Read My Lips (Expanded Edition)

Read My Lips (Expanded Edition)

The mid-1980 s were ripe with dancefloor-ready fusions of R&B, pop and funk. From the material of debut acts, such as Whitney Houston and Taylor Dane, to main-stays of the decade, like Sheena Easton and Stacy Lattishaw.<br>Nearly a decade into her career, Melba Moore gained a new life as a consistent R&B and Disco chart-maker, helming the hits You Stepped Into My Life, Take My Love, Love s Comin At Ya , and Livin For Your Love. <br>Yes, Melba Moore was well versed of musical styles by the time her 13th studio album was released in the spring of 1985.<br>And Read My Lips seemed to combine the best of all of her strengths.<br>This meshing of feels and styles is apparent from the get-go on the album s namesake and first single, Read My Lips. The driving number not only reached #12 on Billboard s R&B chart, also garnered Miss Moore a Grammy nomination-her fourth- in the Best Female Rock category.<br>This open-ended mode of this album proved fruitful, as When You Love Me Like This not only climbed into the R&B top-15, but also returned Melba to the upper half of the Club Play charts.<br>Melba Moore s massive fan base will undoubtedly be enthused about the re-issue of Read My Lips.