Mitchell May

Roberta Flack Set the Night to Music (Atlantic) (STAR) 1/2 Ordinarily, the combination of Roberta Flack and several timeless standards would be a sure thing. Unfortunately a third ingredient-decent accompaniment-is...

James Ingram The Power of Great Music (Warner) (STAR)(STAR) Meant to be a glowing retrospective of James Ingram`s Grammy-nominated hits, this 12-song package only serves to highlight the banality of...

Jermaine Jackson You Said (LaFace) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) Launching a solo career has been a long, curious process for Jermaine Jackson. If the stratospheric stardom of younger siblings Michael and Janet has...

Patti LaBelle Burnin` (MCA) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) Patti LaBelle used to tackle her material with the intensity of a Marine Corps division establishing a beachhead. Armed with an iron-lung determination to be...

Vanessa Williams The Comfort Zone (PolyGram) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) When Vanessa Williams embraces Dinah Washington`s ''What Will I Tell My Heart,'' her voice, sometimes a vibrant purr, sometimes a sultry whisper, wrenches...

Spin Doctors Pocket Full of Kryptonite (Epic) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) 1/2 Combining a deep appreciation for the blues and rock with lyrics that bring to mind the bemused, self-deprecating humor of the...

Karyn White Ritual of Love (Warner) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) Abandoning the middle-of-the-road tone of White`s popular debut, producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis have fashioned a bristling, hard-edged blend of harsh synth...

Marley Marl In Control Vol. II (Cold Chillin`) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) Marley Marl`s personal sonic stamp on a number of successful recordings (most recently L.L. Cool J`s ''Mama Said Knock You Out'')...

Air Supply The Earth Is . . . (Giant) (STAR)(STAR) 1/2 These Australians have toned down their act considerably since the days they ruled the pop charts with over-the-top schmaltz...

J.T. Taylor Feel the Need (MCA) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) J.T. Taylor`s second release as a solo act takes him deeper into the languid ballads that made up only about a third of...