If yesterday's album was a diamond in the rough, today's is a turd in the punch bowl.
Brenda Russell began her career as a teenager, singing in various local bands, and though she spent time contributing as a back up vocalist to the likes of Rufus, Neil Sedaka, and Elton John, she would eventually emerge as a solo artist, releasing her self titled debut in 1979. The album was mildly successful, cracking the top 100 charts.
Though she would Love Life in 1981, and Two Eyes in 1983, Russell wouldn't have her biggest selling single until 1988's Get Here, which featured Piano In The Dark. The song would ultimately reach number three on the billboard charts.
The smooth jazz / easy listening vibe, just wasn't working for me. Especially on the heals of yesterday's album from Black. I actually listened to these two back to back, and after the first, I said out loud, "Well, where do we go from here?" I could say this in and of itself didn't poise Russell for a fair shake on my end, but that would be me just making excuses to not call it out for the poor album it was.
Overall, I just didn't care for it. I'm glad to have the two tracks from Get Here on my shuffle, but this is by no means a must own album for me.
There's honestly not much more to say about it.
Russell, herself, stayed fairly active throughout the 1990's, but hasn't released an album since 2004's Between The Sun And The Moon.
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| THIS WEEK ON THE CHARTS January 30, 1982 |
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| THIS WEEK ON THE CHARTS January 30, 1988 |
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