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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

Paradise

4

3/4

3.5

Philadelphia, PA, USA

February 1, 1990

Her soaring voice and firm phrasing anchor the light pop tunes that dominate this album.

Paradise

5

9/10 | 9/10

3.5

Waterville, ME, USA

February 3, 1990

Turner's voice is smooth, soaring and supple.

Paradise

4

3.5

Altoona, PA, USA

February 4, 1990

Turner is hot.

Paradise

4

3.5

Washington, D.C., USA

March 23, 1990

Weekend 24

Covers a pair of Linda & Cecil Womack tunes, "Sexy" and "See Me," and does right by their sophisticated simplicity.

Paradise

3

3.5

New York, NY, USA

April 2, 1990

20

There is a smoldering quality to this English pop artist's voice. It comes through all too rarely, though.

Paradise

3

2/4

3.5

Little Rock, AR, USA

April 8, 1990

The producers who have provided the material have come up with some songs well-suited to her voice.

Paradise

3

3.5

New York, NY, USA

November 1, 1990

149

What Turner needs is a stronger sense of exactly who she is and what she has to offer that others don't.

Other Side

3

2.5/5

Buffalo, NY, USA

July 5, 1991

She is ... capable of earthy, sultry tones that don't seem to carry all the emotive fuel necessary to fire up that feeling of the blues.

Other Side

3

New York, NY, USA

July 5, 1991

Highly different vocal sounds emerge here from the soulful Ruby Turner, who cold shock the listener were she not such a terrific singer.

Analysis

ANALYSIS

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