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KARYN WHITE

3.6

1988–1994

49 reviews

3 albums

OVERVIEW

OVERVIEW

Karyn White

3.8

warm reception

unified reaction

16 reviews →

1991

Ritual of Love

3.6

warm reception

mixed reaction

16 reviews →

1994

Make Him Do Right

3.3

mixed reception

unified reaction

15 reviews →

REVIEW

REVIEW

Karyn White

4

Baltimore, MD, USA

January 13, 1989

No matter how much the highly polished sound of "Karyn White" owes to the men behind the mixing boards, credit for the music's heart and soul belongs strictly with White herself.

1988

Karyn White

3

Washington D.C., DC, USA

January 20, 1989

N22

White is capable of packing real emotion into a song if it's more than formula.

1988

Karyn White

5

Nashville, TN, USA

January 22, 1989

There's not a vocal false step on this entire collection.

1988

Karyn White

4

Morris County, NJ, USA

February 19, 1989

White has just as much infectious spunk as any of the young male vocalists burning up the rhythm & blues charts.

1988

Karyn White

3

3/5

New York, NY, USA

March 23, 1989

174

White clearly takes direction well: the next test will come when her ego starts to exert itself.

1988

Karyn White

4

Albuquerque, NM, USA

March 31, 1989

There is an energy and clarity she projects into each of the nine songs on the album.

1988

Ritual of Love

3

2.5/4

McLean, VA, USA

September 9, 1991

4D

She sounds like any other dance diva on fast tunes, but her emotive alto comes alive in ballads like "Tears of Joy."

1991

Ritual of Love

4

Baltimore, MD, USA

September 13, 1991

A great singer always manages to get beyond the groove.

1991

Ritual of Love

3

B–

New York, NY, USA

September 13, 1991

You get very little sense of White's own personality.

1991

Ritual of Love

5

New York, NY, USA

September 14, 1991

86

White's got an unstoppable voice, and it's showed off to perfection.

1991

BIRD'S EYE VIEW

BIRD'S EYE VIEW

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