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A Closer Look
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A Closer Look
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by Babyface
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$6.99
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on 11-25-2008.
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This review is from: A Closer Look (Audio CD)
Babyface is a powerful talent, especially as a producer. However, it is precisely this skill that gets him in trouble. Electronic mixes, synthetic drumbeats, and over-dubs piled high as a stack of pancakes, often make his work artificial and ultimately off-putting. This does not help an artist whose stock and trade is intimacy and romance. Hand in hand with this often mechanistic, almost robotic construction is a propensity for song lyrics that extend far beyond saccharine into a universe so precious and sensitive they seem to parody themselves. The pseudo-jazz re-mix of Whip Appeal is particularly dreadful, but then, anyone who has used Kenny G for session work, as Babyface has, can never be beyond suspicion. Fortunately, A Closer Look is redeemed by one long, electrifying track, the live rendition of Two Occasions. This performance is an absolute thrill; soulful, elegant, and heartfelt. Otherwise look elsewhere, sample the sound of your clothes dryer and see if you can make a Babyface CD yourself. If you'd like to see what Mr. Face is really capable of doing, try Babyface - A Collection Of His Greatest Hits. You'll have to suffer through collaborations with LL Cool J (ouch!), Stevie Wonder (overwrought), and Eric Clapton (not a fit), but the rest of the tracks are stellar. Babyface really does deliver the goods, when he turns out the lights in his million-dollar studio and actually makes music.
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Updated on 11-25-2008.
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