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Reviews & Previews bounty of female solo slow jams currently Yearwood's performance is beautiful and * SPLENDER Yeah, Whatever (3:41) D A N C E bandying for a place on the radio. Great flawless. This is yet another example of PRODUCER: Todd Rundgren production, too, with a sad, sad guitar fol- this fine vocalist's amazing way with a * SOUL SOLUTION FEATURING CAROLYN WRITER: W. Boone lowing along that sounds curiously Asian- song. HARDING Let It Rain (8:421 PUBLISHER: Hit and Run Music Publishing Ltd., ASCAP influenced. Mainstream R &B, this is the PRODUCERS: Bobby Guy, Ernie Lake C2 Records 41936 (CD promo) S \GLES right time to share your love with this * BR5-49 Seven Nights To Rock (2:45) WRITERS: E. Luecke, B. Graziose Columbia imprint C2 Records maintains EIDITED BY CHUCK TAYLOR intriguing singer/songwriter. Meanwhile, PRODUCERS: Jozef Nuyens, Mike Janus PUBLISHERS: Mr. Lake Music/Jelly's Jams L.L.C., ASCAP; its standard of launching a roster of auspi- if you're in search of crossover appeal, WRITER: not listed Nicky's Knacks & Daddy's Tracks/Jumping Beans Songs cious artists with this first rousing single PUBLISHER: not listed BMI check out the Hani smooth and hyper L.L.C., from the New York -based Splender. Arista/Nashville 3162 (CD promo) REMIXERS: John Kano, Johnny Vicious P O P remixes, perfectly suited for those sta- "Yeah, Whatever" is a loud, guitar -satu- The ever -adventuresome, genre -defying Jellybean Recordings 2550 (12 -inch single) off on Deborah Cox's recent rated rocker that begins unsuspectingly 01. BACKSTREET BOYS I Want It That Way (3:33) tions that got BR5-49 is here to show you a damn good New York DJs -those lucky enough to enough with a pleasant, understated vocal PRODUCERS: Max Martin, Kristian Lundin uptempo remixes. time. A couple beers and this track play- have received a promo copy -have been acoustic guitars. But with the first WRITERS: M. Martin, A. Carlsson and SHANNON SANDERS Must Be Love (4:27) ing loudly on the jukebox will have you championing this feisty house jam for the PUBLISHERS: Zomba Enterprises/Grantsville Publishing, chorus, lead vocalist/guitarist /songwriter PRODUCER: Shannon Sanders ready to spin out of control, singing along past three years. In that time. club pun- ASCAP Waymon Boone grabs you by the neck WRITER: S. Sanders by the time you've dropped a couple bucks ters have been patiently waiting for the Jive 42595 (CD promo) with a chorus that remembers the most PUBLISHER: Bems II Music, BMI into the slot. Replete with rockabilly over- track to see the light of day. Well, that day Don't even bother wondering about a important element of all: a momentous SWE (CD promo) tones and wailing guitars that will set the has arrived. With new anthernic mixes in sophomore slump here. The first single hook that will undoubtedly merit explosive -Brite smile on dancefloor on fire, this song takes tow, "Let It Rain" has never sounded from the Backstreet Boys' forthcoming This gentleman's Ultra tavern action at modern rock. This is a clear -cut CD promo cover is enough to ignite you through a week of barhopping -each fresher or more essential. Radio program- "Millennium" is the quintet's most inspira- the breakout track, allowing you to visualize in what's inside, and fortunately, time with a new woman it's as mers should surely welcome the upbeat tional single ever, showcasing exquisitely interest -and these four young men hopping up and extends way those lovely catchy as anything that Elvis ever mus- and spirited productions by Soul Solution layered harmonies, an instantaneous the payoff past down onstage, giving you your money's mandibles. Sanders shows his stuff as tered. Action at triple -A and alternative is (Bobby Guy and Ernie Lake), which spot- melody, and the potential to at last take worth with change to spare. Produced by of this sauntering with spins already tapped in light the soulful wailings of veteran vocal- these guys to the top of the pop chart. the writer /producer a given, the well -traveled Todd Rundgren, this slow groove, while leaving no doubt that Boston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, ist Carolyn Harding. Club jocks will, no Commandeered by pop/boy band aficiona- song has nothing to question. We call it a he is an accomplished vocalist as well. In Nashville, and Birmingham, Ala. If there doubt, become close friends with the dubs do Max Martin, "I Want It That Way" hit. From the forthcoming album 4'A he serves up here, the were ever a time for this quintet of fine of both Johnny Vicious and John Kano. In starts with a simple acoustic guitar, spark- the minutes "Halfway Down The Sky," due May 4. South Central Los Angeles -born musicians to break out from their cult sta- any event, it's time to let the sunshine in. ing into a gently chugging midtempo Sanders dishes out everything from a tus, this is it. "Seven Nights To Rock," OWSLEY Coming Up Roses (4:03) verse, and then igniting into a chorus so CAROLE SYLVAN Just Doin' What We Love (no cool and controlled helping of smooth from the album "Big Backyard Beat PRODUCERS: Owsley, M. Powers exhilarating, so uplifting, that it feels soul to a sexy, catlike growl that conjures Show," is the time of your life put to time listed) WRITERS: Owsley, M. Powers almost spiritual in nature. This record Michael Hacker, Rosenman images of early Prince, to harmonies music. PRODUCERS: Michael PUBLISHERS: Sony AN Songs/Coupe De Ville Music, BMI demonstrates mighty growth on all fronts WRITERS: M. Hacker, M. Rosenman, A. Forbes that make it clear that he's got seduction Giant 9645 (CD promo) and should expand the Boys' reach past PUBLISHER: Champion Music on his mind. Everything about this track DAVID BALL Watching My Baby Not Coming Just as female singer/songwriters are end- their teen core. And just wait until sum- REMIXERS: Dead Presidents, Alan Thompson, Pete Doyle, will Back (3:39) lessly compared to one another, scarcely scores, and R &B radio be baffled as Colour System Inc. mer, when "I Want It" will sound oh-so- PRODUCER: Don Cook does a male singer /songwriter utter a note, to why this now-Nashville -based talent (12 -inch single) great in the car or on the beach. It cer- D. Ball, B. Paisley Champion 333 hasn't been signed to a major -label deal. WRITERS: and he's dodging comparisons to Elvis tainly sets things up nicely for the album's PUBLISHERS: EMI Blackwood Music, BMI; EMI April In the past, Carole Sylvan was content Don't miss the slightly funked -up Out - Costello and various Beatles concoctions. drop date of May 18. A genuinely tri- Music, ASCAP being the featured vocalist on recordings by mix and, for fun, the a cappel- But the cliché said it best: There's nothing South just (CD promo) numerous clubland artists, including Mood umphant return that will quickly usher Warner Bros. 9707 new under the sun -which means that la version on the disc. Oh, yeah! Contact: Not II Swing, Moby, and Danny Tenaglia. But Backstreet back to rule the boy band The melody of "Watching My Baby often, tired analogies are apt. The acoustic- 625 -254 -6406.. no more. With "Just Doin' What We Love" roost. Coming Back" is absolutely infectious, strummed dissonance-to- resolution pattern with a joyful little honky -tonk vibe that on Champion Records, Sylvan proudly J.T. TAYLOR Sex On The Beach (4:52) that recurs in this tune is all John Lennon, TONI BASIL Mickey (Remixes) (3:29) the most rhythmically steps into the spotlight. Produced by RH PRODUCER: J.T. Taylor would make even while the intentionally flat vocals the guitar PRODUCER:Jason Nevins for Michael WRITER: J.T. Taylor challenged cowboy want to learn to boot Factor (the studio pseudonym WRITER: not listed ushers in are more similar to Costello. PUBLISHER: Taylor Made Publishing scoot. This record's overall lively, vibrant Hacker and Michael Rosenman), who PUBLISHER: not listed Later in the song, the group's "na-na -na" Taylor Made Recordings (CD promo) sound is further testament to Don Cook's penned the track with Alex Forbes, "Just REMIXER: Jason Nevins backup vocals and muted flute line could be With the success of Chancellor Media's consistently great production skills. And Doin' What We Love" is a fab slice of diva Razor & Tie 80750 (CD likened to Lennon or Paul McCartney, but promo) Ball does plenty to make the record house. While most jocks will more than like- The original version of "Mickey" was Jammin' Oldies stations and a new remix the muffled rock instrumentals and mid- 1 sparkle, too. He co -wrote the tune with ly gravitate toward Pete Doyle's percussive already an anachronism, a '70s -style bub- of the 1980 No. "Celebration" on the dling tempo are again closer to Costello. Arista newcomer Brad Paisley, and it's a Kentish Man Latin Plan mix or Alan blegum record with '60s farfisa organ that streets, Kool & the Gang have polished off Lyrically, this cut's narrator is so their place in the spotlight for the solid offering, indeed. His voice teems Thompson's disco-embellished Doin' It dub, still went to No. 1 in 1982. So there's no depressed that even running for cover in a lots of good of boy charm and our personal bets are on Colour System's reason another generation of listeners moment, even reuniting this summer for with rain shower reminds him that his lost love brings the song to life.