Fresh!

Over 35 years the Four Freshmen are have continued to record and have become something of an American musical institution. In 1986s FRESH, there are new elements updating the original and famous style of the Four. Not only have they taken to some of the 1980s pop/rock composers (Christopher Cross, Stevie Wonder, Roger Murrah and Keith Stegall) like fishes to water, but their sound is updated and recast with electronic keyboards and guitars, and generally smooth and slick instrumental arrangements. It is a decidedly appropriate marriage between the vocal group and studio production, as myriad other vocal groups have done without realizing the debt owed to the foundation laid by this group. The solid tonal force of the Freshmen provides lush sounds that are perfectly complimented by the back up band on pop songs like "Sailing" and "Were In This Love Together." The snappy, rhythmic orchestrations provide soft and unobtrusive punctuation to the vocals.