Phyllis Hyman - Living All Alone
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Artist: Phyllis HymanEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Philadelphia
Product features:
- oop
- Living All Alone
- First Time Together
- If You Want Me
- Slow Dancin'
- Old Friend
- You Just Don't Know
- Ain't You Had Enough Love
- Screaming At The Moon
- What You Won't Do For Love
Music reviews of Living All Alone
Music Review: The mark of a diva! We miss you Phyllis..
Rating: 5 Stars
Phyllis Hyman's "Living All Alone", released in 1986 on Philadelphia, was the album which, for me, marked a turning point in the career of this gifted artist who had started out on her journey more than a decade previously and had remained in relative obscurity, popping up here and there with a track or two that deserved some mention for a time before fading into the archives.
I had heard a few Phyllis Hyman tracks here and there - notably "You know how to love me" which were pretty good but if truth be told were not exactly special, and so my perception of this artist was one of indifference. "Living All Alone" changed my perception and in the process, swung the pendulum all the way from indifference to total awe and reverence.
The title track was the first I heard and there just seemed to be no setting on my stereo that could do the music justice. The distinctive bassline, the harmony in horns and strings and the eerily haunting background whistling all blending with Ms Hyman's absolutely fabulous voice and distinctly weepy, emotive tones to leave this listener speechless and actually quite apologetic for earlier indifference!
I was so taken by the title track that I foolishly ignored the rest of the album, and the "repeat" function on my then state of the art linear tracking turntable made it all too easy for this state of ignorance to prevail - and it didn't help that the record was borrowed (Hey! I was only a student!) so I only had so long to get my earful before it was time for the rightful owner to take posession.
It must have been about a month after my first contact with the record that I tuned to my local radio station in Manchester and could hardly believe my ears when the DJ said he had Phyllis Hyman live in the studio and naturally, "Living All Alone" was the featured album. The interview was quite the eye opener for me about the fortunes of the artist. What came through was a disatisfaction with the way Phyllis felt her career had been managed. She offered some advice to upcoming artists about the value of wisdom and prudence in signing up with record companies and stated she wished someone had given her the same advice when she started out.
At this point, the DJ decided to play "Ain't you had enough love" from the featured album and somewhere in the halls of residence of Manchester Univeristy was a student kicking themselves for not having listened to the whole album when it had been in their posession. The next choice from the featured album was down to Phyllis and she picked "Old Friend" which she said was of some 'sentimental relevance' or something along those lines. As a parting track, the DJ played "If you want me" and there was yet more self kicking and head banging in the halls of residence. It was undoubtedly way too late for me to start a campaign against the "repeat" function on state of the art turntables so there was little else left to do than accept it was one I'd have to put down to experience.
My quest for the album on CD was relentless and it was during one such search that I came across the news of the passing of Phyllis Linda Hyman in 1995. The tragic circumstances of her passing brought to mind her interview and the burden of unhappiness she seemed to have been carrying with her. MHSRIP.
It was not until 2007 that I discovered just how brilliantly Phyllis Hyman did her rendition of "what you won't do for love", perhaps better associated with Dionne Warwick and/or Natalie Cole. By this time I had fair few of her later albums in my collection. So impressed was I that I just had to call a truce with that old foe .. the repeat function .. this time on my CD player, and give this track the playtime it deserved.
Pros: This album is absolutely brilliant in every respect. Every track merits its time on the player and it is not often you get an album that gives the "skip" function a well deserved break. "Living All alone", "If you want me", "Aint you had enough love" are all recommended listening, and what a voice!
Cons: It might come across as pricey for some
Verdict: This one's a no-brainer. If price is not an issue, get it! There are no regrets to be had here. Just make sure you get your copy "digitally remastered" from a trusted source as there is a prevalence of classic 80's albums recreated from vinyl sources by some individuals.
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