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Great Patti Austin CD Has Stood the Test of Time, January 22, 2001
In 1990, Patti Austin jumped ship from Qwest where she found a great deal of commercial success but was suffering from lack of attention from her label, and returned to GRP, the jazz label where she first made a name for herself in the Quiet Storm formats in the 1970s. "Love Is Gonna Getcha" was the smashing result, and the Dave Grusin produced set is a marvelous, Brazilian-flavored set from beginning to end. Austin tips her hat to the past with a slowed-down cover of her own gorgeous "In My Life," and works her way through ten more perfectly chosen songs. "Through the Test of Time" was the big hit, and remains a great song, and the title cut has become a staple of Patti's warm and often hilarious live performances. "Oooh-Whee (The Carnival)" encapsulates the South American sound that weaves its samba way throughout this record, and "First Time Love" and "In My Dream" are ultra-romantic musings from one of our finest balladeers. Closing the disc is an emotionally charged, "The Girl Who Used to Be Me," written by Marvin Hamlisch and the Bergmans, and nominated for an Academy Award. The song didn't win, but Patti Austin's performance should have. A gem of an album.
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Patti Austin's best outing for GRP, February 9, 2010
Already a fine soul practitioner for years before, Patti Austin's jazz stylings began to get more prominent towards the end of the 80s, so perhaps it wasn't too surprising that she moved to one of the 90s most well-known major labels for jazz, but in this case it hardly means a dramatic stylistic change. This album, one of the most vocally robust that Patti has made, features a fine mix of jazzy ballads and highly stylized pop pleasures that do a great job of keeping in touch with her 80s roots without leaving her too stuck in the past. "In My Life" and "Wait For Me" give her a chance to flex her rich vocals against some spare, haunting backgrounds, "Good In Love" and "In My Dream" add some nice pop stylings, and "Too Soon To Know" is a catchy, uptempo number that seems to build on the formula of her 1981 dance hit "Do You Love Me."
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Patti's move to GRP Records came right on time., April 27, 2009
In 1990, Patti Austin signed with GRP Records and made a major comeback. The breathtakingly-beautiful ballads "First Time Love", "Through The Test Of Time", "The Girl Who Used To Be Me" and "In My Life" are PERFECT for Patti's rich and creamy, sweet-as-honey and incredibly melodic voice. GRP bosses Dave Grusin and Larry Rosen gave Patti some truly great songs on this CD and it's still one of those albums you can listen to from beginning to end and get a soul-stirring musical experience every time.
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