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George Duke
Dream On
CD $13.99
Release Date:
August 2011
Nº of Discs:
1
Catalogue Nº
FTG-260
Label:
Funkytowngrooves USA
Tracklisting
| 1. Shine On | |
| 2. You | |
| 3. Dream On | |
| 4. I'll Always Be Your Friend | |
| 5. Framed | |
| 6. Ride On Love | |
| 7. Son Of Reach For It | |
| 8. Someday | |
| 9. Positive Energy | |
| 10. Let Your Love Shine | |
| 11. Shine On (single edit) |
Item Description
Last few copies
Mastered by Vic Anesini.
Another Funkytowngrooves Release Authorized By Sony BMG.
Duke began the 1980s with the first Clarke/Duke Project recording (with bassist Stanley Clarke) that netted his own number Top 20 crossover hit, "Sweet Baby" (#19 Pop, # 6 R&B). He also released the solo works Dream On, Guardian of the Light, and Rendezvous as well as another Clarke/Duke Project album before leaving Epic for Elektra in 1984. There he recorded Thief in the Night, George Duke, and Night After Night. Duke's music delighted mainstream audiences and crossed over from pop to adult contemporary to the R&B charts effortlessly.
On his R&B-oriented records of the late 1970s, George Duke often shared the lead vocals with such band members as Lynn Davis, Josie James, and Napoleon Brock, but none of them are employed on 1982's Dream On, which finds him handling most of the lead vocals himself. And that isn't a bad thing, because Duke is a soulful and charismatic singer -- there is no reason why he shouldn't hog the microphone on his own albums.
Dream On isn't a bad album; sleek R&B ballads like "I Will Always Be Your Friend," "Let Your Love Shine," and "You" are pleasant, but they aren't remarkable, and while Dream On simmers, it never burns and never explodes. Even "Son of Reach for It (The Funky Dream)" -- a sequel to Duke's 1977 smash "Reach for It" -- isn't all that exciting. Also on the record is a remake of the mellow soul ballad "Someday," which he had previously recorded for 1975's I Love the Blues, She Heard My Cry.
