Hot off the heels of her successful comeback album,
I'm in Love
,
Evelyn "Champagne" King
was in her commercial prime when
Get Loose
hit stores in 1982. One of the earliest
R&B
/
funk
female vocalists to use the music video medium (for 1981's
"I'm in Love"
), she was frequently on airwaves in the early '80s with songs found here like
"Love Come Down"
and
"Betcha She Don't Love You."
The romantic lyrics and celestial keyboard layerings against a steady
beat on
were expertly layed down by
Kashif
, who would become a prominent
producer and artist in his own right. His stamp is also on many of the album's other cuts, though
Morrie Brown
is the album's actual producer.
"Betcha"
is another unique number -- a down-paced dancefloor ditty with a
rock
-friendly chorus and vocal arrangement. Meanwhile the title track is a colorful up-tempo number that hearkens back slightly to 1977's
"Shame."
Equally appealing are the refined
"Back to Love"
"I'm Just Warmin' Up,"
the album's soothing closer.
King
sounds fresh and stylish throughout, making
one of her strongest efforts. [Originally released in 1982, the album was released on an import-only CD in 1999.] ~ Justin M. Kantor