Overview
Having reached a peak of success with her previous album A Private Heaven , Easton's record company secured the services of top producer Nile Rodgers to work with her on the follow-up album. Rodgers himself was also riding a career high at the time as a producer having recently worked with Madonna on her top-selling album Like a Virgin .
Of the songs chosen, Rodgers composed two ("Magic of Love" and "Money Back Guarantee"), while hit singer/songwriters Adele Bertei and Junior Giscombe contributed "Do It For Love" and "Don't Turn Your Back" respectively. The latter was later featured in an episode of the Miami Vice television series in 1988. A cover of the Martha and the Vandellas 1967 hit "Jimmy Mack" was also included. The sound of the album was a departure from her pop sound and had a more dance/club feel. While a popular album with her fans, Easton was not happy with the results, later commenting: "Looking back, it was a huge mistake. I think as artists we just didn't gel and it's the album I'm most disappointed by." [2]
Released in November 1985, the album was preceded by the single "Do It For Love", which made the US top 30, peaking at number 29 in December. [3] The album entered the Billboard 200 on 23 November and a month later peaked at number 40 during a 19-week run. [4] [5] By the end of the year, it was certified Gold by the RIAA. [6] Later singles released were: "Jimmy Mack" and "Magic of Love", the former peaking at number 65 in February 1986. [7] In her native UK, however, the album was unsuccessful. Easton puts this down to the British view that she had abandoned her country for success in America. [2] Neither the singles nor the album registered on the chart, with her only chart showing in 1985 being for the earlier single "Sugar Walls" at number 95. [8] Do You did however chart at number 32 in Japan and number 66 in Canada. [9] [10]
The album received a favorable retrospective review by Allmusic, stating that "Easton consistently delivers driven, top-of-the-line performances, resulting in her sounding much more comfortable with dance material than on previous efforts". It lists the best songs as being the non-singles "Don't Break My Heart", "When the Lightning Strikes Again" and "Money Back Guarantee". [11]
Due to her next album No Sound But a Heart failing to achieve a release in the United States, Do You would be Easton's last widely available album in the U.S. until 1988's The Lover in Me .
On August 23, 2024, as part of Cherry Red’s on-going re-issue campaign of the star’s EMI catalogue, Do You was released as an expanded 2CD Deluxe Edition featuring single edits, 12" mixes, instrumentals and, most notably, the previously-unreleased full uncut original album which was edited for the original release. These were also simultaneously released on orange vinyl as Do You: The Uncut Nile Rodgers Sessions.
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