Keni Burke
is the youngest of the original
Five Stairsteps
and the only one still seriously involved in music.
You're the Best
, a fine effort, never reached first base.
RCA
pushed
"Let Somebody Love You"
and the title track, but neglected tracks like the chugging, stop-and-go
"Night Riders,"
pumped by spirited backing vocals, and
"Gotta Find My Way Back to Your Heart,"
a dramatic
ballad
that
Burke
composed with
Bill Withers
.
"Never Stop Loving Me,"
a
/
Curtis Mayfield
composition, has the same texture and sweetness of a
Mayfield
solo, while
"Paintings of Love"
is pure, unbridled
, sung in a soft, introspective voice that gels with the poetic lyrics. ~ Andrew Hamilton