Makes You Wanna

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Makes You Wanna
Pieces of a Dream- Makes You Wanna.jpg
Studio album by
Pieces of a Dream
Released1988
Studio
Genre Jazz, R&B, funk [1] [2]
Label Manhattan
Producer Lenny White, Pieces of a Dream, Cliff Dawson, Preston Glass
Pieces of a Dream chronology
Joyride
(1986)		Makes You Wanna
(1988)		Bout Dat Time
(1990)

Makes You Wanna is an album by the American band Pieces of a Dream, released in 1988 on Manhattan Records. [3] The album reached No. 24 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart. [4] [5]

Contents

Critical reception

Mike Joyce of The Washington Post said, "Philadelphia's own Pieces of a Dream does engage in at least some straight-ahead jazz on its new album Makes You Wanna—but to enjoy that track ('Yubie'), you'll have to pick up the CD version. Otherwise, the band focuses strictly on R&B fusion and funk tunes. With its big beat, synth riffs and reverberating bass lines, even Thelonious Monk's 'Round Midnight' is aimed at the dance floor." [1] Will Smith of the Omaha World-Herald found Pieces of a Dream "no longer makes much of an attempt at fusion, settling instead for commercial stuff rooted in funk." [6]

William C. Trott of UPI remarked "Pieces of a Dream, a five-person assemblage headed headed by keyboard player James Lloyd and drummer Curtis Harmon, tries to move between the worlds of funk and jazz and it turns out to be a rough trip...when Pieces of a Dream wanders out of its solid dance groove and into jazzier climes, things get a little sleepy." [7]

Tracklisting

No.TitleLength
1."Ain't My Love Enough"4:49
2."We Belong to Each Other"4:58
3."Makes You Wanna"5:13
4."Rising to the Top"5:40
5."'Round Midnight"5:07
6."Mellow Magic"4:32
7."Feelin' for You"4:53
8."Holding Back the Years"6:25
9."Yubie, Yubie"4:37
10."Same Place, Same Time"4:39

References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Mike (September 9, 1988). "Fuller, Funkier—Pieces of a Scheme?". The Washington Post. p. N24.
  2. ↑ Silverman, David (February 17, 1989). "Pieces of a Dream, Friday at the Park West". Friday. Chicago Tribune. p. 6.
  3. ↑ Pieces of a Dream (1988). Makes You Wanna (album). Manhattan Records.
  4. ↑ Lloyd, Jack (August 19, 1988). "The Dream Continues". Features Weekend. The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 34.
  5. ↑ "Pieces of a Dream: Makes You Wanna (Contemporary Jazz Albums)". billboard.com. Billboard.
  6. ↑ Smith, Will (September 4, 1988). "Several Recent Jazz Albums Spotlight Funk". Omaha World-Herald . Retrieved April 5, 2025– via newsbank.com.
  7. ↑ Trott, William C. (October 23, 1988). "Pieces of a Dream Make You Wanna". Miami Herald. UPI. p. 9K. Retrieved April 5, 2025– via newsbank.com.


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