![]() ![]() Her ballads let her access the mainstream without sacrificing her respect for the craft of singing. The through line is Bofill’s voice, which was never compromised, even when she was tickling the pop market. The plush, dancelike arrangements of “Under the Moon and Over the Sky”-both produced by Grusin-are contrasted with the direct-to-dancefloor riffs of ”Something About You” and “Too Tough.” Both song types are great for different reasons. Though the track listing mixes up the chronology, acute listeners should be able to sort the songs. That span can be divided into two stages: the first two years (when Bofill was working with jazz arranger Dave Grusin) and the last six (when she was guided by the more pop-oriented team of Clive Davis and Narada Michael Walden). The Definitive Collection includes the best songs from the first seven years of Angela Bofill’s recording career, from 1978 to 1985.
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