After a six-year sabbatical from recording to spread the word of Jehovah,
William Devaughn
returned with new-found strength and creativity. This completely satisfying album includes his number 37 hit
"Figures Can't Calculate,"
a splendid
Jerry Butler
-ish
"Love Comes So Easy,"
a tender
"You Send Me,"
an update of his monster
"Be Thankful for What You Got,"
where he uncannily mimics
Curtis Mayfield
, and the disco-ish
"Boogie Dan"
-- a quality stepper. Too bad
Devaughn
never got his head right for the secular scene. The D.C. native had so much to offer. This is even better than his enjoyable debut album. [Note: Both
Unidisc
and
Hot Productions
have issued this album on CD, only to re-title it after
DeVaughn
's first album.
's version is titled
Be Thankful for What You Got
, while the
version is titled
Be Thankful for What You've Got
. Beware.] ~ Andrew Hamilton