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Atlantic Star : Time

Title        [Time                                       ]
Artist       [Atlantic Star                              ]
Label        [Arista             ] Genre  [R&B           ]
Ripped by    [CDMaSTa            ] Retail [000/00/0000   ]
Quality/Size [44,1  @192  59,9 MB] Ripped [Oct.05.2001   ]
Grabbed with [CDRWIN             ] Enc    [LAME          ]
Grabbed from [CDDA               ] Supply [CDMaSTa       ]

Track Time  Title

01  04:20 I'll Remember You
02  04:33 Everybody's Got Summer
03  04:50 My Best Friend
04  04:49 Time
05  03:49 Baby Be There
06  04:21 Let's Just Sneak Around
07  04:02 So Good to Come Home To
08  04:58 Lovin' You All over Again
09  04:28 Animal Attraction
10  03:21 Along the Way
Totals
10  43:31 43:31 min

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Release Notes:

New York-based Atlantic Starr began in 1976. Brothers David
(guitar, vocals), Jonathan (trombone), and Wayne (keyboards)
Lewis started a funk-soul band, adding lead vocalist Sharon
Bryant, bassist Clifford Archer, drummer Porter Carroll,
saxophonist Koran Daniels, percussionist/flutist Joseph
Phillips, and trumpeter William Sudderth. They signed with
A&M a couple of years later, staying through 1987 and
landing several hits, among them "Gimme Your Lovin',"
"Circles," "When Love Calls," "Stand Up," "Silver Shadow,"
"One Love," and the crossover hit "Secret Lovers." Their
albums Brilliance and As the Band Turns were also Top 20 pop
hits, their most successful A&M LPs. They switched to Warner
Bros. in 1987, and their first release, All in the Name of
Love, included another pop smash, "Always," the group's sole
number one pop and R&B hit. They enjoyed more R&B successes
with Warner through the '80s. Sharon Bryant left in 1989 for
Polydor; she was replaced by Barbara Weathers, who later
left for a solo career as well. Love Crazy, in 1991, was
their most recent release.

Considered one of the top R&B bands since the genre's
inception, this effort is primarily one pop number after
another aimed at the adult contemporary market. Since the
release of their 1985 classic "Secret Lovers" (#3 Billboard
pop charts), Atlantic Starr has geared much of their
material toward the crossover market. This project follows
suit with the exception of a few cuts. The leadoff single
"I'll Remember You" struggled on the Billboard R&B and pop
charts, peaking at #58 and #55 respectively. Aside from its
semi-catchy chorus, the song's ignition stalls. "Let's Just
Sneak Around" has a soulful, urban feel enhanced by Wayne
Lewis' gritty delivery. "Everybody's Got Summer," which
pairs David Lewis and featured female vocalist Aisha Tanner,
has an attractive beat, but it is charged by a sample from
Young-Holt Unlimited's "Soulful Strut." The one song that
comes close to that magic the group created in their heyday
is "Lovin' You All Over Again." The two brothers duel this
one out with entertaining lyrics and climaxing in a dramatic
vamp.

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