El DeBarge - El DeBarge (1986)

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El DeBarge - El DeBarge (1986)
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Label: Gordy Records (USA) | Released: 1986

El DeBarge is the self-titled debut album by El DeBarge. It was released in 1986 on Gordy Records (a sub-label of Motown and featured the hit singles, "Who's Johnny" and "Love Always". Singer/actress Vanity featured on backing vocals on the track, "Secrets Of The Night". This album went gold. ~Wikipedia~ This is the first solo album from the talented writer/producer/singer El DeBarge. Released in 1986, the self-titled album was the expected next step. After recording four albums with his siblings, the success of the 1985 hit singles "Rhythm of the Night" and "Who's Holding Donna Now" all but swung the doors open for a solo career. While the setup and idea are still exciting on paper, El DeBarge is a disappointment. That being said, there are some high points here. Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager's "Love Always" has one of Bacharach's most challenging '80s melodies. DeBarge handles the sorrowful lyrics with great pacing and delivery. While a little sappy, "Someone" attains enough momentum to be poignant. "Lost Without Her Love" offered DeBarge's best vocal of the album and has a pitch-perfect '80s L.A. pop arrangement. Unfortunately DeBarge's hits from earlier efforts seemed to point him in an odd direction. The abysmal "Who's Johnny" might have caused many to break camp with him altogether. The majority of the other tracks just don't do anything to enliven the product or accentuate his voice. The fact that DeBarge didn't have a hand in producing or writing the songs all but made this ho-hum from the start. ~Review by Jason Elias~





Release of the album: 1986 [LP Gordy Records, Cat.# 6181GL, USA]
Release of this CD: 2014, September, 29 [CD Gordy Records (USA), Cat.# GCD06181GD / UPC: 050109618125]
Gordy Records; ℗ & © 1986 Motown Record Corporation, Hollywood California 90028 (USA)

Executive producer: Tony Jones
Tracks are produced by:
01, 03, 10 - Peter Wolf;
02, 06 - Robbie Buchanan;
04-05, 08-09 - Jay Graydon;
07 - Burt Bacharach & Carole Bayer Sager

Backing Vocals: Dennis Lambert, El DeBarge, Ina Wolf, Julia Waters, Michael McDonald, Oren Waters, Phil Perry, Philip Ingram, Siedah Garrett, Bunny Hull, El DeBarge, Jim Gilstrap, Tom Kelly, Tommy Funderburk, Richard Page


Tracklist:

01. "Who's Johnny" (04:08)
(Peter & Ina Wolf)
02. "Secrets Of The Night" (04:18)
(Albert Hammond, Diane Warren)
03. "I Wanna Hear It From My Heart" (04:29)
(Diane Warren)
04. "Someone" (04:45)
(Jay Graydon, Mark Mueller, Robbie Nevil)
05. "When Love Has Gone Away" (03:12)
(Jack Conrad, Larry Henley)
06. "Private Line" (03:47)
(Diane Warren)
07. "Love Always" (05:32)
(Bruce Roberts, Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager)
08. "Lost Without Her Love" (04:34)
(Jay Graydon, Randy Goodrum)
09. "Trill Of The Chase" (03:47)
(Alan Roy Scott, Gary Pickus, Roy Freeland)
10. "Don't Say It's Over" (04:38)
(Diane Warren)

Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011

EAC extraction logfile from 14. October 2012, 21:08

El DeBarge / El DeBarge

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Official DR value: DR13
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