Mitchell May

Club Nouveau Under a Nouveau Groove (Warner) (STAR)(STAR) Club Nouveau`s follow-up to their platinum-selling debut of 1987 is neatly divided into two parts that add up to an unsatisfying whole....

Deniece Williams Special Love (MCA) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) Listening to Deniece Williams` second gospel album is more like spending the day at a sock-hop than at church. Williams forgoes the revival-like intensity...

Barry White The Man Is Back! (A & M) (STAR)(STAR) 1/2 After a layoff of almost 10 years, Barry White has returned to the studio to produce an album of...

SOS Band Diamonds in the Raw (Tabu) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) Back in the early `80s, the SOS Band mined a string of hits using a formula based on a bouncing synthesized melody...

Yngwie Malmsteen Trial by Fire: Live in Leningrad (PolyGram) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) Not many heavy-metal guitarists draw influence from music of the Baroque era, but 26-year-old, Swedish-born Yngwie Malmsteen isn`t your typical...

Randy and the Gypsys Randy and the Gypsys (A & M) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) Randy Jackson, the youngest brother and the most versatile member of the musical Jackson family, has created an...

Randy Crawford Rich and Poor (Warner Bros.) (STAR)(STAR) After opening with a nice cover of Bob Dylan`s ''Knocking on Heaven`s Door,'' Crawford`s latest work soon sinks into a morass of...