When a Woman Loves

Patti Labelle - When a Woman Loves

When a Woman Loves
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Artist: Patti Labelle
Edition: Music CD
Format: Enhanced
CD Release Date: 2000-10-24
Music Label: Mca Special Products
Soundtracks:
  1. The Kitchen
  2. When A Woman Loves
  3. Make Tonight Beautiful
  4. If I Was A River
  5. Why Do We Hurt Each Other
  6. Too Many Tears, Too Many Times
  7. Call Me Gone
  8. Time Will
  9. Tell Me Where It Hurts
  10. I'll Still Love You More
  11. Love Will Lead You Back
  12. When A Woman Loves (Reprise)

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Music Review: La'Belle' Musique
Rating: 4 Stars

Henceforth, the "material" issue is precisely that: a topic germaine to a survey of the current opuses from our aged-divas Patti Labelle and Diana Ross. Although the sets, irrespective of each other, were neither an out-and-out concession to rally a younger audience to their favor,they-more in the case of Diana Ross' "Every Day is a new Day"- were not blantanly out of step with the more current and progressive trends in dance and R&B-for it would ostensibly be these markets that would most openly embrace its "heritage" arists.

Incidentally, neither fifty-six-year-old chose to straddle the middle-of-the-road on their most recent sets. With that said, with regard Ms. Labelle and her intention to perform an album of Diane Warren material, the following queries: 1) Is it her way of conceding-or god forbid "change"- to suit her older audience whom she perceives are not capable of receiving her as faithfully or 2) Is it her-albeit misguided in practice- way of guranteeing a "smash"?

The answer itself in theory may be found in the middle of the road, but the material itself seldom straddles the middle of the road. The savvy production of the songs and Patti's grittier classic delivery on "When a Woman Loves" offsets the often hackneyed and outdated Diane Warren lyricism. "Call Me Gone" is the funkiest Diane Warren song-words thought never uttered. It puts into its mix the production cooperative of Jam and Lewis, and "Velvet Rope" ingredient Big Jim Wright, who brilliantly create a hauntingly effective jam where Patti's trademark vocals are balanced by the haunting ghost-like echo used to underscore her classic presence.

Less tolerable is Patti's somewhat anemic one-key delivery of the Taylor Dayne staple "Love Will Lead You Back; it seems very by-the-numbers. Even on the less-than-stunning "Why Do We Hurt Each other?" 'Big' Jim Wright brings the song to a solid conclusion by matching her pleas to end the pain amidst a string section. "Time Will" presents the case that Hex Hector should not be relegated to merely his status as a remixer, but as a full-fledged producer as well: his tribal beats and urgent sway coupled with Patti's aching hope brings an immediacy to the song and presents Patti in a light that even Diana Ross has not been able to achieve of late-that of a Club Mama a la Martha Wash. Her delivery on "Carry On" did not only not match the original, but her attempt was even less grittily assured. "Tell Me Where It Hurts" is the stuff that "Sugarfree" from Ross EDIAND was made of; it has a plea that insinuates and will hopefully ingratiate itself into the favor of Urban AC programmers. "If I Was a River", a cerebral AC dittie that is actually by comparison a tolerable Diane Warren metaphorical premise, evokes imagery of an actual flowing river, and ebbs very delicately-almost to a harp effect-despite what people would criticize as Patti's overly emotive vocal.

In keeping with the cooking motif of the interludes on "When a Woman Loves" and as a valued best-selling cookbook author of "La Belle Cuisine", Labelle believes she pays attention to the details of a recipe for a hit; she seems to profess to know the right proportions, and though her release may not be as edgy as some would contend it need be, it is not entirely safe and predictable either-just the way any delicious surprise could really ever be.

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The collaboration between Patti Labelle and Diane Warren might not be as splendiferous as that of Dionne Warwick and Bacharach and David, but it is one that makes sense. Labelle is an emotional singer with an üaut;ber-dramatic approach. Warren, whose pop/soul songs ("Unbreak My Heart, "Because You Loved Me") have been hits for nearly every major female singer (including Labelle), can at her best infuse her material with a girlfriend empowerment that's equally theatrical. The result is a CD that is Oprah's slumber party--an estrogen-enhanced litany of L.U.V. delivered by a singer who can give soul to a line as hackneyed as "If I was the sun I would shine my light to light your world". It is Labelle's voice that saves When a Woman Loves from cliché city; and on the hushed title track and the disco-driven "Too Many Tears, Too Many Times," Labelle makes magic out of material that teeters toward the mushy. --Amy Linden

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