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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
CHAKA WAS WAY AHEAD OF HER TIME - PURE 80s TECH-SOUL, June 16, 2004
Why are the reviewers bagging on Chaka's amazing, underrated cover of MY LOVE IS ALIVE? As produced by Arthur Baker collaborator JOHN ROBIE, MY LOVE IS ALIVE is MY favorite track on the entire CD, even better than I FEEL FOR YOU - Why? Robie's brilliant, minimal, Soulsonic Force-style grooves/edits provide TENSION against the fiery, fierce vocal ab libs of CHAKA - simply put, CHAKA HITS NOTES THAT AREN'T IN THE BOOK!!
In an age when most singers get by on flat, breathy lip-syncs, this CD harkens back to the old-school days when singers SANG! What is sad today is that most talented, influential singers like Chaka wouldn't even chart now! Other tracks shines also in a similar 80s electro/funk mode, THIS IS MY NIGHT, EYE TO EYE, and more - I got this LP when it FIRST came out and wore it out DJing at high school dances - two decades later, it's one of Chaka's most consistent, ground-breaking, most purely LISTENABLE albums she's ever recorded - Chaka has great taste in producers (Green Gartside of Scritti Politti, Arif Mardin, et al.), but WHERE IS A NEW CHAKA CD FOR US FANS? Please please please - let's not wait til 2005!!
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Too Slick...A True 80's Classic...Let It Shine, February 2, 2004
By A Customer
Chaka...the voice of an era. When people actually sung, and even with this electronic masterpiece her voice is number one. If you're not grabbed by "This is my Night" somethings wrong with you. All the songs have some form of scratching or sampling, and a lot of clean early hip-hop elements. They all fit very well with the Stevie Wonder blow you away harmonica solo on "I Feel For You" A lot of people complain that this record has not held up too well, but I think it has because the fact that it is an early digital recording proves that a 20 year old CD can still out "bump" some newer music. I listened to this 12 years ago while raiding my parents tapes...i reveled in the Donna Summer, Whispers, early Madonna, Rufus, Queen, Invisible Mans Band, and Teena Marie for years. I finally decided to get my favorites on CDs, and was lucky to find all or most of them in my local Rasputin Music (the best used store EVER!) I found this bad boy brand new for $7.50. I was blown away by how clean and well transfered it sounded, and how well it had aged. I still cant get over how well done this CD is. If you're lucky enough to discover it, be sure to. I'm only 17 and it's one of my all time favorites. This is the kind of hip-hop I like! Go Chaka!
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Chaka Takes The Love Song To Another Level, January 20, 2001
This album was basically a work of art from one of the best female vocalists of our time. Chaka's voice on classics such as "I Feel For You", "Stronger Than Before" and "Through The Fire" simmers with passion and fire. She is truly one of the most underappreciated artists in music history. The recent use of "Stronger Than Before" on Showtime's mini-series "A Girl Thing" during the lesbian love scene between Kate Capshaw and Elle McPherson really showed the intensity and spark of that classic love song.
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