Kisses in the Rain

Rick Braun | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 27, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Warner Bros / Wea
• ASIN: B000059LYW
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #77,903 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A funkier sound for Rick Braun, February 28, 2001

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William S. Shapiro (Brighton, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kisses in the Rain (Audio CD)

You get the sense of which direction Kisses in the Rain is headed right away from the first track, Car Wash 2000. It's a straight up funk piece of music and shows that Braun wants to give this outing a funkier feel than his past couple of albums which leaned more in the direction of pop smooth jazz. The sound is continued throughout the album, most notably on Grover's Groove and on one of the two vocal tracks It's Your World.

The album is also a mellower affair than in the past, with more ballads like Kisses in the Rain and Middle of the Night standing out as smooth tracks that Braun's fans have come to know & love. I still say that Full Stride is his best, but if you've been a fan of Rick Braun, you will enjoy this album. And if you haven't but are looking for something with a little more spice than the average smooth jazz sound, you'll also enjoy it.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Braun is smooth with the grooves", March 6, 2001

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J. Lovins "Mr. Jim" (Missouri-USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kisses in the Rain (Audio CD)

Warner Bros. gives us "smooth-grooves" featuring our favorite artist Rick Braun (flugelhorn/trumpet) - "Kisses In The Rain", many tracks composed by Rick, Paul Brown, David Woods, Johnny Britt, Roberto Vally, Leon Russell and Ricky Peterson - they become standards the more you hear them.

Of course there are stand outs - "KISSES IN THE RAIN", funky with a latin rhythmic beat, Braun is great on trumpet - featuring acoustic guitar fingering by Peter White, outstanding track..."MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT", great haunting arrangement by Paul Brown, the melody lingers and penetrates your inner-most thoughts.

Entire album is a keeper, and that "jazz-collectors" is my final answer...an awesome performance by one and all - RICK BRAUN!

Total Time: 43:21 on 10 Tracks...Warner Bros. 9 47994 2...(2001)

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Rick Braun's Kisses in the Rain?, March 1, 2001

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J. Davis "BorderStaffnChess" (Amherst, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kisses in the Rain (Audio CD)

I'm not very impressed.

I couldn't wait to receive this latest CD, but I would have to say that I'm disappointed. He's beginning to sound more commercialized. This is very much like canned music. Don't get me wrong, there's still some of his classic style, pizzaz and upbeat rythms, but it sounds more like synthesized stuff with him in the forefront.

All in all, this was my least favorite Rick Braun CD.