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Rating: We are in the '80s, and many veteran and emerging artists are tempted by the allure of the European electronic new wave. These years are dominated by synthesized music, produced by machines in studios that replace musicians. Even for soul, these are dark times. Fortunately, Prince, Sade, and Anita Baker take it upon themselves to revitalize the genre, enriching it with new sounds and ideas that keep up with the times but without forgetting their roots. In that distant 1986, "Rapture" by the elegant Anita Baker is released, a successful crossover of soul, jazz, and pop that perfects the work started two years earlier by Sade with her "Diamond Life."
Just listen to the smooth "Sweet Love," the jazzy "You Bring Me Joy," to realize the class of this artist, or "Caught Up In The Rapture," embellished by an evocative guitar at the end of the track.
We also remember tracks with an upbeat rhythm like "Same Ole Love" and "Watch Your Step," while "Been So Long" demonstrates Baker's vocal range.
The atmospheric "Mystery," thanks to the interpretation of the American artist, wins the comparison with the original version by Manhattan Transfer.
Thanks to her versatile vocals, rich in pathos, and the skillful production by Michael J. Powell, Anita created an everlasting masterpiece, an '80s update to the black tradition. Although it's an album centered on romance, it never falls into the mawkish, as the artist manages to give energy to the tracks thanks to her style and marked sense of jazz tradition, without getting lost in stylistic exercises for their own sake.
For the new generations who would like to know another side of the '80s, "Rapture" is the ideal album and is also a great starting point to discover the art of Anita Baker.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Sweet Love (04:26)
With all my heart I love you, baby
Stay with me and you will see
My arms will hold you, baby
Never leave, 'cause I believe
CHORUS
I'm in love, sweet love
Hear me calling out your name, I feel no shame
I'm in love, sweet love
Don't you ever go away, it'll always be this way
your heart has called me closer to you
I will be all that you need
Just trust in what we`re feeling
Never leave `cause baby, I believe
CHORUS
In this love, sweet love
Hear me calling out your name, I feel no shame
I'm in love, sweet love
Don't you ever go away, it'll always be this way
There's no stronger love in this world
Oh baby no, you`re my man, I`m your girl
I'll never go, wait and see, can't be wrong
Don't you know this where you belong
Oh my sweetest dream and lovely baby
Stay right here, never fear
I will be all that you need
Never leave, `cause baby, I believe
REPEAT CHORUS
02 You Bring Me Joy (04:26)
You bring me joy
When I'm down
Oh, so much joy
When I lose my way your love comes smiling on me
I saw your face
And then I knew
We would be friends
I was so afraid but your arms, they'd say `come to me'
So I'd say to you
"Can we talk for a while?"
You'd say "alright"
When you love me, I smile
I feel your hands and you feel mine
You bring me joy
You bring me joy
Don't go too far away
If I can't see your face, I will remember your smile
But can this be right
Or should we be friends
I get lonely sometimes and I'm mixed up again
'Cause you're the finest thing I've seen in all my life
You bring me joy
My joy, my joy
I believe this is gonna be what you want it to be
I just love you, I just love you, can`t you see
That you're the finest I've seen in all my life
You bring me joy
My joy . . . you're my joy
My joy . . . my, my joy
Thank you, baby, thank you, baby
I just love you, baby
When I lose my way, your love comes smiling on me
03 Caught Up in the Rapture (05:17)
When we met, I always knew
I would feel the magic for you
On my mind constantly
In my arms is where you should be
I love you here by me, baby
You let my love fly free
I want you in my life for all time
CHORUS:
Caught up in the repture of love
Nothing else can compare
When I feel the magic of you
We stand side by side
Till the storms of life pass us by
Light my life, warm my heart
Say tonight will be just the start
I love you here by me, baby
you let my love fly free
I want you im my life for all time
CHORUS
Caught up in the rapture of love
Nothing else can compare
When I feel the magic of you
The feeling's always new
Caught up in the rapture of you
I love you here by me, baby
You let my love fly free
I want you in my life for all time
REPEAT SECOND CHORUS
Caught up in the rapture of love
Caught up in the rapture of love
04 Been So Long (05:13)
I won't be neglected
I won't be denied
The pleasure of your kisses
The pleasure of your smile
I think you take for granted
I'll always be here
Just because I love you
It doesn't mean I won't disappear
CHORUS
Been so long . . . of missin' you, baby
Been so long . . . of missin' you, baby
Thoughts and mellow memories
Of once upon a time
Slowly creepin' on me
And they linger on my mind
Just let somebody love you
I just don't know why
Whenever I get close to you
You want to run and hide
CHORUS
It's been so long . . . of missin' you, baby
It's been so long . . . of missin' you, baby
It's been so long . . . of missin' you, baby
It's been so long . . . of missin' you, baby
We began lovers' dance
The road was smooth to romance
And we sang love sweet song every day
I believe that love would stay in my heart
Now it's torn all apart
It's gone away, I can't stay, I've got to say
I don`t believe that you could do me this way
Now don't you understand
I'm in need of comfort
The comfort of your hand in mine
And what I feel inside
Why don't you come closer
I can't hide
Been so long
Been so long . . . can't hide
Been so long
Been so long . . . it's too long, won't you come on, baby
Been so long . . . won't you come home, see about me
see about me
Been so long
05 Mystery (04:57)
Turning back the hands of time
Holding on to misty memories
Chasing shadows throught the night
Trying to find my happy ending
Reaching out for another chance at heaven
We could still find a way if we try
CHORUS
Baby, believe in the mystery
Like it used to be
We were more than lonely drifters in the dark
I can remember the sun inside
Love held us tight
I need to feel your magic hear tonight
Instead of it tearing apart
Diamonds shining in the night
Lying soft and warm together
Only images survive
Can't my dreams go on forever
Oh there's still time to lock away your sadness
Let the secrets of love start to smile
CHORUS
Baby believe in the mystery
Like it used to be
Baby bring back all the passion to my heart
I can remember the tender days, all the love we made
Can't you see in me your magic here tonight
Lonely spirits seem to whisper in the wind
It's a silent song that's never meant to be
Since the dawn of time the mystery never ends
We could find forever if we let love rise again
Tell me why can't we reach for another chance at heaven
We can still find the way if you try
CHORUS
Baby believe in the mystery
Like it used to be
Baby bring back all the passion to my heart
I can remember the tender days, all the love we made
I need to feel your magic here tonight
06 No One in the World (04:07)
I look back on all those good times
We once shared and I must have been blind
Just to think I'd find someone new
One who'd love me better than you
Well, it may come as a surprise
Loneliness has opened my eyes
I tried every love I could find
Still I can't get you out of my mind
'Cause there's no one in the world to hold me
No one in the world�s gonna move me
No one in the world can love me
Like you do, baby
Every time I'm with someone
I'm loving you, yes, I want to run
I wanna run back to your arms again
Ain't no one in the world (No one in the world)
Loves me like you do
Are you happy now with your life
Well, for me, I'm breaking inside
So self-assured that I could not see
I had it all when you were with me, baby
No one in the world�s gonna hold me
No one in the word can move me
No one in the world can love me
Like you do, baby
Every time I'm with someone
I'm loving you and I want to run
I wanna run back to your arms again
Ain't no one in the world (No one in the world)
Loves me like you do
Please take me back (Please take me back)
Oh babe, I can't go on (I can't go on)
I'm not happy in my life without you
I'll do whatever it takes
I've got to get you back with me again (Got to get you back with me)
I realize I need you here in my life
(No one in the world) No one, no one
(No one in the world) Nobody loves me like you do
(No one in the world)
(Like) My (You) my (Do) my (And) baby
(Every time) You got the love that I need
(Love I need) And you brought it down, heaven on me
Ain't no one in the world (No one in the world)
In this world
In this world, hoo... (No one in the world)
08 Watch Your Step (04:59)
I know the kind of pain you offer
Baby, I've felt your kind of pain before
Change your mind like revolving doors
Change your women like you change your clothes
Chorus:
I'm telling you
You better watch your step
You'll fall and hurt yourself one day
You better watch your step
You'll fall and hurt yourself one day
I don't understand your thinking
Don't know why you do the things you do
Break my heart, and disregard my feelings
Breaking hearts' some kind of game to you
Repeat Chorus
It's so easy to tease me
It's so easy to let me down
It's so easy to mislead me
It's so easy to leave me hangin' around
No where to come down.
Maybe, we should just forget this
Baby, just throw me out of your mind
I won't stay, not while you mistreat me
I won't stay, It's just a waist of my time
I'm tellin you,
You better watch your step
You'll fall and hurt yourself one day
baby listen, you better watch step
You'll fall and hurt yourself one day
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