King of Stage

Bobby Brown

Product Details

• Audio Cassette (October 17, 1990)
• Original Release Date: 1987
• Label: Mca
• ASIN: B000002O38
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,003,718 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

New York Times, January 30, 2000
Lauridsen enjoys respect of music directors throughout America. Beauty, potency...grand/intimate works. Perpetual light shines on all the settings.

Los Angeles Times, December 20, 1998
Masterly works, both esoteric and accessible, simultaneously popular and deep, sung with passionate intensity. Give it to your best friend.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good first album for him; several funk-driven songs here!, April 7, 2005

By	Preston (nc) - See all my reviews

This review is from: King of Stage (Audio CD)

I didn't hear this album until the mid-90s. I had been more onto Don't Be Cruel and the albums after it. But this album was a good first effort for Bobby Brown. I still like Girlfriend. But the rest of the album had some funky numbers. The Larry Blackmon songs for Bobby are heavy on the funk, a little of a Cameo sound added to Bobby's post New Edition style. There were some hints of the heavy funk that Bobby would give to Cruel two years later. Brown sounds more free form here than the limited appeal that he had in his former group.

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome delivery, March 28, 2009

By	Tonia Randolph (Springfield, VA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: King of Stage (Audio CD)

I've been ordering all cd's I can't no longer find in stores from Amazon for over 2 years. The quality of the product as well as the delivery has always been exceptional. Amazon is usually the first and only website I go to when looking for cds. I highly recommend anyone to use Amazon.

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent solo debut!, April 20, 2006

By	andy8047 (Nokomis,Florida) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

This review is from: King of Stage (Audio CD)

Bobby Brown's departure from New Edition downgraded the quintet to a quartet. This 1986 solo debut of his spawned the Top 10 smooth smash GIRLFRIEND and later the Top 20 hit THE GIRL NEXT DOOR. New Edition continued as a quintet though,with Johnny Gill succeeding Brown. I always thought GIRLFRIEND was a beautiful slow love jam. Also,in '86,NE released their fourth album,UNDER THE BLUE MOON,filled with "oldies-but-goodies" covers. Brown rose to superstardom two years later with his second album DON'T BE CRUEL,a Grammy-winner. He also made headlines in publications like Star,National Enquirer,The Globe and National Examiner when he took the Grammy-winning diva Whitney Houston to be his lawfully wedded wife in 1992. The other songs are excellent.