Patti LaBelle - You Saved My Life (Album Version) ġ4. Patti LaBelle - Let Me Be There For You (Album Version) ġ3. Patti LaBelle - If By Chance (Album Version) ġ2. Patti LaBelle - Love Is Just A Whisper Away (Album Version) ġ1. Patti LaBelle - When You Talk About Love (Album Version) ġ0. Patti LaBelle - Addicted To You (Album Version) Ġ9. Patti LaBelle - Shoe Was On The Other Foot (Album Version) Ġ8. Patti LaBelle - Does He Love You (Album Version) Ġ7. Patti LaBelle - Let Me Be Your Lady (Album Version) Ġ6. Patti LaBelle - Flame (Album Version) Ġ5. Patti LaBelle - You Are My Solid Ground (Album Version) Ġ4. Patti LaBelle - I Like The Way It Feels (Album Version) Ġ3. Patti LaBelle - Someone Like You (Album Version) Ġ2. Patti LaBelle - Christmas Favourites (2020) Artist : Patti LaBelle Title : Christmas Favourites Year Of Release : 2020 Label : Good Time Records Genre : Christmas, Pop, Soul Quality : FLAC (Tracks) Total Time : 00:39:27 Total Size : 254 mb (+3rec. Instead, Flame is merely a good Patti LaBelle record, and sometimes that's all you need.Ġ1. All that effort makes the record a pleasurable, listenable album, yet there aren't enough killer hooks or great songs to make it a standout in LaBelle's catalog. A team of producers - including David Foster, Gerald LeVert, Arif Mardin and Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis - worked on Flame, but instead of making the album sound diverse and sprawling, their highly skilled craftsmanship keeps the album unified. And in that sense, it's no different than any of her '90s albums, but that isn't a bad thing, since LaBelle works with top-notch, classy professionals. Which means Flame is largely a slick, seductive collection of ballads punctuated by a handful of restrained dance-pop numbers. Following her mid-'80s comeback, LaBelle gradually moved toward a neo-sophisticated, laid-back, adult contemporary style that only occasionally touched on urban soul.
By the time she released Flame in 1997, Patti LaBelle had settled into a comfortable, reliable groove.