New Edition

They make the little girls squeal and the big girls feel like little girls. New Edition has made
three great albums – the high, sighing, lovesick voices of teenagers singing soul – and the
newest, All for Love, is as joyous, catchy and great sounding as its predecessors. "Count
Me Out," the first single, is a hit straight out of the box, and deservedly so: it's an exuberant
little dance party. The boys break into one of their patented raps, teasing each... More >

Bright and shiny as a new cliché, Ralph Tresvant is equal to any J5 (or MJ) fantasy the group's multifarious writers and producers throw at him, and for most of the first side so are they. Second side's more like, you guessed it, the Force M.D.'s, and won't keep anybody in school either. (Grade: B-)