Brainstorm

Judging by the cover I would have never thought this group would have such a nice ballad as in "You Put A Charge In My Life". The rest of the tracks are upbeat dance numbers.
4 out of 10

The One-Derful Collection: One-Derful! Records

First release in this series counts with "All For You" by The Admirations, "Meet Me Halfway" by Beverly Shaffer and "The Town I Live In" by McKinley Mitchell.
4 out of 10

Step By Step

A nice but not outstanding ballad in "Don't Leave Me" included here. Not sure about other copies out there  but in mine track 10 plays a few seconds only. Sound quality is not as good as I would have liked.
2 out of 10

Love & Happiness

Standard tracks by The Chi-Lites, Al Green, Aaron Neville and others that are available in countless other compilations. Makes good listening for the casual soul music fan but not for those who seek the obscure.
4 out of 10

Michael Valvanos Contours

Took a chance since the price was too low to ignore but to me it ended up not worth it. You can skip this one if you dig ballads only like myself.
1 out of 10

The One-Derful Collection: Mar-V-Lus Records

I am picking these up as they come out to add to my collection. This released does not have a solid ballad that would make me recommend this pick up.
1 out of 10

The Eliminators

If you don't mind rough lead vocals these guys have a couple of very good ballads in "Taking Love, And Making Love" and "Try, Try, Try". The rest of the material is upbeat.
4 out of 10

Deniece Williams

I picked this one up solely for her cover of "It's Gonna Take A Miracle". "Silly" is decent but I just could not get into the rest of the material here.
2 out of 10

Rhyze

One nice slow jam ("What Can I Do About This Feeling) mixed in with upbeat numbers.
3 out of 10

Soul Generation

Standout here is "I Wonder What She's Doing" with other nice tracks in "I've Got That Loving Feeling" and "Hooked On Love". It also has a few more modern sounding tracks that I did not care much for.
4 out of 10