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Marc Anthony: Marc Anthony
Marc Anthony comes on like a suave, less jumpy alternative
to Ricky Martin on his inevitable first Eglish-language album. Having already
introduced itself to the pop mainstream with the salsa-tinged single "I
Need to Know," Marc Anthony offers several other obvious crossover hits,
ranging from the Rodney Jerkins-produced Latin-funk fusion of "She's Been
Good to Me" to the lovelorn midtempo ballad "When I Dream at
Night." However, Anthony's agreeably keening voice is too often applied to
the sort of colorless adult-contemporary material typical of Michael Bolton and
Mariah Carey mainstay Walter Afansieff, who produces or coproduces three tracks
here. The result is often more interesting in sociological terms--Anthony fans
who, like the star, were born to Latino parents in America are as sure to eat
this disc up as his new Caucasian admirers--than in musical ones. Ain't that
America?
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