The Songstress
Anita Baker
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Angel | Anita Baker | 5:00 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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You're the Best Thing Yet | Anita Baker | 5:35 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Feel the Need | Anita Baker | 5:38 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Squeeze Me | Anita Baker | 4:42 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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No More Tears | Anita Baker | 5:35 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Sometimes | Anita Baker | 5:55 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Will You Be Mine | Anita Baker | 5:29 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Do You Believe Me | Anita Baker | 3:54 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 8 Songs |
iTunes Review
After her 1983 departure from Chapter 8, which had scored one Top Forty R&B hit {“Ready for Your Love”), Anita Baker moved closer to stardom with The Songstress, her first solo effort. Though the real giant step would come with Rapture three years later, this album set the template for Baker’s torchy version of post-midnight soul. “Angel” set the tone both for the album and all the later, softly assuring declarations of love to come. Of course, The Songstress isn’t all paeans to steadiness. “Feel the Need” is a plea for attention from a wished-for lover; “No More Tears” is a sad but certain vow to let a failing romance die. The beginnings of a style with wide appeal to fans of Quiet Storm, smooth jazz and light pop — none of whom missed noticing Baker’s distinctive pipes — are right here.
Customer Reviews
Dont write this one off!!!
I think this album is one of her strongest besides Angel, and No more tears
You can the promising start to a great career
This is the first major release and it shows but there are some notable highlights of hits to come in 'Angel', 'You're the Best Thing Yet', and the best 'Sometimes'. There are som clunkly efforts on here that wouldn't be caught on later albums.
Bobby Bee on Anita Baker
Her first lp! And it's a masterpiece through and through!! My ALL-TIME FAVORITE-"No More Tears shows the Aretha-like range this superstar has! Anita Baker, one of my solid number 5's (with Stephanie,Whitney ,etc.!!!!!
Biography
Born: January 26, 1958 in Toledo, OH
Genre: R&B/Soul
Years Active: '80s, '90s, '00s
Top Albums and Songs by Anita Baker
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Angel | The Songstress | 5:00 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Sweet Love | The Best of Anita Baker | 4:22 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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You're My Everything | My Everything | 5:03 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Giving You the Best That I Got (Single Version) | The Best of Anita Baker | 3:53 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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No One In the World | The Best of Anita Baker | 4:06 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
- $7.92
- Genres: R&B/Soul, Music, Rock, Soul, Pop, Adult Contemporary, Quiet Storm
- Released: Jun 1983
- ℗ 1997 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States and Canada.
