Silky Soul

Silky Soul
Studio album by Maze
Released	September 1989
Recorded	1988–89
Genre	Soul, funk
Length	57:46
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Frankie Beverly [1]
Maze chronology
Live in Los Angeles (1986) Silky Soul (1989) Back to Basics (1993)

Silky Soul is the seventh album and ninth overall album by the Bay Area-based R&B group Maze, released in 1989 on Warner Bros. Records. ^{[2] [3]}

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Chicago Tribune	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[5]
Los Angeles Times	[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[7]

The Rolling Stone Album Guide wrote that Silky Soul "finds Maze updating its graceful sound with a subtly bracing touch of synthesized rhythms." ^[7] The Boston Globe thought that Frankie Beverly ably spans "boudoir intimacies and pleas for South African liberation and black cooperation—all with a voice as cool and buttery as [Marvin] Gaye's." ^[8]

Track listing

All songs written by Frankie Beverly

1. "Silky Soul" 6:44
2. "Can't Get Over You" 5:23
3. "Just Us" 7:39
4. "Somebody Else's Arms" 5:53
5. "Midnight" 6:32
6. "Love's on the Run" 5:34
7. "Change Our Ways" 5:15
8. "Songs of Love" 6:14
9. "Mandela" 6:36
10. "Africa" 2:11

Charts

Year	Album	Chart positions [9]
		US	US R&B	UK
1989	Silky Soul	37	1	43

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions [10]
		US	US R&B	UK
1989	"Can't Get Over You"	—	1	89
	"Silky Soul"	—	4	—
1990	"Love's on the Run"	—	13	—
	"Songs of Love"	—	37	—

See also

• List of number-one R&B albums of 1989 (U.S.)

References

1. Weaver, Maurice (November 9, 1989). "Home Entertainment. Rave recordings". Chicago Tribune. p. 15C.
2. "Maze | Biography & History". AllMusic.
3. Nathan, David (September 30, 1989). "Frankie Beverly & Maze Find Their Way Back to Charts". Billboard. Vol. 101, no. 39. p. 30.
4. "Silky Soul - Maze | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
5. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. MUZE. p. 593.
6. Johnson, Connie (October 29, 1989). "The Record Industry's Big Push". Calendar. Los Angeles Times. p. 52.
7. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 458.
8. Morse, Steve (April 29, 1990). "Silky Soul Stages a Sweet Return". The Boston Globe. p. B29.
9. "Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved June 29, 2011.
10. "Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved June 29, 2011.

External links

• Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly -Silky Soul at Discogs