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    Artist: Luther Vandross
    Label: Sony
    Category: Music

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    Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 24 reviews
    Sales Rank: 19162

    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
    Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

    Tracks:

      • Love the One You're With - Luther Vandross, Stills, Stephen
      • Killing Me Softly - Luther Vandross, Fox, Charles [1]
      • Endless Love - Luther Vandross, Richie, Lionel
      • Evergreen - Luther Vandross, Streisand, Barbra
      • Reflections - Luther Vandross, Dozier, Lamont
      • Hello - Luther Vandross, Richie, Lionel
      • Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now - Luther Vandross, Cohen, Jerry
      • Always and Forever - Luther Vandross, Temperton, Rod
      • Going in Circles - Luther Vandross, Peters, Jerry
      • Since You've Been Gone - Luther Vandross, Franklin, Aretha
      • All the Woman I Need - Luther Vandross, Gore, H.
      • What the World Needs Now Is Love - Luther Vandross, Bacharach, Burt
      • Impossible Dream - Luther Vandross, Darion, Joe

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    Editorial Reviews:

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    Media Type: CD
    Artist: VANDROSS,LUTHER
    Title: SONGS
    Street Release Date: 09/20/1994
    Domestic
    Genre: SOUL/R & B


    Amazon.com
    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


    Customer Reviews:   Read 19 more reviews...

    5 out of 5 stars I fell in love   October 31, 2001
     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!


    4 out of 5 stars Luther's best album of the nineties   August 2, 2004
     3 out of 5 found this review helpful

    Seeing that Luther has always had such great success in cover songs, the fact that he would eventually record an all-covers album should not be that surprising. The public responded enthusiastically to the disc, sending it to the #5 position on the Hot 200 and to Double-Platinum status in sales. While SONGS isn't in the same league with Luther's eighties albums, it is his best album of the nineties. The song selection is well done for the most part, although I do wish that a few more chances had been taken with the arrangements. Naturally, there's nothing here that matches his past landmark covers like "A House Is Not A Home" or "Superstar," but he does deliver a few a choice renditions that surpass the original versions.

    That is certainly the case with his well-respected gospel-infused take on Steven Stills' "Love the One You're With" (#95 Pop, #28 R&B), which easily should have been a much bigger hit. However, this is certainly not the only instance where Luther outdoes the original performer. His renditions of "Reflections" and "Always and Forever" (#58 Pop, #16 R&B, #25 Adult Contemporary) are more soulful and sexier than the original classic recordings, and he adds much need personality to the groovin' "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now." Even more amazingly, Luther manages to brings a genuine poignancy to the generally bland ballads "Hello," "All the Woman I Need," and "The Impossible Dream." There's a pained beauty in Luther's interpretations that was completely glossed over in all the previous renditions. The best cover of all, however, is definitely his spin-tingling cover of "Killing Me Softly," which is even more haunting and heartbreaking than Roberta Flack's original, which is a terrific recording in it's own right.

    Luther also turns in good renditions of "Evergreen" and "Since You've Been Gone," however, he cannot top the legendary versions by Barbra Streisand and Aretha Franklin, respectively. The remaining three sections are only average. "Going In Circles" and "What the World Needs Now Is Love" suffer slightly from intrusive arrangements, while the big hit "Endless Love" (#2 Pop, #7 R&B, #11 Adult Contemporary) never really hits it's intended mark due to the lack of vocal chemistry between Luther and duet partner Mariah Carey. However, even these tracks are perfectly listenable, and do not sound jarring out of place in the context of the rest of the album. In summary, SONGS is really one of the best pop cover albums in recent memory, and it never falls into the various traps that most records of this kind routinely do. Leave it to Luther to pull off the near-impossible.



    5 out of 5 stars Songs   August 3, 2005
     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.


    2 out of 5 stars Very Average&Sad   March 30, 2000
     1 out of 3 found this review helpful

    I Know Luther Vandross wanted to Cross-Over but this isn't the way to go.I think Luther Does Lionel Richie Justice.Hello &Endless Love is With Marriah is Alright but feels more like Business than True Feelings.This Is a Very Soulless Luther Album and that does The Man an InJustice.What Happened To The Soul?


    5 out of 5 stars Thirteen beautiful remakes of classic songs in one album.   June 15, 1999
     1 out of 1 found this review helpful

    Luther Vandross, you always amaze me at the right time! I'm a huge Motown fan, and I think Luther has done an excellent job on songs by Diana Ross and the Supremes ("Reflections"), and Lionel Richie ("Hello"). I especially like that duet with Mariah Carey called "Endless Love." There's "Always and Forever," "Evergreen," "Going in Circles," and my personal favorite, "Ain't No Stopppin' Us Now." A pleasant surprise turns up when Luther takes a Whitney Houston song ("All the Man I Need") and turns it into "All the Woman I Need." This is just another great album!


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