Taylor Dayne - Platinum & Gold Collection (Remastered) (CD)

All Music Guide

There are a handful of obvious choices when compiling Taylor Dayne, and Platinum Gold Collection has them all. The numerous dance numbers still sound well-crafted and fun, and Dayne's brassy voice works so well on the Diane Warren ballads that made her an adult contemporary star. When Platinum Gold steps outside the big ones it doesn't fare as well as her Greatest Hits release, which includes a nice selection of extended mixes. Platinum Gold offers up a couple of forgettable album tracks and a bombastic Jim Steinman production for the Shadow soundtrack instead. Fans might want the disc for the otherwise hard to get Steinman track, but Greatest Hits does a better job with the filler.

- David Jeffries, All Music Guide