India - Breaking Night (1990)

Like Angel Clivilles, India is a premiere freestyle and Latin music diva, who, in my opinion, had THE best voice in freestyle music, if not ALL music. Her range is vast and her voice is pure. She has appeared on many dance hits, most notably Masters At Work's "I Can't Get No Sleep". She has also has a successful salsa and Latin music career, recording several albums (also as La India). Breaking Night was her only English solo effort, and her only pure freestyle outing. Unfortunately, unlike other freestyle divas like Safire, Corina or Lisette Melendez, she never had a huge pop hit. She did have hits on the dance charts from this album, including standouts like "The Lover Who Rocks You (All Night)" and "Dancing On The Fire", and she had the best producers of the time like Jellybean, Mantronik and Little Louie Vega. But perhaps her voice was a little too fierce for the mass pop audience. Whatever the case, they missed out on one of the best dance albums of all time, IMO. The title track is one of the best freestyle tracks ever, and I can't imagine it wouldn't have been a hit if released as a single. This is a classic 'lost' album that everyone should own. I would love India to come back with another pure freestyle outing, and maybe she will, but for now she is successful enough in her other styles that that isn't likely. Let's keep our fingers crossed...

Video for The Lover Who Rocks You (All Night)

Live performance of Dancing On The Fire

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1		Right From The Start
2		Dancing On The Fire
3		Breaking Night
4		The Lover Who Rocks You (All Night)
5		Steppin' Out
6		I've Got A Plan
7		When You Were Mine
8		You Should Be Lovin' Me
9		Send Yourself To Me
10		I'm Through With Love
11		Dancing On The Fire [Extended Dance Mix]
12		Right From The Start [12" Fly Mix]