Track Listing

1. Little Miracles (Happen Every Day)
2. Heaven Knows
3. Love Me Again
4. Can't Be Doin' That Now
5. Too Far Down
6. Love Is on the Way (Real Love)
7. Hustle
8. Emotion Eyes
9. Lady, Lady
10. Medley: How Deep Is Your Love/Love Don't Love Nobody [Instrumental Inte
11. Never Let Me Go

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13305 in Music
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import

From Amazon.com
Suspense is crucial to soul music. The great soul singers from Sam Cooke and Smokey Robinson to Al Green and Prince have always allowed for the possibility that their romantic pleadings might be rejected. No active singer creates more suspense in his or her songs than Luther Vandross, whose Never Let Me Go is one of his best. For example, in the opening verse of the first single, "Little Miracles (Happen Every Day)," the lonely singer longs for someone to talk to, and the gospelish, voice-and-piano arrangement is heavily echoed to make it sound even lonelier. On a happy, uptempo song like "Heaven Knows," there's a hint of uncertainty. The music radiates optimism, as a catchy pop rock hook is married to coproducer Marcus Miller's out-front R&B bass riff. As on every album, Vandross includes a tribute to his musical roots, and this time it's a medley of the Bee Gees' 1977 disco double entendre "How Deep Is Your Love," an instrumental version of the Spinners' '74 hit "Love Don't Love Nobody," and the '54 Johnny Ace hit "Never Let Me Go." In this pop-music era of overbearing arrogance and unending self-pity, Vandross's suspenseful balance of yearning and doubt may be mistaken for slickness by some glib observers. For anyone interested in hearing a great voice explore the subtleties of adult romance, however, you won't find anything better than Vandross's. --Geoffrey Himes

Customer Reviews

this guy could sing
i saw luther at wembley in 1993 about the time this album was released. i have not been to a concert like that ever. the crowds reaction to him was unbelievable. the support artist was dina carrol and she was dancing in the aisles with all the rest of us!! good album this. the highlight of which has to be the cover of the bee gees song - how deep is your love, which goes to prove that mr vandross was capable of singing just about anything he wanted to. sorely missed, so you will just have to buy his music instead.