The Commodores

No, there's no truth to the rumor that Kenny Rogers has been signed to make a film called
Ersatz Cowboy. Yes, Parliament-Funkadelic artist Pedro Bell really has referred to a certain
famous black pop group as the Common Bores. Now that the flow of gossip has been
staunched, work can commence on evaluating the latest releases by Rogers and the
Commodores, pop superstars who dominate the middle-of-the-road in their resp... More >

With Lionel readying his farewells, they'd better take care of tunecraft, but only on "Lady (You Bring Me Up)," where William King shares the credit with someone I presume is his wife and someone else I presume is a song doctor, do they give off the signals. Lionel antes up two slow ones, both of which cut the funky competition. (Grade - B-)