Makes You Wanna is an album by the American band Pieces of a Dream, released in 1988 on Manhattan Records.[3][4] The album reached No. 24 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.[5]

Makes You Wanna
Studio album by
Released1988
Studio
GenreJazz, R&B, funk[1][2]
LabelManhattan Records
ProducerScott Folks (Exec.), Lenny White, Pieces of a Dream, Cliff Dawson, Preston Glass
Pieces of a Dream chronology
Joyride
(1986)
Makes You Wanna
(1988)
Bout Dat Time
(1990)

Critical reception

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The Washington Post wrote: "With its big beat, synth riffs and reverberating bass lines, even Thelonious Monk's ''Round Midnight' is aimed at the dance floor."[1] The Omaha World-Herald noted that the band "no longer makes much of an attempt at fusion, settling instead for commercial stuff rooted in funk."[6] UPI praised the "soft, bouncy funk tunes."[7]

Tracklisting

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No.TitleLength
1."Ain't My Love Enough"4:49
2."We Belong to Each Other"4:58
3."Makes You Wanna"5:13
4."Rising to the Top"5:40
5."'Round Midnight"5:07
6."Mellow Magic"4:32
7."Feelin' for You"4:53
8."Holding Back the Years"6:25
9."Yubie, Yubie"4:37
10."Same Place, Same Time"4:39

References

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  1. ^ a b Joyce, Mike (9 Sep 1988). "Fuller, Funkier—Pieces of a Scheme?". The Washington Post. p. N24.
  2. ^ Silverman, David (17 Feb 1989). "Pieces of a Dream, Friday at the Park West". Friday. Chicago Tribune. p. 6.
  3. ^ Pieces of a Dream: Makes You Wanna. Manhattan Records. 1988.
  4. ^ Lloyd, Jack (19 Aug 1988). "The Dream Continues". Features Weekend. The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 34.
  5. ^ "Pieces of a Dream: Makes You Wanna (Contemporary Jazz Albums)". billboard.com. Billboard.
  6. ^ Smith, Will (September 4, 1988). "Several Recent Jazz Albums Spotlight Funk". Omaha World-Herald. p. SD.
  7. ^ Trott, William C. (October 23, 1988). "Pieces of a Dream Make You Wanna". Miami Herald. UPI. p. 9K.