Love Zone

Billy Ocean | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Jive
• ASIN: B000008J2Y
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #313,770 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Digitally remastered and expanded edition of this 1986 album from the Trinidad-born, UK based Soul vocalist. This edition includes four bonus tracks: extended versions of "When The Going Gets Tough", "Love Zone" and "Bittersweet" plus the seven inch version of "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)". Cherry Pop. 2011. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An 80's Classic!, April 17, 2002

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WILLIE A YOUNG II "willow" (Houston, TX.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Love Zone (Audio CD)

This gem of an album, while sounding seriously dated at times, is still a pleasure from start to finish. The opener, "When The Going Gets Tough...." is a fun song with a great melody (especially on the bridge) that hearkens back to the mid 80's and times of sheer enjoyment (remember the video with Danny Devito, Michael Douglas et all?) and fun of the forgettable movie it was featured in "Jewel Of The Nile". The burbling, bass popping title track is the best cut here, with it's light jazz flourishes and serious R&B groove (I'd love to know who the bassist and guitarist are, they really anchor this baby)"Love Zone" never sounds old or trite, it's a timeless track. The biggest hit here, "....Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" is still a lovely, if saccharine ballad that has stood the test of time fairly well and still gets regular play on light FM stations across the nation. It will somehow endure through the ages.
All in all a nice, if not indespensible, collection. The title track elevates it just slightly above average.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good billy ocean record, February 13, 2003

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Deondrick Woodard "deondrick" (grand blanc) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Love Zone (Audio CD)

this is a very good album its so eighties i remember seeing the video for when the going gets tough little danny davito and kathleen turner dancing was very good times then to bad we cant turn back the clock best songs 1. love zone 2. sad songs 3 tough gets going

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hit Zone!, February 23, 2005

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andy8047 (Nokomis,Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Love Zone (Audio CD)

Like 1984's SUDDENLY,this album would spawn four hits. They are WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH(THE TOUGH GET GOING) from the 1985 film,THE JEWEL OF THE NILE. In the video,the film's stars Michael Douglas,Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito appear as background vocalists backing up Billy Ocean performing the song on stage. Also there's LOVE IS FOREVER,a beautiful love ballad that did not appear on the 1989 GREATEST HITS compilation. The title track is cool. So is THERE WILL BE SAD SONGS(TO MAKE YOU CRY). The other songs are great.