Silky Soul

Silky Soul
Studio album by
Maze
ReleasedSeptember 1989
Recorded1988–89
GenresSoul, funk
Length57:46
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerFrankie Beverly
Maze chronology
Live in Los Angeles
(1986)		 Silky Soul
(1989)		 Back to Basics
(1993)

Silky Soul is the seventh album and ninth overall album by the Bay Area-based R&B group Maze, released in 1989 on Warner Bros. Records.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar
Chicago TribuneStarStarStarHalf star
The Encyclopedia of Popular MusicStarStarStar
Los Angeles TimesStarStarStar
The Rolling Stone Album GuideStarStarStarHalf star

The Rolling Stone Album Guide wrote that Silky Soul "finds Maze updating its graceful sound with a subtly bracing touch of synthesized rhythms." The Boston Globe thought that Frankie Beverly ably spans "boudoir intimacies and pleas for South African liberation and black cooperation—all with a voice as cool and buttery as [Marvin] Gaye's."

Track listing

All songs written by Frankie Beverly

  1. "Silky Soul" 6:44
  2. "Can't Get Over You" 5:23
  3. "Just Us" 7:39
  4. "Somebody Else's Arms" 5:53
  5. "Midnight" 6:32
  6. "Love's on the Run" 5:34
  7. "Change Our Ways" 5:15
  8. "Songs of Love" 6:14
  9. "Mandela" 6:36
  10. "Africa" 2:11

Charts

Year Album Chart positions
US US
R&B		 UK
1989 Silky Soul 37 1 43

Singles

Year Single Chart positions
US US
R&B		 UK
1989 "Can't Get Over You" — 1 89
"Silky Soul" — 4 —
1990 "Love's on the Run" — 13 —
"Songs of Love" — 37 —

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Weaver, Maurice (November 9, 1989). "Home Entertainment. Rave recordings". Chicago Tribune. p. 15C.
  2. ↑ "Maze | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  3. ↑ Nathan, David (September 30, 1989). "Frankie Beverly & Maze Find Their Way Back to Charts". Billboard. Vol. 101, no. 39. p. 30.
  4. ↑ "Silky Soul Maze". AllMusic.
  5. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. MUZE. p. 593.
  6. ↑ Johnson, Connie (October 29, 1989). "The Record Industry's Big Push". Calendar. Los Angeles Times. p. 52.
  7. 1 2 The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 458.
  8. ↑ Morse, Steve (April 29, 1990). "Silky Soul Stages a Sweet Return". The Boston Globe. p. B29.
  9. ↑ "Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved June 29, 2011.
  10. ↑ "Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved June 29, 2011.