Brother to Brother

Brother to Brother

by Gino Vannelli
Brother to Brother

Brother to Brother

by Gino Vannelli
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Overview

By this point, Vannelli has pared away the often-bizarre edges of his sound and became more mainstream. That's not a bad thing. This album's predecessor, A Pauper in Paradise, seemed to blow up his pretensions to skyscraper size with only the melodic and gorgeous "The Surest Things Can Change" coming out unscathed. The good news is that Brother to Brother seems to pick up from that point. The big hit here, the sexy and confident "I Just Want to Stop," gets a great vocal from Vannelli and the backing vocalists. Throughout, this one gets the sense that Vannelli finally got what made him special vocally and lyrically. "Love and Emotion" and "Feel Like Flying" have a maturity that he couldn't have pulled off two albums before. That is also true of the pensive "Wheels of Life," a song that's so melodically rich and thought-provoking, it's surprising that Peabo Bryson didn't cover it on one of his albums. Gino Vannelli's often more personal than more artists, and the final track proves it. The sleek and well-arranged "People I Belong To" has Vannelli examining the lives of his parents and brothers in a way that can't help but be affecting. After a few years of successful albums for A&M, Brother to Brother coalesced the sound and is recommended to fans of pop and R&B. ~ Jason Elias

Product Details

Release Date: 10/25/1990
Label: A&M
UPC: 0075021317024
Rank: 46176

Tracks

  1. Appaloosa
  2. The River Must Flow
  3. I Just Wanna Stop
  4. Love and Emotion
  5. Feel Like Flying
  6. Brother to Brother
  7. Wheels of Life
  8. The Evil Eye
  9. People I Belong To

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Gino Vannelli   Primary Artist,Vocals,Synthesizer
Ross Vannelli   Primary Artist,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Ernie Watts   Saxophone,Sax (Tenor)
Joe Vannelli   Keyboards,Synthesizer
Leon Gaer   Bass
Jimmy Haslip   Bass,Bass (Electric)
Manolo Badrena   Percussion
Maxine Willard Waters   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Victor Feldman   Vibraphone,Vocals (Background)
Mark Craney   Drums
Julia Tillman Waters   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Stephanie Spruill   Vocals (Background)
Carlos Rios   Guitar

Technical Credits

Joe Vannelli   Producer
Ross Vannelli   Composer,Producer
Gino Vannelli   Composer,Producer
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