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Masterpiece Theatre (Import) (CD)

By: En Vogue (Artist)

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Track Listing

DISC 1 for Masterpiece Theatre (Import) (CD) Album By En Vogue (Artist)
1   Riddle  
2   No No No (Can't Come Back)  
3   Falling In Love  
4   Suite Intro  
5   Love U Crazay  
6   Sad But True  
7   Love Won't Take Me Out  
8   Whatever Will Be Will Be  
9   Suite Outro  
10   Beat Of Love  
11   Latin Soul  
12   Work It Out  
13   Those Dogs  
14   Number One Man  
15   Riddle (Red Zone Remix Edit-bonus track)  
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (7/20/00, p.142) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...[They] lace smooth R&B tracks with feisty lyrics. The trio can be both polished and down-to-earth....En Vogue still put on one hell of an act."
Spin (7/00, pp.150-1) - 6 out of 10 - "...Fulfills its campy designs....'Those Dogs' deliciously hints at the future in dinner theater this album is designed to postpone..."
Q (7/00, p.114) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Cleverly, they...have spotted that classical music is more versatile than George Clinton and James Brown interpolations....Magnificent."
NME (Magazine) (5/27/00, p.41) - 7 out of 10 - "...Spectacular and deranged...and even once the bow-tie operatics are over they stay inventive....nobody can beat En Vogue for vocall technique, and the rhapsodic experiments are neo-camp genuis..."

Title Note

En Vogue: Terry Ellis, Cindy Herron, Maxine Jones (vocals).

Additional personnel: Kamil Marzette, Bobby McFerren (vocals); Mo Benjamin (various instruments, organ); Dave Meezy (various instruments); James Earley, Dwayne Wiggins, Marlon McClain (guitar); Michael J. Mani (piano, keyboards, programming); Denzil Foster, Thomas McElroy, Mark Lomax (keyboards, programming); Sundra Manning (keyboards); Jaime Brewer (bass); Sauce (programming).

Eklypse: Michelle Woods, Robert Page, Tony Woods (vocals).

Principally recorded at FM Studios, Emeryville, California.

A unique Japanese issue containing an additional bonus track: "Riddle (Red Zone Remix Edit)."

On this follow-up to 1997's EV3 and its panoply of producers that included schlockmeister David Foster and balladeer Babyface, En Vogue reunites with the acclaimed duo of Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy. For its fourth studio album, the trio raises the bar of contemporary R&B by integrating unpredictable classical influences and Lambert, Hendricks & Ross harmonizing into its brand of uplifting soul.

The vagaries of romance and relationships are the meat of this sumptuous aural feast, and vocal rounds and snappy arrangements are the driving force behind crackling numbers like "Riddle," and "No No No (Can't Come Back)." Elsewhere En Vogue bridges the gaping chasm between the classical and hip-hop worlds by turning to Bizet's Carmen and a rap from Sol Eklypse for inspiration on the modern urban love tale, "Those Dogs." MASTERPIECE THEATER's centerpiece is the impressive, uncredited "Love Suite," which traces the cycle of a relationship through infatuation, involvement and infidelity. Throughout this piece, Terry Ellis, Cindy Herron and Maxine Jones perform elaborate vocal gymnastics, cleverly invoking shades of Tchaikovsky ("Love You Crazy"), Beethoven ("Sad But True"), and Gilbert & Sullivan ("Love Won't Take Me Out").

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