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    Give Me A Break

    By Andre  Feb 26, 2006

    Pros: Dynamic And Well Produced

    Cons: None

    Greg Phillinganes-brilliant session keyboardist produced this album himself and did a mighty fine job.Musically so many of these tunes pop into ones head after listening-my favorite being the spiky "Big Man",which rocked hard enough to have... done well for Moody Blues during the same vintage and is extremely innovative,as well as having a unique flair for melody.Another gem is a funky version of the old chestnut "Girl Talk" and the shuffling "Baby I Do Love You".If it's ballads you want "Forever Now" and "I Don't Want To Have To Be The One" do very nicely.Nothing here is weak or sounds like rejects and Phillingane's rich voice sounds great singing them.Any fan of Stevie Wonder,Herbie Hancock and so on will be delighted with this recording. Read more Less

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    Insignificant achievement

    By Richard  Jul 27, 2002

    This self produced album was the first solo offering of Greg Phillinganes, the keyboard session supremo. A year before he had produced The Jackson's triumphant 'Can You Feel It' and 'Heartbreak Hotel' but on this there's nothing so euphoric, and his... gains can't have been that significant. It's not that he can't sing (he sounds a bit like a younger brother of Stevie Wonder), it's that the tunes sound like the rejects from other pop soul albums at the time. "Quincy and Chaka passed on this one so lets try it with Greg". It's tough because the album is peppered with top notch musicians. The first two tracks sound like tributes to Stevie Wonder, and the third one something like a Brother's Johnson B-side. "Big Man" is ahead of it's time, and sounds like something from a Peter Gabriel in the mid 80s. The best two tracks are his keyboard orgy with Herbie Hancock "Maxxed Out" and the slick disco of "Do It All For Love", that sounds like a well produced Shalamar record. It was three years before Greg tried it as a solo artist again.Richard Vanden Plas Read more Less

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