Bulletproof debut LP from Minneapolis soul great Alexander O'Neal. A seven-song sequence of sleek, late-night slow jams with just a whiff of electro-funk, and endless replay value.
Track listing:
1. A Broken Heart Can Mend
2. If You Were Here Tonight
3. Do You Wanna Like I Do
4. Look at Us Now
5. Medley: Innocent/Alex 900/Innocent II
6. What's Missing
7. You Were Meant to Be My Lady (Not My Girl)
I was yours and you were mine
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The Mickey's Diner on the cover is in St. Paul, MN.
ReplyDeleteAlso it is found in a movie scene for Jingle All the Way and all three Mighty Ducks movies.
This is so good, thanks for sharing. You weren't kidding about the replay value
ReplyDeleteI DL'd this for one reason - he's standing in front of a Studebaker Golden Hawk Gran Turismo - one of the greatest vehicles made in the USA in the late 1950s. Truly a work of art.
ReplyDeleteA GREAT album, nice choice. I bought this on vinyl after already owning/spinning the 12" of Alexander O'Neal's "This Thing Called Love" which is an absolute old-school soulful house classic (courtesy of the remixing wizardry of the legendary David Morales). Sadly my Technics 1210s and other equipment are also in storage, my apt. is shoe-box sized
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Visit Alexander O'Neal fan page at
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Alexander O'Neal Youtube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/ykywi5751
Alexander O'Neal's new #hearsay30 album available NOW
https://www.alexanderoneal.org/product-page/hearsay30
Now also available from itunes
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/hearsay30/1314520349
New collection of music released from Alexander O'Neal early career.
https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/alexanderoneal32
Innocent is such a good jam. Gonna bump that one loudly.
ReplyDeleteThanks for recommending this album. Put a BIG smile on my face when I most needed it.
ReplyDeleteThis was Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis at their finest before The SOS Band's Sands Of Time was released from a production standpoint. They kept what they learned in The Time as far as the length of album working with Prince and it made you want to relisten after it ended, it was just killer, killer, killer and then replay..
ReplyDeleteYes! The CD boom made every artist in the world want to release hour-plus records, and the metrics/payout models for streaming services encourage artists to release filler-saturated playlists masquerading as albums, but I'm glad to see that a lot of current artists have instead gravitated back towards shorter, single-LP-friendly albums.
DeleteHi, reup possible perhaps? Happy holidays!
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