Anita baker rapture mp3 professional#

Robert Christgau, the newspaper's lead music critic, was less impressed and viewed the record as merely a soulful, sexier version of soft rockВ and easy listening: 'it's all husky, burnished mood, the fulfillment of the quiet-storm format black radio. Occasionally, he believed, the groove-based music lacked variety, and the singer drifted into 'some superfluous scatting and pseudo-jazz harmony', but Hoerburger ultimately deemed her 'an acquired but enduring taste'.В At the end of 1986, RaptureВ was ranked number 2 among the 'Albums of the Year' by NME.В It was voted the 23rd best album of the year in the Pazz & Jop, an annual poll of American critics, published by The Village Voice. In a contemporary review for Rolling Stone, Rob Hoerburger regarded RaptureВ as a relatively 'modest' album compared to more histrionic female singers, while praising the symbiotic relationship Baker shared with her band. RaptureВ was released by Elektra RecordsВ in March 1986, peaking at number 11 on the BillboardВ 200В in the United States and number 13 on the UK Albums Chart.В Promoted with two hit singlesВ in ' Sweet Love' and ' Caught Up in the Rapture',В the album received significant airplay on both black radio and Top 40В formats, unlike Baker's 1983 debut The Songstress.В By October 1987, RaptureВ had sold three million copies.В It propelled Baker to stardom in soulВ and pop musicВ during the late 1980s, winning two Grammy AwardsВ and eventually sold over six million copies worldwide.

Anita baker rapture mp3 professional#

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