a hit as "Circles" (it reached number 14 on Billboard's R&B singles chart), but is still a fine medium-tempo item. If you have only a casual interest in Atlantic Starr and only want to have a few of its albums in your collection, Brilliance should definitely be among them.
© Alex Henderson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 8 track(s)
- Total length: 00:38:42
- Main artists: Atlantic Starr
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: A&M
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 1982 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1982 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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