Thursday, November 20, 2008

--=[ Midnight Star ]=--















Midnight Star - 15th Avenue [2002]


Midnight Star hasn't lost a step at all..., Belinda and the guys bring the heat. Uptempo cuts like "15th Avenue, I Like(When You Dance with Me?, and VIP", are off the chain.., And the ballads, "Movin'On, Hooked on You, and Just Because I Love You", are those red light, belly-rubbin', house party smokers....For a so called old school act, Midnight Star has broken the rules..and has not lost a step..This CD's a sleeper.
















Midnight Star – Headline [1986]

The album's title and rap influenced single of the same name as well as the funky hypnotic "Midas Touch," both became bonafied Top 10 R&B hits while the essential "Engine No. 9" found an instant spot in the Top 20.Though never released as singles, the sultry "Stay Here By My Side" and the breathtaking "Close to Midnight" are pure listenable pleasures, making 'Headlines' a definite front page story to rave about.
















Midnight Star - No Parking On The Dance Floor [1983]

While "Freak-a-zoid" is probably its best known track, "No Parking On The Dance Floor" is an album that smacks of class from start to finish. Undoubtedly Midnight Star was a group with a lot of talent. Containing what I believe are three of the most underrated RnB singers of their time (Watson, Gentry, and Lipscomb), Midnight Star was able to produce an album with all key ingredients in abundance; grinding-groovin'-sweetness. For example, the dance numbers, "Freak-a-zoid" "Electricity" and the title track, are simple in construction, yet wickedly hypnotic with a decidedly "electro" flavour and thudding Zapp-like basslines. The mid-tempo songs are upbeat and thoroughly melodic, "Wet My Whistle" is a great example of laid back Eighties groove.Only very rarely do groups produce an album where all the ingredients synergise to create something great. No Parking On The Dance Floor was "it" for Midnight Star; awesome vocals, great songs, banging grooves.


* Props 2 D-Mac *

All track info is in the comment section..

7 comments:

Lord Blak said...

Midnight Star - 15th Avenue [2002]

01. (Intro) M.S. In The House
02. Luv 2 Get 2 Know You
03. 15th Avenue
04. I Like (When You Dance With Me)
05. Hooked On You
06. Just Flow With Me
07. 'VIP'
08. Caught Up In The Movement
9. Should Have Been Me
010. Black Girl
11. Just Because I Love You
12. Out Tonight
13. We Were Meant To Be
14. Movin' On
15. 15th Avenue (Old School Mix)

Mp3 @ 192kbps

Midnight Star – Headline [1986]

01 Headline
02 Midas Touch
03 Stay Here By My Side
04 Close To Midnight
05 Get Dressed
06 Engine No. 9
07 Close Encounter
08 Dead End
09 Searching For Love

Mp3 @ 128kbps

Midnight Star - No Parking On The Dance Floor [1983]

01 - Electricity
02 - Night Rider
03 - Feels So Good
04 - Wet My Whistle
05 - No Parking (On The Dance Floor)
06 - Freak-A-Zoid
07 - Slow Jam
08 - Playmates

Mp3 @ 192kbps


Enjoy!!!
Blak

JTF said...

2002 Midnight Star? I got t o hear this!

Thanks!

Lord Blak said...

It's a very nice joint JTF...enjoy!!!




Peace
Blak

Anonymous said...

thanks again for a great post :)

slee0904 said...

super post! Tfs this

Todd said...

Excellent, you seem to have just what I'm looking for with astonishing regularity.

Anonymous said...

great stuff. gonna go rockin to it!