I enjoy a hooky album as much as the next guy, so when this one elicited vague grunts of pleasure I looked forward to listening in detail. But the lyrics turned out to be glib variations on the usual Star Romances trash and in the absence of a vocal personality (as opposed to accurate singing) or rhythmic thrust (as opposed to a beat) I'll wait for this material to be covered by artists of substance, say, Tavares or the Doobie Brothers. C-