Description
In 1983, the time was definitely right for Marilyn McCoo to release her first solo album. After two decades of recording success and multiple Grammy Awards with the Fifth Dimension and with her husband Billy Davis Jr, her star had ascended even higher with her role as host of the long-running hit TV music show "Solid Gold"; naming the album after the show and leading off with an homage song to the show were obvious commercial choices. But what made the album really engrossing from an artistic standpoint was Marilyn's interpretations of some of the '80s biggest and best hits that were being featured on the show, like the Police's "Every Breath You Take", Hall & Oates "One on One", Culture Club's "I'll Tumble 4 Ya" and a medley of David Bowie's "Let's Dance" with Men Without Hat's "The Safety Dance". Marilyn reimagines the songs as lightly disco-fied R&B, and her always impassioned yet tasteful singing never fails to hit the mark. There's also the single "I Believe In You
& Me," a superb pop-soul duet with Billy Davis, Jr. Our Real Gone Expanded Edition includes an unreleased bonus track, "Relationship," with notes by Mike Ragogna and remastering by Maria Triana at Battery Studios in New York. A rare solo outing by Ms. McCoo in a CD debut!
