I`ve been exploring her work lately. She`s not only a good songwriter, but a great recording artist as well...

Her debut album is brilliant... beuatiful piano ballads

SunnySkies said:

now why you do that to me, that's my baby girl.

i admit imma sucker for Way Back When, her voice is seductive.

"Way back when" is cool, probably the best track, along with "So good, so right"

You know her album "Soul talkin`"? I don`t know if many will agree with me on this one, but i think her version of the title track is 10 times better than Chaka Khan`s...

SunnySkies said:

She could devour Chaka, you right on point.

"In The Thick Of It"

DirtyChris said:

like that too

DirtyChris said:

That One is My all-time favorite!!!!



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ITTOI was the first song
I ever heard by this woman
(other than Chaka's version of
Please Pardon Me)

and I fell in love instantly
I can see Badu doing this one justice

one of the most beautiful voices i ever heard.

for me, Way Back When is hypnotizing

DirtyChris said:

btw, i`m still listening to ReeRee...

SunnySkies said:

I been on a SPARKLE kick lately
such a beautiful album
from start to finish

DirtyChris said:

Have you heard the "Brenda and Brian" album where Brenda does her original version of "Please Pardon Me" - she was Brenda Gordon back then, married to Brian Russell. The only problem is, she and Brian do it as a duet--and I hated his voice, Lol!


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paligap said:

I'm having the hardest time
getting my hands on any of her albums

I'd love to hear Nippy & MJB do this song as a duet
I think they would kill it

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Brenda Russell (1979)
Love Life (1981)
Two Eyes (1983)
Get Here (1988)
Kiss Me With The Wind (1991)
Soul Talkin (1993)
Paris Rain (2000)
Between The Sun and The Moon (2004)

Ultimate Collection(2001) (Hip-O Select -18 tracks)


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DirtyChris said:

I`m listening to "Almighty fire", an orger sent me some mp3s a while ago...