Oh, the days of A&A Records on Yonge Street in Toronto. They used to have huge delete bins of cassettes and would throw in a few new releases for the same price, usually 99 cents. I would search through the bins for hours, and this album is one I found, having no idea what it was but hoping it was something good. The artist name and image promised excitement! And boy, was I excited when I listened to it!! I would love to know more about Flame, actually ANYTHING about her (though I did discover that Flame is her real name, her last name is Braithwaite and she has done backing vocals for other artists). She had a minor R&B and dance hit with the lead-off single "On The Strength", a duet with the then hot Tony Terry. And it's a scorcher of a dance track. I was in love. The rest of the album includes awesome pop-dance R&B with even a hint of freestyle and house. The freestyle element was no doubt there thanks to producer Ted Currier, producer of my fave freestyle band ever, Sweet Sensation. Producer Gary Henry also had roots in freestyle, producing Isle postees Nice & Wild. So the album is fab from beginning to end. And Flame had it all - looks, voice and style. God knows why she didn't take off. Her second single "One Way Lover" flopped and Flame was extinguished. I recently fell in love all over again when I discovered iTunes was selling the video for "On The Strength", which I had never seen before. As I said, scorching!Video for On The Strength
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| 1 | On The Strength | |
| 2 | One Way Lover | |
| 3 | Show And Tell | |
| 4 | Holiday | |
| 5 | Lifetime Groove | |
| 6 | Come And Get It | |
| 7 | Satisfied | |
| 8 | The House Is Surrounded |
