Kenny Loggins

Kenny Loggins' Vox Humana is not so much an album of songs as a collection of some of the
most elegant, hightech rhythm tracks ever to come out of Los Angeles. At its best, it
matches the gossamer, state-of-the-art productions of Quincy Jones. "I'm Gonna Do It
Right," for instance, could be based on a close study of Patti Austin's "It's Gonna Be Special"
and Michael Jackson's "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'." It opens with spell-casting... More >

"My goal was to transform my music into a more and more personal medium," says this harmless case study in contemporary pop of his first self-produced album, so he must think a lot about "love," a word which appears in seven of the nine songs. The subject is all-important for sure, but tricky to make new, as they say. Loggins succeeded in 1979 with the put-up-or-shut-up epiphany "This Is It." Here he hopes his rhythmic savvy and supple falsetto prove epiphany enough for Contemporary Hits Radio. Which given the promotional budget and catchy arrangement of the confidently entitled title tune, they already have. (Grade: C+)