Never Too Much

ソウル/R&Bの歴史の1ページを刻んだ男、ルーサー・ヴァンドロスの代表作!超フロア・キラー「ネバー・トゥー・マッチ」、そして「スーパー・レディ」は、81年～82年の六本木ナバーナで夜な夜な大合唱が繰り広げられていたそう。当時のニューヨーク・サウンドが詰め込まれた、都会的なムードは永遠に色あせない!

In hindsight, Luther Vandross's debut should be viewed as one of the most important R&B records of the 1980s. With its balance of slick, buoyant, uptempo numbers and lush, mid-tempo tunes, both of which are distinguished by Vandross's inimitably smooth voice and delivery, '81's NEVER TOO MUCH ushered in a distinctive brand of satin-sheeted, romantic R&B that carried throughout the rest of the decade and into the '90s and 2000s.
The writing, arrangements, and performances on the album are consistently strong, and many of the cuts made significant dents in the R&B charts (including the title track, which went to number one). Yet it is Vandross's treatment of the Bacharach-David song "A House Is Not a Home" that is the album's true highlight. Evocative, lonely, and heartbreaking, Vandross truly makes the song his own (besting even Dionne Warwick's popular version). Quiet Storm R&B gathered a lot of momentum in the early '80s; and Luther Vandross--as heard here-- was one of the best and most influential practitioners of the style.|