You & I

Teddy Pendergrass | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 15, 1997)
• Original Release Date: April 15, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Wind-Up
• ASIN: B000005B4M
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #164,272 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Don't Keep Wastin' My Time

2. Let's Talk About It

3. Without You

4. You and I

5. Can We Try

6. One in a Million You

7. Hurry Up

8. Interlude

9. Give It to Me

10. Slow Ride to Heaven

Editorial Reviews

Ori Release '97, His comeback album after 5 years of absence .Includes his rendition of Larry Graham's 1980 Top 10 hit " One In A Million You". --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Why chase trends when you can be timeless?, October 26, 1998

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This review is from: You & I (Audio CD)

All you have to do is listen to "You and I" to discover why old-school (or, if you prefer, "ol' skool") R&B is enjoying a revival. Teddy Pendergrass proves once again that romance may be old-fashioned, but it's always in style. In fact, he is one of the very few performers who stayed true to his vision after contemporary black music by male artists split into two distinct groups: the rap thugs, who sing about what they want to do TO women, and the grovelers (e.g., Babyface, Boyz II Men), who sing about what they want to do FOR women. Teddy, who sings about what he wants to do WITH women, gets it right, although on "Hurry Up" he sounds as if he's veering into the hardcore camp (lyrically speaking, that is). The early part of the album focuses a little too much on what Oprah would call "relationship issues," but Teddy's delivery is confident and the music is consistenly entertaining. When the focus turns to love (physical and spiritual), the album soars. The smoldering sensuality of "Give it to Me" and the achingly tender beauty of "Slow Ride to Heaven" prove that Teddy Pendergrass is as timeless as the subjects he sings about.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Vintage Teddy Pendergrass!, September 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: You & I (Audio CD)

Although I will be only 31 years old come this November (and, thus, too young to attend his once popular "For Women Only" performances), I have been a fan of Teddy Pendergrass since his days with Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes (my father and I each have copies of their LP "Wake Up Everybody" - he on LP, me on CD) and his earlier solo recordings (among them, "Close the Door", "Only You" and "You Can't Hide from Yourself") are pure classics - examples of the pure, raw and unadulturated soul pumping out of Gamble and Huff's PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL RECORDS. Upon learning of his near-fatal car crash and his subsequent paralysis, I was among the many fans who feared that this great vocal instrument will be forever silenced. Needless to say, his first recordings after his paralysis did not exactly move me the way his previous recordings did......until this CD. This is purely vintage Teddy Pendergrass - from talking and preaching about relationships and the battles between the sexes to his infamous romantic interludes (take particular note of "Don't Keep Wasting My Time, "Let's Talk About it", the title track "You and I", "Hurry up and Finish" and "Give it to Me"). With this CD, Teddy Pendergrass seems to have regained his stride. A REAL treat for all long time Teddy Pendergrass fans!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Real music will never die., August 26, 2006

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Justo Roteta (Los Angeles, California United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: You & I (Audio CD)

By the time of this CD's release in 1997, Teddy Pendergrass was (sadly) no longer as popular in urban contemporary circles as he had been during the 1970s-'80s. This near-perfect album, however, proved that there is still a market for REAL R&B vocalists and that the romantic soul ballad has not died. An impressive and very enjoyable comeback CD from one of R&B's true "Living Legends".