Dangerous [LP VINYL] Natalie

I remember buying the 12" disco single of "Dangerous" when it first came out in the 1980's; I loved that track, though I never bought the album at the time. As a Natalie Cole fan, I have most all of her other releases. Finally, I found this long out of print title at a good price, and I jumped on it. LOVE IT! It is definitely a mid-80's recording, yet the songs are solid and Natalie was in fine voice.

It is brand new and in great condition.

Cherished after all these decades!

After a period of rehab and self reflection,Natalie Cole found herself in a world of Whitney Houston's and Michael Jackson's. Yet many of even her progenitors from the 60's soul/funk era were making comebacks during this time. So she figured if Chaka Khan could do it,so could she. She signed up with Modern Records and laid down tracks with session greats such as Greg Phillinganes and Paulinho Da Costa for an album that would bring her back in triumph. The title song and "Billy The Kid Next Door",with it's sampled vocal breaks and scratches are brittle yet emotionally charged electro/new wave oriented dance numbers while "Secrets" slows that approach down just a bit for a spirited percussion bridge from Da Costa. "Nobody's Soldier " is a melodically spacious ballad while "Opposites Attract" is an uptempo soul/funk,rhythm guitar and horn fueled extravaganza. "A Little Bit Of Heaven" and "The Gift" are both gospel/soul powered ballads while the frantic dance rocker "Your Car (My Garage" is tempered by the sleek jazz-funk mid-tempo "Love Is On The Way". For me personally? This album definitely bought Natalie Cole back into music in triumph. Her sound on this album is totally contemporary with a very new wave oriented dance groove throughout and plenty of brittle synthesizers. One thing that album has in abundance is energy and life. And every contemporary mid 80's instrumental element found on this album is used solely for that purpose. Her voice is perhaps at it's most powerful and triumphant during this era. And compositionally every one of these songs are also top notch. Highly recommended mid 80's Natalie Cole album!

One of her best releases even by today’s “standards”. Worth the price if you are a serious fan for “Dangerous “, “Love is on the way”, “Nobody’s Soldier”, and “The Gift”! This will be Natalie’s gift to you if you love her voice and artistry and have never heard this!

Two years after a failed album on Epic/CBS ("I'm Ready", which should have been BIG), came "Dangerous" in 1985. This one was a comeback of sorts, but only in the Dance category with a #6 peak in the title cut which would be a carbon copy of the Pointer Sisters' "Jump (for My Love)." The rest would show signs of Miss Natalie heading in a more Pop/Crossover kind of direction in the second single, "A Little Bit of Heaven," which would feature production from Tina Turner's hitmakers Lyle and Britten ("What's Love Got to Do with It." The sound/production incidentally, would be quite similar too.) The rest, however, isn't very good, leaving its predecessor, "I'm Ready" to boast more."Opposites Attract" is a funky, brassy affair which stays true to Old School Funk and R&B formats, while "Your Car (My Garage)" is just awful in both melody as well as in lyrical content. Even the metaphor is really bad.Aside of these, what the listener is left with is a collection of songs that remind one of what was to come in 1987 with the next album and REAL COMEBACK success found on "Everlasting," which featured the HUGE hits, "Jump Start," "I Live for Your Love" and "Pink Cadillac."If you're a new fan, start with her Capitol Anthology which is where her early successes lie. If you're an older fan, unless you're a diehard, then I would seriously skip this one altogther. The sound is very 80's Pop, but not the catchy kind that Paula Abdul was doing. It's more like bad Patti Labelle solo stuff for that time (i.e. "New Attitude" and "Stir it Up," but FAR worse.) Quite honestly, the predecessor to this one, "I'm Ready" on Epic, is 10x better even though it was a commercial disappointment.Dangerous? Doubtful. Not even a threat to her contemporaries at this point in her career. This album could quite possibly be the worst of her entire multi-label repertoire.

Natalie Cole's 1985 Album Dangerous marks her Pop-Rock Crossover and unfortunately the most Overlooked of all of her Pop-Rock albums.This is an important album,because after a career slump,she is on the verge of a Major Comeback.The songlist contains Dangerous,Billy The Kid Next Door,Secrets,Nobodys' Soldier,Opposites Actract,A Little Bit Of Heaven,Your Car(My Garage),Love Is On The Way,and The Gift. Now 10 Years after her 1975 Debut Comparisons to her father the late Nat King Cole,Aretha Franklin,Diana Ross,Chaka Khan,Ella Fitzgerald,and Nancy Wilson are finally a thing of the past.

Natalie let it be known she was really "READY" with this Awesome CD. The ballads "Nobodys' Soldier" and "The Gift"? They are just that.....gifts!