toeknee4bz
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I agree. And no offense, but Voice Of The Heart would have been a commercial stiff if she were still around. Having said that, I really could see them reinventing their approach. I don't know if they'd go into jazz, but something more jazz/pop/Bossa (like song4u mentions above, similar to the Matt Bianco lineup) with more modern instrumentation may have kept them relevant, even if not on the charts. The standards idea is somewhat good, but these days it has been done by every other pop/rock artist whose career is taking a nosedive. Way too many standards albums out there. And duets as well--Sinatra wore out that idea with the ill-conceived Duets and Duets II albums.
I agree wholeheartedly on VOICE OF THE HEART. But then again, if Karen had lived, I think it would've been finished somewhat differently. (You can pretty well imagine the differences)... This kinda makes me wonder what the TIME album would've sounded like in 1987 with Karen singing on it. Without her, it was of course a commercial sales disaster. Richard is a great background singer, but his lead vocal was just too soft for the late 80s. But if Karen's similarly soft voice had been on those same arrangements, songs with a slightly more funky beat, like "Say Yeah" and "Who Do You Love" may have had a chance at cracking the top 40... if for no other reason than the fact that everybody was used to HER vocals over Richard.