The four gentlemen of Color Me Badd are best known for the hits "I wanna sex you up" and "All 4 love", from their 1991 debut CD "CMB". Of the two albums that were released after that, not a single single reached more the charts and it is very questionable whether this fourth CD will change that. "Awakening" is a record without too many surprises. The sound of the mainly slow, sexy soft soul songs
… is mainly determined by the otherwise excellent harmony vocals of the New York quartet. Musically, however, excitement can only be found in the summery songs with raggamuffin and reggae influences "It's gonna be alright" and "Farmer's daughter". (W.vd.Z.) _more
