Can someone please explain to me why a second rate singer like Madonna can be at the top of the tree when the real deal is still relatively unknown? I owned a few of Cherrelle's albums in the 1980s, "High Priority" and "Affair", were amongst the first CDs I ever owned, apart from the Harnoncourt recording of Handel's "Belshazzar" and Pinnock's Brandenburg Concerti.
Cherrelle's music was one of the soundtracks of my life - social and private - in the late 1980s. Cherrelle's creamy and sensuous voice was oft heard in my small flat (apartment) just off Toorak Road in South Yarra, Melbourne in 1987 to 1990.
Needless to say, many will know that Cherrelle's instrumental music was played, created and produced by those luminaries of the 1980s, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, who were responsible for the production of the SOS Band, Alexander O'Neal, Janet Jackson's best album, "Control", The Human League's "Crash" album and several other groups. Jam and Lewis use that wonderful and wild invention of the 1980s, the polyphonic keyboard synthesizer, and, of course, that other amazing gizmo, the Roland TR 808 drum computer.
I always liked the way Jam and Lewis threw caution to the wind and actually played their keyboards on recordings, rather than sequencing everything. They seem to have been happy to leave everything in, even the occasional mistake! Their sounds are twangy and tangy and very smooth sounds and punctuated with stabs and rhythmical punches. Of course, many will compare their production values with those of Prince and that shouldn't surprise anyone, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis were former members of the Time, one of the close peers and stable mates of His Purple Highness.
Cherrelle was a splendid performer and it is great to see some of her music available on CD again.
I am a fan of all kinds of music, but the first time I heard her voice, I was impressed. For most of you that don't know, she is related to Pebbles. I love Saturday Love. She has an amazing voice, and she is incredibly gifted. I wish that she would have had more recognition than a lot of these other singers!!!!!!
A WONDERFUL CD TO LISTEN TO ON YOUR DOWNTIME. THIS CD HAS BOTH PASSIONATE AND PLAYFUL SONGS. IT WILL MAKE YOU REMEMBER WHEN SONGS WERE ABOUT LOVE AND HALF THE CD WASN'T ABOUT SEX.
I have not bought this CD yet but I do have all of cherrelle's hits but now I can just pop this CD in when it is shipped to me. I too wish there was something from "the woman I am" CD but that was not TABU records but I do understand. Music like this comes and stays. I even remember I heard I didn't mean to turn you on, watching the video. It has been nothing but love for Cherrelle every since.
It seems many people know at least one or two of Cherrelle's songs, but few know who the artist is that sings them. I believe this is the best compilation of the songs most know, but few know they are Cherrelle's. I was very happy to receive this requested CD for a Xmas gift, and finally have all of my favorite Cherrelle songs.
