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is one of only a handful of white vocalists (
and
's
, to name a couple more) who legitimately transcended the
tag.
's genuine mix of
signatures as well as his bittersweet yet buttery vocal tones conjure up images of a smoothed-out version of
. On this, his breakthrough album, the native New Yorker scored a hit with the timeless
and also polished off another near-classic on
While a few of the compositions echo the dying grip of
and some of
's vocal arrangements sound more like a hipper version of
(
), the crooner does possess the pipes to carry the offering.
even tries his hand at the
on the short but sweet instrumental
Time will likely render much of
disposable, but at the album's best, the songs do carry a singular sound and contain the power to place themselves in a time period, which may just be good enough for lovers. The cut
will always stack up, as even
producers saw fit to sample the horn riff and bass track a number of times (listen to
for one). ~ M.F. DiBella