To get you in the mood for Valentine’s Day here’s Valentine Musical Selections from 1997. These 16 songs are not the usual mix of love songs. Yes, there’s Curtis Mayfield’s “Oh So Beautiful” but I’m guessing most of you are not familiar with Holly Palmer’s “Come Lie With Me” or Nu Flavor’s “Heaven.
For Smooth Jazz fans there’s “Seduction” by Boney James and Hiroshima’s “Love How You Love Me.” If that music doesn’t get you the the mood for amour, nothing will. Do you have any plans for Valentine’s Day? GRADE: B+
TRACK LIST:
| 1 | Quincy Jones Featuring Tamia– | You Put A Move On My Heart (Edit) | 4:20 |
| 2 | Holly Palmer– | Come Lie With Me | 4:44 |
| 3 | Boney James– | Seduction (Edit) | 3:45 |
| 4 | Marilyn Scott– | I’m Calling You (Edit) | 3:37 |
| 5 | Chaka Khan– | Through The Fire | 4:47 |
| 6 | Tevin Campbell– | Could You Learn To Love | 4:09 |
| 7 | Nu Flavor– | Heaven | 5:25 |
| 8 | Donovan– | Please Don’t Bend | 4:12 |
| 9 | The Blue Nile– | Sentimental Man (Edit) | 3:40 |
| 10 | Eric Benét– | I’ll Be There (Radio Edit) | 4:16 |
| 11 | Hiroshima (3)– | Love How You Love Me | 4:58 |
| 12 | Phajja– | What Are You Waiting For (Edit) | 4:03 |
| 13 | Kevin Mahogany– | I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know | 6:08 |
| 14 | Joshua Redman– | When The Sun Comes Down (Edit) | 4:36 |
| 15 | Curtis Mayfield– | Oh So Beautiful | 4:38 |
| 16 | Andy Snitzer– | Remembrance | 5:34 |
It’s always Sade’s Greatest Hits for the win!
/We just got back from our anniversary trip, so Valentine’s Day is going to consist of chicken wings and watching the next installment of “Perry Mason” (we’re working our way through the entire series). 😂
Deb, I know a couple more people who are working their way through PERRY MASON. You can’t go wrong with Chicken Wings!
Helen Olossade Adu’s whole catalog for the win, pretty much.
Or even Folosade. My typing is deteriorating, though this cheap laptop only helps fitfully.
Todd, I’ve yet to find a laptop keyboard I’m happy with. Most of the time, I use the Microsoft Ergonomic Keyboard which helps with my carpel tunnel problems.
Most of these songs don’t do much for me, and many I just cannot remember. Offhand, the most romantic songs I can think of are Tom Paxton’s “My Lady Is a Wild Flying Dove” and Dooley Wilson’s “As Time Goes By.” I’m an old fart.
Jerry, Oldies but Goodies!
Drawing a blank on all of these. Except for Quincy Jones, Chaka Khan, Curtis Mayfield, and Donovan, I don’t even know the performers. Speaking of Donovan . . . what’s he doing there??
Fred, Donovan pops up on these CD compilations from time to time.
Perhaps bouncy enough in latter day subdued fashion to mildly fit in with Quiet Storm…or a recognizable “name’ with an inexpensive catalog. Of course, the latter more likely to come into play.
Todd, I’m a sucker for Quiet Storm style music!
I know exactly none of the songs, so Not The Target Audience.
We’re driving down to Boca Raton tomorrow to eat at Jackie’s all-time favorite Japanese buffet, Ichiyami. Yum.
Jeff, the best Japanese and Chinese restaurants in our area are all over the bridges in Canada.
Jackie is always looking for a Japanese buffet, as we don’t have them in Brooklyn. We have one – Crazy Buffet – that we used to go to, but it is nothing special. Two others, one of them really good, have closed in recent years. There is one other, but… meh, nothing special.
This one is worth the 45 minute drive.
Jeff, the Pandemic closed a number of Chinese and Japanese restaurants in our area. But the best ones in Canada managed to survive.
I do feel a bit guilty, among all my carnivore tendencies of my first couple/few decades, perhaps most for eating octopus occasionally in Hawaii. Very intelligent creatures. Though cows, certainly pigs, and the others have their moments. (Went lacto-ovo when I was about 25, I suspect, and my first full-bore Valentine, Donna, helped nudge me over that line.)
Todd, no sea food for me.
I hate these bogus celebratory days foisted on us by the card and candy racketeers! As for Chinese restaurants, they are an endangered species in Tacoma! Offhand, I can think of one! The casino has some decent Chinese dishes, but not the atmosphere!
Bob, the Pandemic killed off 30% of the restaurants in Western NY. The survivors were mainly Take-Out places that specialized in pizza, wings, and subs.
I recognize most of the artists, but I’ve never been the biggest fan of pop-jazz (while jazz-pop, such as the Police and Sting’s solo work, Ms. Adu, certain recordings by Whitney Houston and all, and certainly such earlier folks as the Zombies and some of the Byrds’ recordings thus are definitely favorites), I’m not too big on these.
Chaka Khan probably the greatest exception, and Mayfield is impossible to dismiss.
Todd, Chaka Khan was an early favorite of mine especially when she sang “Ain’t Nobody.”
Todd, there aren’t many Valentine’s Day music CDs to chose from. Next year, I’ll be featuring CDs full of love songs from many musical eras.
I’ll have to revisit Donovan, I suppose. “Mellow Yellow” and Quiet Storm? Does . . . Not . . . Compute!
Fred, I’m a big fan of Donovan’s “Celeste” and “Ferris Wheel.”