The American Luther Vandross (1951) with his elastic voice is one of the most successful artists in the R&B and can be placed in the list of greats such as Prince, Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson. His thirteen previous albums sold millions of copies worldwide (all platinum or double platinum status) and his singles also reached the Top 10: Here And Now, Power Of Love, Don't Want To Be A Fool,
… Endless Love, all from the early period. the nineties. He also developed into a popular producer for Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick and Cheryl Lyn, among others, and was awarded a number of Grammy Awards. His fourteenth - untitled - album contains a series of beautiful subdued R&B ballads with lyrics that make sense, for example about a deceived girlfriend or about a loved one who has an accident. Vandross also performs a number of up-tempo funky songs (Take You Out, How Do I Tell Her, Let's Make Tonight The Night) that make the album varied and fascinating. He has not been able to surpass himself, but that is hardly possible with such star status. Vandross does continue with what he is good at: top shelf credible soul. (BP) _more