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Rock Rhythm & Blues

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Rock, Rhythm & Blues - various artists / Warner Bros. / 1989 / /

Track listing

1. It's Just a Matter of Time - Randy Travis

2. Goodnight My Love - El DeBarge

3. This Magic Moment/Dance With Me - Rick James

4. Mr. Lee - The Pointer Sisters

5. I Wanna Be Your Girl - Manhattan Transfer

6. Roll With Me Henry - Christine McVie & Friends

7. Ten Commandments of Love, The - Howard Hewett

8. I'm Ready - Elton John

9. Fever - Chaka Khan

10. For Your Precious Love - Michael McDonald

Elton John's cover of "I'm Ready" from this album didn't make the charts, but it is as good as anything he was doing at the time. And it sounds like he had fun recording it, given that he used to be a session musician in England, backing American R&B artists, before he found success on his own. Randy Travis' "It's Just a Matter of Time" casts the country singer in a pop mode, alternating between deep bass notes and his normal baritone range. Michael McDonald can be found here, too, performing Motown music decades before he issued his own covers albums. And if you thought Rick James was a one-hit wonder, listen to him croon on this album, which I still can't believe was reissued on CD.

Don't know all of the background on this CD- apparently it's a tribute CD.

Contains my favorite Rick James cut, and there are other cuts (Elton John, others), that are just fun and enjoyable.

Won't find the answers to the mysteries of life here, but a nice CD to take on a drive.