Issued the same year as the seventh
Chic
album,
Believer
, as well as
Nile Rodgers
'
Adventures in the Land of the Good Groove
,
Bernard Edwards
' lone solo album went virtually nowhere. Released on
Atlantic
, it failed to register on
Billboard
's R&B Albums chart and the impact of its (presumably) only single,
"Your Love Is Good to Me,"
was identical.
Edwards
wrote all the original material and produced the album, and the credits look almost identical to those of any
release, though
Yogi Horton
is the primary drummer (
Tony Thompson
plays on one song) and
handles most of the lead vocals (with some skill, but not much charisma). Little jumps out or begs for a second spin. The ballad
"Don't Do Me Wrong,"
featuring the excellent as always
Jocelyn Brown
, is an exception and deserved regular rotation on quiet storm programs. Otherwise, it's all well-produced B-grade material. The year 1983 was definitely bigger for
's associates, like
Fonzi Thornton
and
Luther Vandross
, than it was for
themselves. ~ Andy Kellman