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| Track listing | 1. All She Wants To Do Is Love Me
2. Say No More
3. No Time To Waste Time
4. Angelina
5. Tell Me What You Want Me To Do
6. Strong Love Affair
7. Everybody's Handsome Child
8. Out Of My Life
9. Fever, The
10. Separate Ways
11. I Need A Good Woman Bad
12. If You Give Me Your Heart
| | Details | | Playing time: | 51 min. | | Contributing artists: | Sylvia Mason-James, Tower Of Power Horns | | Distributor: | WEA (distro) | | Recording type: | Studio | | Recording mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
| | Album notes | Personnel: Ray Charles (vocals, piano, programming); Kjetil Bjerkestrand (arranger, clarinet, woodwinds, organ, keyboards, bass, drums, programming); Richard Niles (arranger, keyboards); Phil Palmer (acoustic & electric guitars); Tim Cansfield, Yves N'Joke, Nguyen Le, Basil Leroux, Frode Alnes, Patrice Tison, Mark Sullivan, Elvind Aarset, Herve Krief (guitar); Wilfred Gibson, Boguslaw Kostecki, Marciej Rakowski, Roger Garland, Peter Oxer, Rosemary Furness, John Bradbury, Sonia Slaney, Patrick Kiernan, William Benham (violin); Peter Lale, Kame Wilkinson, Garfield Jackson (viola); Anthony Pleeth, Paul Kegg, Caroline Dale (cello); Quatuor Odin (strings); Nigel Hitchcock (alto & baritone saxophones); Molly Ducan, David O'Higgins (tenor saxophone); Paul Spong, Sid Gauld, Gerard Presencer (trumpet); Nell Sidnell (trombone); Malcolm Maddock, Thierry Elies (piano, organ); Knut Koppang (piano); Don Snow, Per Kolstad (keyboards); Phil Spalding (bass, background vocals); Brad Lang (bass); Ian Thomas (drums, programming); Neal Wilkinson, Andre Ceccarelli (drums); Marc Chantereau, Luis Jardim (percussion); William "Billy" Osborne (programming); Sylvia Mason-James, Hannah Clive, John Savannah, Maggy Ryder, Stevie Lange, C.H. Thompson (background vocals).
Strings Unlimited: Berit Vaernes, Oyvor Volle (violin); Nora Tallsdal (viola); Bjorg Vaernes, Jean-Louis Odin (cello).
Tower Of Power Horns: David Mann (alto & tenor saxophones); Emilio Castillo (tenor saxophone); Stephen "Doc" Kupka (baritone saxophone); Lee Thornburg (trumpet, trombone); Greg Adams (trumpet).
Producers: Jean-Pierre Grosz, Ray Charles.
Engineers: Michael Bigwood, Steve Forward, Ray Charles.
It's well known that Ray Charles is a force of nature. He has been bursting boundaries and conquering genres since the '50s, assimilating strains of jazz, country, gospel, Top-40 pop, and easy-listening balladeering into his own unique R&B-flavored concoction. It should then be no surprise that this 1996 release finds Charles continuing to refine his soulful hybrid, here adding the contemporary flavors of bass and drum programming, thick keyboards, and smooth production.
STRONG LOVE AFFAIR runs the gamut of danceable grooves, deep blues, horn-fortified funk, and tender love songs-all punctuated with Charles' raw and inimitable vocal delivery. While it may be hard for some to reconcile the glossy, synth-coated feel of the opening "All She Wants To Do Is Love Me" with the rootsy Ray of yore, the changes are in keeping with his past. Charles is always pushing himself, keeping apace with the times, and merging his soulful, searing emotionality with current pop styles. Even when his lyrics include references to Versace swimwear, this legend's music always bears his distinctive flair.
| | Editorial reviews | 3 Stars - Good - ...Charles is now the definitive voice of experience, his still deft technique never stopping him from communicating a lyric's basic feeling...
Q Magazine (04/01/1996)
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