The commercial production style that Richard used on "Time" and "Scott Grimes" was specifically intended for those albums-it wasn't something that he would've done with Karen.I believe this is the direction Richard would have taken on a production level had Karen been around for the 80's. I'm almost sure she would have loved the new synth sounds like that beautiful DX-7 type piano sound and surely would have dug the songs he replaced the older pianos with
Scott's album and Richard's "Time" are very typical late 80's commercial pop-with plenty of synthesizers,drum machines and pre-programmed keyboard tracks. They're the type of albums that many pop artists were doing at that time-nothing distinctive or artistically creative.