In 1991,
Epic Records
offered an overview of
Teena Marie
's eight-year, four-album tenure with the label with this 58-minute best-of CD, which boasts mostly first-rate material, but misses some high points and should have been ten to 15 minutes longer. The more obvious choices -- such as the
rock
-influenced
"Lovergirl"
(one of
Lady T
's few
pop
hits), the
ballad
"Dear Lover,"
and
"Ooo La La La"
-- are included along with some pearls that weren't major hits, like her poignant tribute to
Marvin Gaye
,
"My Dear Mr. Gaye,"
and her
jazz
"Cassanova Brown."
But amazingly, the collection omits 1983's
"Fix It"
-- her first hit after leaving
Motown
and resurfacing on
Epic
. ~ Alex Henderson