Johnny Gill, Provocative - 47m 48s

Tracks & Durations

1. Provocative	4:32
2. The Floor	5:12
3. Where No Man Has Gone Before	4:59
4. I Got You	4:15
5. A Cute, Sweet, Love Addiction	3:59
6. Long Way From Home	4:40
7. Tell Me How U Want It	4:51
8. Mastersuite	4:45
9. Quiet Time To Play	4:47
10. I Know Where I Stand	5:41

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Review

Of the six young men who have been part of the New Edition, Washington, D.C.-native Johnny Gill has far and away the best voice. And 1990's Johnny Gill is still the best album anyone connected with the New Edition has ever made. Provocative revisits the formula of that triumph--handing over the creative responsibilities once again to the two hottest songwriter/producer teams in R&B, the macho Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and the romantic L.A. Reid and Babyface. This time, though, we get the formula instead of the triumph. All the pieces are there--the roof-rattling vocals, the industrial-strength beats, and the sumptuous synth harmonies--but there's no sense of a personality behind the machinery. Gill proves that he can growl and shout in sync with the slamming beats like any neo-disco-man, but Lewis's lyrics sound like the lines that single men on the prowl serve up in bars, and there's nothing in Gill's vocal to indicate that the words are anything but a line. Gill is still an impressive singer. "I Got You," written, produced, and sung by Boyz II Men, is blessed with appealing melodies and lush harmony singing, and "Long Way from Home" by L.A. Reid and Babyface is a truly romantic song that finds Gill finally opening up his heart to reassure a distant lover. He'll have to do that far more often if he wants to create the great soul music his voice makes possible. --Geoffrey Himes

Other Versions

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Provocative

Tracks: 10, Disk length: 47m 50s (+0m 2s)

Provocative

Tracks: 12 (+2 tracks), Disk length: 58m 23s (+10m 35s)

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