Just Family/Bad for Me

07/26/2005 | Collectables 

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All Music Guide Review

Neither 1977's Just Family nor 1979's Bad for Me, the two albums combined for this Collectables release, can be considered Dee Dee Bridgewater's best work, but fans of mature, mid- to late-'70s R&B should find them moderately appealing. Though Bridgewater wouldn't really hit her stride until her return to jazz in the '90s, she was more than competent when it came to fitting in with the likes of Phyllis Hyman, Patrice Rushen, Minnie Riperton, and Patti Austin. Confoundingly, her only two chart hits -- the title tracks -- are contained here, while "Children Are the Spirit (Of the World)," "Sweet Rain," "Open Up Your Eyes," and "Don't Say It (If You Don't Mean It)" would have to be included on an anthology of her first five albums. Just Family and Bad for Me would have benefited from a track or two with the contagious energy heard on her version of Allen Toussaint's "It Ain't Easy" (found on her self-titled 1976 album for Atlantic), along with a couple sweeter ballads. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide

Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • 1
  • Just Family
  • 5:04

  • 2
  • Maybe Today
  • 6:54

  • 3
  • Children Are the Spirit (Of the World)
  • 3:05

  • 4
  • Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
  • 4:56

  • 5
  • Sweet Rain
  • 3:05

  • 6
  • Open Up Your Eyes
  • 5:32

  • 7
  • Night Moves
  • 3:13

  • 8
  • Thank the Day (You Walked into My Life)
  • 5:19

  • 9
  • Melody Maker
  • 2:20
  • 10
  • Bad for Me
  • 5:37
  • 11
  • Back of Your Mind
  • 3:20
  • 12
  • For the Girls
  • 4:49
  • 13
  • Love Won't Let Me Go
  • 4:03
  • 14
  • Streetsinger
  • 3:37
  • 15
  • It's the Falling in Love
  • 3:38
  • 16
  • Tequila Mockingbird
  • 4:05
  • 17
  • Don't Say It (If You Don't Mean It)
  • 4:15
  • 18
  • Is This What Feeling Gets? (From the Wiz)
  • 3:55

  • Credits

    • George Duke
    • Arranger, Producer, Prophet Synthesizer, Orchestration, Synthesizer Bass, Fender Rhodes, Vocals, Keyboards
    • Bobby Lyle
    • Keyboards, Fender Rhodes, Mini Moog, Piano (Grand)


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