“Tabu Reborn” Expanded Edition features additional remixes and alternate versions, of singles originally released from the album.
A Detroit ’70s funk band, Brainstorm recorded for Tabu in the late ’70s. They started in 1976, ...
“Tabu Reborn” Expanded Edition features additional remixes and alternate versions, of singles originally released from the album.
A Detroit ’70s funk band, Brainstorm recorded for Tabu in the late ’70s. They started in 1976, and one of their members, Renell Gonsalves, was the son of longtime Ellington sax great Paul Gonsalves.
This nine-member R&B band’s debut album release for Tabu features some upbeat, dance-oriented numbers. The energetic, soulful vocals of Belita Woods stand supreme. The 2 single releases were the socially uplifting “Wake Up and Be Somebody” and the incessantly groovin’ “Lovin’ Is Really My Game.” The former has some Latin undertones on top of atypical R&B rhythms, and the latter is more disco-seasoned. The vocal prowess of Woods is…
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…admirable as she unleashes the lyric with her urgent vocal appeal. The expedient numbers clipped the R&B charts at number 48 and number 14, respectively. The irony of this project is that the most popular song on it was never released. “This Must Be Heaven” is a highly sought-after composition, as is this album. Set in a romantic, utopian mood, the ballad gracefully builds to a jovial climax. This song is a quiet storm classic. — AMG
Stormin’: “Tabu Reborn” Expanded Edition (originally released as Tabu BQL1-2048, 1977 – reissued Tabu/Edsel (U.K.), 2013)
Lovin’ is Really My Game
Waiting for Someone
This Must Be Heaven
Easy Thangs
Prelude
Wake Up and Be Somebody
Stormin’
We Know a Place
Hangin’ On
Wake Up and Be Somebody (Short Version) (single A-side – Tabu QB-10811, 1976)
Wake Up and Be Somebody (Long Version) (promo single B-side – Tabu JB-10811, 1976)
Lovin’ is Really My Game (12? Version) (12? A-side – Tabu QD-10963, 1977)
Lovin’ is Really My Game (Part 1) (single A-side – Tabu QB-10961, 1977)
Lovin’ is Really My Game (Part 2) (single B-side – Tabu QB-10961, 1977)