Luther Vandross - The Night I Fell In Love CDs • Vinyl Records • LPs • Music Albums

The good is the enemy of the best, as the Greeks used to say. Somebody should tell Luther Vandross. His deft command of pop's building blocks is unmistakable, but his silken rendering of love songs fosters comparisons with Johnny Mathis – a dubious compliment. Underneath all the gloss, there's no passion.

Still, this is an eminently listenable album that skillfully evokes the light, romantic mood Vandross is so fond of. The LP hits its stride with a cover of Brenda Russell's "If Only for One Night," where Vandross' brokenvoiced, pianissimo pleading is set against tinkling piano rills and a whispering synth. Demonstrating his unsurpassed skill with vocal arrangements, Vandross takes
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