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| Artist: Luther Vandross
Label: Sony
Category: Music
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Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 9267
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 074645777528
UPC: 746457775282
EAN: 0746457775282
ASIN: B0000029HG
Release Date: September 20, 1994
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| Tracks:
| • | Love the One You're With | | • | Killing Me Softly | | • | Endless Love - Mariah Carey | | • | Evergreen | | • | Reflections | | • | Hello | | • | Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now | | • | Always and Forever | | • | Going in Circles | | • | Since You've Been Gone | | • | All the Woman I Need | | • | What the World Needs Now Is Love | | • | Impossible Dream |
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Media Type: CD
Artist: VANDROSS,LUTHER
Title: SONGS
Street Release Date: 09/20/1994
Domestic
Genre: SOUL/R & B
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Luther Vandross is a much underrated songwriter, a master at capturing the moment in a possible romance when things can go either way. Nonetheless, the loudest applause at his concerts is usually reserved for his interpretations of Leon Russell's "Superstar," Stevie Wonder's "Creepin'" and Bacharach & David's "A House Is Not a Home." For fans who prefer to hear Vandross interpreting standards, the singer has devoted Songs to nothing but material by other writers. The singing is every bit as sumptuous as might be expected, but the song choices are a bit peculiar. Vandross draws not from the great "American Songbook" composers like George Gershwin and Duke Ellington nor from the great soul-music composers like Smokey Robinson and Curtis Mayfield but from the melodramatic, overblown field of the pop-soul crossover hit. One can sympathize with Vandross' desperation for a big pop hit, for he is long overdue, but he ends up betraying his best qualities on this project. --Geoffrey Himes
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| Customer Reviews: Read 19 more reviews...
 I fell in love October 31, 2001
Perri (Jersey City, NJ USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The first time I heard these songs I fell in love with them. Now they are my most favorite Luther songs. Every song on this cd is a gem. I love them all but my all time favorites are Hello and Impossible Dream. I sometimes put these two songs on repeat and just dream of beautiful things. I can't say enough good things about this CD. This is one of those cd's that you can really enjoy every song without the skip button. MY favorite luther ever! A Classic! He is a genius!
Songs August 3, 2005
Victor M. Vega (FL, USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
What can you say about LUTHER besides "smooth", incredible in any language. The world has lost a great artist, vocalist, doctor of love. No one can replace him, his style is unique, he can transport you, make you think, make you dig deep within and sometimes make you cry. Like all his previous cd's, its a must have. Good bye my songster, you will be missed.
 LUTHER CAN SURE NUFF SING, CAN'T HE??? July 15, 2005
USA (USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Luther is a great vocalist!! The proof of that is his cover of Dionne Warwick's "What The World Needs Now" and "The Impossible Dream".
If You haven't already, find this CD and buy just for those two tracks. Keep in mind, you'll love his version of "Reflections" and others. But, the clear star of this cd (for me, at least) is "What The World Needs Now"
I MISS YOU ALREADY LUTHER!!!!!
One Of My Favorite Voices Of All Time October 16, 2004
Stephanie Gwinn (Mount Hope, WV USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Luther has such a wonderful smooth voice and great phrasing. But I am not wild about a lot of the songs he sings. There are usually only one or two songs I like on each of his albums, but I like most of them on this cd. There are a few I don't like on this cd though so I could not give it 5 stars. I hate "Love The One You're With" with its hippie message of free love. This song is garbage. "What The World Needs Now" is a nice song but I don't like this version. It is not Luther's singing I don't like but the arrangement of this version. But this cd does contain some of my favorite recordings of all time, especially Luther's version of "The Impossible Dream". I also like his version of "Evergreen" better than Barbra Streisand's. I love Luther's version of "Killing Me Softly". I have heard a number of versions of this song. In my opinion none are half as good as Luther's. Luther's version of "Hello" is enough to make you forget Lionel Richie ever recorded that song. By far Luther's best cd.
Does Quality Ever Get Boring? Never. February 11, 2004
I. Gross Georg (Edmond, Oklahoma USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I defy anybody to find a truer cover of the Motown classic "Reflections" that was still able to inject the performer's originality into it. I put this song on repeat and play it all day long."Killing Me Softly with His Song" is one of those songs that's hard to ruin no matter who does it. But some versions are better than others. Luther's is right up there with Johnny Mathis' cover as one of the best I've heard. Unlike a lot of male performers, Luther doesn't change "him" to "her", but understandably changes "young girl" to "stranger". This was an intelligent choice that works beautifully. Stephen Still's "Love the One You're With" never was so sanctified! It's even better than the Isley Brothers cover I heard as a child. "All the Woman I Need" is the masterpiece of this collection. The arrangements, the strings, the harmonies...they're all so very thrilling to the point of breathlessness for me. Just gorgeous. "Songs" is Luther's homage to some of his favorite songwriters. I understand it was the first to exclusively feature songs that weren't written by him. If I were a songwriter, I would be honored to have my song in this collection, and sung by a man who truly knows how to bring out the best in each of them. I challenge anybody to find a bad album by Luther Vandross. His work is top drawer or he doesn't do it. If only the younger artists of today would learn from him...pop radio would be a lot easier on the ears.
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