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En Vogue | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 17, 1997)
• Original Release Date: June 17, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: East/West Records
• ASIN: B000002HPR
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #65,629 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars No longer funky, but still Divas, December 31, 2001

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S. Foster (Moira, Co Armagh United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ev3 (Audio CD)

The departue of Funky 4th member Dawn Robinson during the recording of this album was a bad sign. Even worse was the fact that she called her new group Lucy Pearl. Not only was she mad enough to leave one of the world's most successful groups, but initial indications of the first single without her (she sings on Don't Let Go - one of the most brilliant songs ever) Whatever, were not good. Fortunately there are plenty of tracks which make up for that song which is very awkward & not very good at all. Let It Flow is En Vogue 2 da max - makes me smile, while Too Gone Too Long is superb. Written by Diane Warren, the gals let rip on an offending lover & mark his goodbiye cards for him. Foster & McElroy only work on part of the album (having co-written & prduced all of the first 2) & if the truth be told, their contributions are slightly lacking. There's not enough grit on them to make them work. The first 7 tracks are really where it's at & if the album was released with only those 7, you would say it's a masterpiece. You're All I Need is uplifting vocally, & Damn I Wanna Be Your Lover is rich & textured. The overall flow of the album is not as layered & quirky as Funky Divas. This has probably been EV's intention - to give their fans something new to listen to. The girls are all loved up & it does show. A few harder hitting trax in the vein of Free Your Mind or My Lovin may have been what the doctor ordered. Still, a commendable work. Worth buying alone for Don't Let Go & Too Gone, Too Long

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 3'5 - En Vogue Part 3, January 19, 2008

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Josephll "Reformed Music Addict" (CET) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ev3 (Audio CD)

This album title got a double meaning, it stands for their third album but also the group getting reduced to a trio after the departure of Dawn Robinson. After the magnificient Funky Divas that featured the unmistakable hit singles "Free Your Mind" and "My Lovin (You're Never Gonna Get It)" the band took a 5 year hiatus and alot of things happened in the music industry during that time, their brilliant fusion between R&b, Dance, Hip Hop and Rock was no longer that trendy and 5 years is long enough for any group to lose it's popularity, but the three remaining members do the best of the situation and together with trademark producers Foster/mcElroy they're still able to satisfy most listeners. What differs is that they only produce half of the songs here and the rest is giving to in-demand producers/writers like David Foster, Dianne Warren, Organized Noice and Babyface. "Don't Let Go (Love)" ended up being one of their alltime biggest hits, reaching #2 on the charts and still to this day a very enjoyable power-ballad. Babyface's slick contribution "Whatever" is one the other hand one of his alltime weakest and lack a great hook or melody that his songs normally have. "Damn I Wanna Be Your Lover" sounds almost exactly like "Don't Let Go (Love)" and not too surprsingly it comes from the same producers. Dianne Warren's power-ballad "Too Gone, Too Long" on the other hand is a standout and one of her better songs, eventually becoming a top 40 hit. "Let It Flow" with a guest rap and "What A diffrence a Day Made" is perhaps the closest you get to the sound of their past. Other then that most of this album is adult contemporary ballads and from time to time even a edgy power-ballad. However, there are many good numbers, and En Vogue without Dawn Robinson still manages to make a good album.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Real Singing Woman, June 22, 2003

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"franklinrds" (Plano, Texas - U.S.A) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ev3 (Audio CD)

The trio of diversity, talent, and, class shown brightly through this exquisite piece of vocal art work is mind blowing. The album titled EV3 appropriately targets each and every member and rocketing them to public notability by just three symbols~EV3~. The act of one member leaving the group does not place the other remaining three in the less credibile category -Hot R&B & Pop Gal Groups- of the music buisness. En Vogue is in the category of -Divas That Can Sing- all types of lyrical genres and handles acapella, major music industry CHANGE and can with stand the absence/exiting of a longtime member and still hold their heads up high to proclaim that they produce an interesting diversity of songs, lyrics, beats,tones and, styles all of their own. You could say the new trio has a whole new P.O.V to their approach to their music these days that they will introduce to their FANS slowly,piece by piece or little by little every album release (or yearly). All I know is that En Vogue has style, class and, the ability to harmonize like no other female vocal group the music industry has had in the last 15-20 years, while not selling out to the commercial/glitz side of the music industry. This trio can diversely sing anything just listen to the following spectrum (array of different) of songs on this C.D. EV3:"Don't Let Go(Love)"(had one of the rawest/cutting edge music videos on BET and MTV the year it released), "Right Direction", "Damn I Wannabe Your Lover", "Too Gone, Too Long", "Sitting By Heavens Door", "What A Difference A Day Makes", ecspecially listen to "Eyes Of A Child", and make sure you give special attention when listening to last but, definitely not least in any way, the absolutely beautifully harmonizing acapella EV3 song "Does Anybody Here Me".********

One side note about this album, now that I'm older and able to use my hind site/retrospect (my adult wisdom), I did notice while memorizing every single detail of every song in my adolesence years of my life of being a fan I had began toget hints here and there that some of the songs sound at some points like they have the same instrumentals.In rating this C.D. I took that in to consideration and thats why I had to score it with four stars and not all five. However, EV3 wasn't En Vogue's non-deliverer; it just threw a whole new type/angle of En Vogue at America and some fans were just reluctant to accept change (difference). This album speaks volumes of love, so give some and check it out!