Atlantic Starr - Brilliance (1982)

Artist:  Atlantic Starr
Title:  Brilliance
Release:  1982
Format:  LP
Label:  A&M Records
Catalog#   AMLH 64883

“Brilliance” is the fourth studio album by Atlantic Starr.
Atlantic Starr provided their best work in the early '80s, when Sharon Bryant was still on board and the East Coast residents were being produced by James Carmichael. Released in 1982, “Brilliance” was the second of three albums that Carmichael produced for Atlantic Starr  and it is also one of the band's finest and most essential releases. There is nothing not to like about this LP. The soul ballads "Your Love Finally Ran Out" and "Let's Get Closer" are excellent, and so are up-tempo funk/dance numbers like "Sexy Dancer" and "Love Moves" (which features Wayne Lewis on lead vocals and has a Slave/Steve Arrington/Aurra type of appeal). Brilliance, however, is best known for Bryant's soaring performance on the smash hit "Circles," which is one of those songs that is great on the dancefloor but is equally appealing if you want to simply sit down and listen to it. Bryant also excels on the single "Love Me Down," which wasn't as big a hit as "Circles" (it reached number 14 on Billboard's R&B singles chart), but is still a fine medium-tempo item. If you have only a casual interest in Atlantic Starr and only want to have a few of its albums in your collection, Brilliance should definitely be among them.


Side one
1. Love Me Down   (4:50)  
2. Sexy Dancer   (4:51)  
3. Love Moves  (5:00)  
4. Your Love Finally Ran Out  (4:47) 

Side two
1. Circles   (4:52)  
2. Let's Get Closer   (5:23)  
3. Perfect Love   (4:39)  
4. You're The One   (4:12)

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