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ARTiST.....: Howard Hewett
ALBUM......: Allegiance
LABEL......: Elektra
GENRE......: R&B
SOURCE.....: CDDA
TRACKS.....: 14
PLAYTiME...: 64:07
SiZE.......: 85,3 MB
ENCODER....: Lame 3.97 V2
BiTRATE....: VBRkbps
SCENE DATE.: 07/07/2007
STORE DATE.: 00/00/1992
Tracklist:
01. To Thee I Pray (Intro) 01:42
02. Save Your Sex For Me 04:58
03. Allegiance 04:00
04. Can We Try Again 05:23
05. How Fast Forever Goes 04:48
06. Can't Get Enough Of Your Love 04:56
07. To Thee I Pray (Interlude) 01:13
08. Say You Will 04:14
09. Take It To The Highest 06:17
10. From This Day On 04:31
11. Ronnie-O 04:10
12. Masquerade 06:12
13. Just Like A Woman 06:08
14. To Thee I Pray 05:35
Release Notes:
This is the follow-up to his 1990 hit Howard Hewett. For this,
Hewett split the production duties between Tommy LiPluma,
Narada Michael Walden, Barry Mann, Nick Martinelli, and
himself. One would think that he would get lost in this, but
the opposite becomes true. While on the surface this seems
like a by-the-numbers effort, with its unearthly momentum,
Allegiance is an oddly fascinating record. Hewett is a little
intense to pull off the insouciant loverman act as "Save Your
Sex for Me" and the Prince-penned "Allegiance" proves. What
Hewett is great at is melodic and hooky R&B/pop, and once
Allegiance gets going it really doesn't stop. The best Walden
productions, "Can We Try Again" and "Can't Get Over Your
Love," have Hewett subtly attaining the sensuality he was
begging for a few songs earlier. LiPluma places Hewett in the
"sounds like a classic" pop-based direction and he gets to the
point even faster. On the ballads "How Fast Forever Goes" and
"Just Like a Woman," and the theatrical "Ronnie-O," Hewett
gives a sense of believability and charisma with each line.
This album is so charmed that the overwrought though
well-intentioned inspirational number "To Thee I Pray" is
enjoyable too. Unfortunately, Allegiance wasn't a big seller
but it presents Hewett in great voice and displays his
underrated range and likability.