The Very Best Of Al B. Sure!

Performer: Al B. Sure!
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Personnel includes: Al B. Sure (vocals, horns, keyboards, programming); Les Davis, Steve Lukather (guitar); Lee Williams (keyboards, synthesizer, programming); Kyle West, Rodney Grant (keyboards, programming); Neil Stubenhaus (bass); John Robinson (drums); Seida Garrett, Craig Derry, Tabitha Brace (background vocals). Producers include: Al B. Sure, Quincy Jones, Ted Riley, DJ Eddie F., Kyle West. Compilation producers: Barry "Rockabarry" Benson. Recorded between 1988 & 1992. Includes liner notes by Ronda Racha Penrice. Personnel: Les Davis, Steve Lukather (guitar); Greg Phillinganes (Fender Rhodes piano); Larry Williams (keyboards, synthesizer); Klye West (keyboards, programming); Rodney Grant (keyboards); Neil Stubenhaus (bass guitar); John "4 Daddman" Robinson (drums); Bruce Swedien (snare drum); Tabitha Brace, Craig Derry, Terri Robinson (background vocals). Additional personnel: Slick Rick, Diana Ross. Audio Remasterer: Pat Kraus. Soft rock during the new jack era was overflowing to the brim with talent, and Al B. Sure! was one of several male vocalists leading the way for a short period of time. His confident delivery and smooth style made him to many a woman in the front row the second coming of Teddy or Luther -- and it all started the same way that this compilation starts, with his smash "Nite and Day." The rest of the CD works its way through the hits of his three releases, with a few minor songs that would be considered filler here and there, but that shouldn't deter those unfamiliar with his works from picking this up. On the whole it's a solid survey of a man whose recording career was far more short-lived than many of the ladies (and a few smooth-talkin' gentlemen) would have liked. ~ Rob Theakston

The New Jack Swing movement of the 1980s provided a pleasing middle ground between traditional R&B and the relatively new world of hip-hop. Singer Al B. Sure! (the nervy exclamation point belying his smooth, silky delivery) hovered closer to the trad soul end of things, but also benefitted from the bright production values of the day. After a few charting hits ("Nite and Day"), Sure! focused more on his career as a producer for Motown artists. He has also worked as a popular radio DJ, and still releases the occasional solo outing.

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