Keni Burke - You're the Best (1981) [2003]

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 Burke/Curtis Mayfield composition, has the same texture and sweetness of a Mayfield solo, while "Paintings of Love" is pure, unbridled Burke, sung in a soft, introspective voice that gels with the poetic lyrics.

Tracks:

01. Let Somebody Love You (5:07)
02. Gotta Find My Way Back in Your Heart (6:17)
03. Love Is the Answer (5:35)
04. You're the Best (4:16)
05. Paintings of Love (2:42)
06. Night Riders (5:08)
07. Never Stop Loving Me (5:18)
08. Risin' to the Top (Snowboys Acoustic Mix) (5:58)
09. You're the Best (12Inch Re-Mix) (5:47)