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Ruby Turner

3

1986–1991

4 albums

39 reviews

DISCOGRAPHY

Discography

1986

Women Hold Up Half the Sky

3.9

warm reception

similar reaction

7 reviews →

1988

Motown Songbook

2.4

cold reception

divided reaction

19 reviews →

1990

Paradise

3.5

warm reception

varied reaction

11 reviews →

REVIEWS

Reviews

Motown Songbook

3

2.4

New York, NY, USA

April 1, 1989

72

Virtually none of these tunes is better for the addition of drum programming and synthesizers.

Motown Songbook

1

2.4

Atlantic City, NJ, USA

April 28, 1989

Compare all the originals to Turner's readings, and you'll want her arrested for destroying national treasures.

Motown Songbook

1

2.4

Nashville, TN, USA

April 30, 1989

In addition to being dull, this is completely pointless.

Motown Songbook

2

2/5

2.4

New York, NY, USA

May 6, 1989

In no instance does she add much to the earlier version.

Motown Songbook

3

2.4

Altoona, PA, USA

May 7, 1989

Certainly fine.

Motown Songbook

3

2.5/4

2.4

New York, NY, USA

May 14, 1989

A good idea.

Motown Songbook

3

2.4

Buffalo, NY, USA

May 19, 1989

Will be enjoyable to those who want a taste of the past and don't mind missing out on the original flavor.

Motown Songbook

4

2.4

Newark, NJ, USA

May 21, 1989

There isn't a bad track on this romantically appealing album.

Motown Songbook

3

2.4

Chattanooga, TN, USA

July 2, 1989

A competent but safe and sure performance.

Motown Songbook

1

2.4

Toledo, OH, USA

July 16, 1989

We could have done without this.

Analysis

ANALYSIS

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