| Fueled by
the hard-pushing hit from Jarreau's previous album "Boogie Down,"
producer Jay Graydon cranks up the energy level some more and
comes up with a snazzy high-tech vehicle for his converted R&B
singer. The sound is
hotter, stoked by greater reliance upon synthesizers and electronically
goosed rhythm tracks, and Jarreau's own vocals are more hectic,
though again not much in the way of individuality is required
of him.
But the material this time isn't
as strong — though "Murphy's Law" is pretty catchy with its
flugelhorn punctuations — and so the reluctance to exploit the
unique vocal talents of Jarreau is more glaring.
The minor hit single of the album,
oddly, is the mundane ballad "After All," an ominous harbinger
of bathos to come from Jarreau down the road.
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