Stacy Lattisaw - I'm Not The Same Girl (1985) [Reissue 2009]

Endearing, sugar-coated, pop ditties of young love shape Lattisaw's final effort for Cotillion, which sadly went unnoticed. Age 18 when she recorded I'm Not the Same Girl, Lattisaw's voice had reached a nice maturity, yet didn't sound too old to sing youthful tunes here like "Together" and "Coming Alive." Her reading of the Michael Masser ballad, "I Thought It Took a Little Time," is more authentic and accessible than Diana Ross' 1976 version, and she lends equal conviction to "Now We're Starting Over Again," later recorded by Natalie Cole on her Good to Be Back album. The up-tempo tunes are just as strong, as evidenced by the fiery titletrack and the bright "Can't Stop Thinking About You."