Pieces Of A Dream - Imagine This (1983/2004) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist:

[4:20] 01. Pieces Of A Dream - Imagine This (LP Version)
[5:17] 02. Pieces Of A Dream - For the Fun of It (LP Version)
[4:11] 03. Pieces Of A Dream - It's Time for Love (LP Version)
[5:40] 04. Pieces Of A Dream - The Shadow of Your Smile (LP Version)
[4:29] 05. Pieces Of A Dream - It's Getting Hot in Here (LP Version)
[4:46] 06. Pieces Of A Dream - Fo Fi Fo (LP Version)
[4:45] 07. Pieces Of A Dream - Foreverlasting Love (LP Version)
[3:56] 08. Pieces Of A Dream - Tell Me a Bedtime Story (LP Version)

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ABOUT THE ALBUM
1 disc(s) - 8 track(s)
Total length: 00:37:12
Main artist: Pieces Of A Dream
Composer: Various Composers
Label: Rhino / Elektra
Genre: Jazz-Funk, Jazz-Fusion, Smooth Jazz
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo
Hi-Res 24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo
© 1983 Elektra Entertainment
℗ 1983 Elektra Entertainment.

Pieces of a Dream's third album for Elektra, Imagine This features more of the softly funky jazz and R&B mix that helped to define the smooth jazz genre. Produced by saxophonist Grover Washington, Jr., the album largely centers around keyboardist James K. Lloyd's Jupiter 8 synthesizer chops. In that sense, it retains a level of period '80s kitsch with Lloyd tapping into the burgeoning rap music sound with synthesizer-generated record "scratching" and syncopated drum beats. To these ends, "For the Fun of It" is a Furious Five-ready single minus the rapping while "It's Getting Hot in Here" sounds like "Freedom Jazz Dance" played on a Casio keyboard. Other tracks including the "quiet storm" ballads "It's Time for Love" and danceable "Fo-Fi Fo" feature stellar vocals from bassist Cedric A. Napoleon.
© Matt Collar /TiVo

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