Leavin'

Performer: Natalie Cole
Artist: Paul Jackson, Jr.
Engineer: Rick Sheppard
Producer: Dallas Austin; Natalie Cole
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Twenty albums into her career, LEAVIN' is a new beginning for Natalie Cole, offering a surprising mixture of unexpected source material (Kate Bush's ethereal art-rock classic, "The Man with the Child In His Eyes," next to 1990s pop one-hit-wonder Des'ree's "You Gotta Be," next to Neil Young's country-rock weeper "Old Man") and Cole's creamy-smooth vocal style. That it all fits so beautifully is due to the subtle, tasteful small-combo arrangements and Cole's exquisite vocals, which sound more confident than ever.

The daughter of celebrated singer Nat "King" Cole, Natalie Cole signed to Capitol Records in 1975 and went right to the Top 10 with her debut single "This Will Be," followed by two more hits in quick succession. An increasing drug dependency took a professional and personal toll. But after a successful spell in rehab, Cole re-launched her career in `87 with the album EVERLASTING, which spawned the transatlantic hit "Pink Cadillac." In 1991, Cole recorded a "duet" with her father on his original recording of the song "Unforgettable." The accompanying album won seven Grammy Awards, and sent her in a more jazz/pop direction from the early `90s and onward.

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