Bob James - Sign Of The Times (1981) [Vinyl]

With Sign of the Times, Bob James, who had done so much to define so-called smooth jazz, gave his audience yet another dose of the type of pop/R&B/jazz fluff he'd been successful with. Consistently boring and mindless, the album has all of the things one expects from a Bob James recording -- dull arrangements, forgettable melodies and robotic background vocals. -- Alex Henderson