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Jose Feliciano

1981 - MOTOWN M8953M1 (USA Pressing)

1993 - CD: MOTOWN - 374636304-2 (USA Pressing)

My Rating:

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Original 1982 Adverts!

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COMMENTS:

With good premises, a music video clip and after four years of silence, Jose make this modern album directly produced by Motown's father Berry Gordy, the result is good but the sales are well only few latin markets and Spain. Notably the great "I Wanna Be Where You Are" a perfect modern example of Feliciano's style and the incredible orchestral and vocal arrengements in "Everybody Loves Me".

 

ORIGINAL BILLBOARD REVIEW - RECOMMENDED

Feliciano is back after a notable absence with this LP that is hallmarked by two Smokey Robinson songs, "I Second That Emotion" and "Ain't That Peculiar." Feliciano still commands a distinguishable voice, yet with the exception of the two Robinson songs and "I Wanna Be Where You Are" his vocal is wasted on some unmemorable material. Best cuts: Those mentioned.

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SONGS:

I Wanna Be Where You Are (Ross/Ware)

I Second That Emotion (Robinson/Cleveland)

Ain't That Peculiar (Robinson/Tarplin/Rogers/Moore)

Let's Make Love Over The Telephone (Jose Feliciano)

Everybody Loves Me (Hirsch/Pomus)

Free Me From My Freedom (Bond/Thomas)

Find Yourself (Verne/Altman/Feigin/Briggs)

The Drought Is Over (Jose Feliciano/S. Omilian)

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CREDITS:

Produced by Berry Gordy & Suzee Ikeda

Arranged by Terrel Jackson / Gene Page - Recorded at Motown/Hitsville USA - Hollywood California USA

Management: Burl Hetchman Management - Jose Feliciano Official Fan Club P.O. Box 3617 - Orange California USA

Jose Feliciano: Vocal, Acoustic & Electric Guitars.

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CHARTS POSTION:

ALBUM - ?

SINGLES -

SPAIN and Other Latin countries: I Wanna Be Where You Are around nr. 15

"Everybody Loves Me"