NANCY WILSON - Forbidden Lover (1987-2008) RM / SHM-CD / FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Billed as the 50th album by this 50-year-old singer, Nancy Wilson's Forbidden Lover is an attempt to contemporize her sound, with arrangements that recall Luther Vandross and the Earth, Wind & Fire horn section. The title track, a duet with Carl Anderson, seems intended to heat up the R&B charts and, if it did, there would be other tracks to follow. It's reasonable that Columbia Records, which signed Wilson up after her long tenure at Capitol, should try to get a return on its investment. But Wilson the jazz-R&B song stylist gets lost on most of these recordings. "I Was Telling Him About You" is a ballad that lets her get across her personality, and the string-filled closer, Leon Russell's "A Song About You," really gives her room to shine and probably will turn out to be the only keeper on this collection. Pop music performers almost always want to sound contemporary, but this is one singer who would be better off acting her age. by William Ruhlmann
Tracklist :
1    Forbidden Lover 4:15
Featuring – Carl Anderson
Written-By – B. Diggs, J. Joubert
2    I Was Telling Him About You 3:15
Written-By – D. George, M. Charlap
3    If You Only Knew 4:22
Written-By – L. Sunday, R. Brookins
4    Deeper 4:45
Written-By – A. Sarnoff, P. Maiorino
5    Puttin' My Trust 3:38
Written-By – E. Schwartz, G. Samuels, R. Bruno
6    You Know 4:19
Written-By – G. McDaniels, T, Brancato
7    Too Good To Be True 4:19
Featuring – Carl Anderson
Written-By – G. McDaniels, P. Anderson
8    I Never Held Your Heart 3:51
Written-By – A. Sarnoff, P. Maiorino
9    What Will It Take This Time 3:31
Written-By – B. Macar, J. Samson
10    A Song For You 4:00
Written-By – L. Russell
Credits :
Alto Saxophone – Ernie Watts
Arranged By, Conductor, Electric Piano [Steinway Piano, Rhodes Piano], Synthesizer [Oberheim OB-8, DX-Z, Mini Moog] – Masahiko Satoh
Backing Vocals – Desiree McAlpin, Jim Gilstrap, Marlena Jeter, Valeria Mayo
Baritone Saxophone – Kim Hutchcroft
Bass – Abraham Laboriel (faixas: 1, 3 to 7, 9, 10), Jimmy Johnson (faixas: 2, 8)
Bass Trombone – Bill Reichenbach
Cello – Armen Ksajikian, David Shamban, Raymond Kelley
Congas, Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa
Drums – Ed Greene
French Horn – James A. Decker (faixas: 8, 9), Richard E. Perissi (faixas: 8, 9)
Guitar – Paul Jackson Jr.
Harp – Ann M. Stockton (faixas: 2, 8)
Tenor Saxophone – Gerald Albright (faixas: 4, 9), Marc Russo
Trombone – Bill Reichenbach, Charles Loper, Lew McCreary
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Gary Grant, Jerry Hey
Viola – Harry Shirinian, Myer Bello, Roland Kato
Violin – Assa Drori, Betty Moor, Robert Sanov, Irma Neumann, Mari Tsumura Botnick, Patricia Ann Johnson, Robert Sushel, Ronald Folsom, Sheldon Sanov