Patti LaBelle

Most of this album is pure show business, slick and heavy-handed. Patti LaBelle sings the
songs (most of them coproduced by Kenny Gamble) with her usual clear-voiced
enthusiasm, but there aren't any hooks – just her big voice in some big settings. And then
there's "If Only You Knew," a ballad she sings with a tortured beauty. Deservedly, it has
become a hit; the saddest song of the year is at the top of the soul-R&B charts. Wh... More >