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Dance with My Father isnвЂ™t able to maintain the high standards it often achieves, but VandrossвЂ™ voice is always compelling and the background singers live up to the superior arrangements throughout. Tacked onto the end of the album, вЂњThey Said You Needed MeвЂќ is a silly, light calypso and also the one true dud. Superstar R&B album conventions being what they are, Busta RhymesвЂ™ and Foxy BrownвЂ™s guest spots feel more mandatory than necessary, but Queen LatifahвЂ™s contribution to вЂњHit It AgainвЂќ is welcome and inspired.

MillerвЂ™s вЂњShe Saw YouвЂќ borrows heavily from TimbalandвЂ™s production style, adding a tasteful Wes Montgomery-toned guitar to surround another story of betrayal. The Vandross-helmed вЂњIf I DidnвЂ™t Know BetterвЂќ is a complex combination of bitterness and vulnerability, with Vandross confronting a two-timing lover. The rest of the albumвЂ™s winners are the most restrained numbers, often with Marcus Miller or Vandross himself in the producerвЂ™s chair. The six-minute, sensual quiet storm вЂњThe Closer I Get to YouвЂќ is the other high-profile track, a duet with BeyoncГ© Knowles holding her own with VandrossвЂ™ perfect phrasing. In top form at the time of recording, he is able to deliver the song with a voice strong enough to handle the monolithic sentimentality of the lyrics and Richard MarxвЂ™s swollen production. VandrossвЂ™ own serious ailment at the time of the singleвЂ™s release makes the songвЂ™s references to absent loved ones even more poignant. Luther Vandross pours his heart and soul into Dance with My FatherвЂ™s title track, an ambitious kickoff single that misrepresents an album where most highlights are down-tempo.

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