Pat Lewis
' resume includes singing with
the Adorables
on
Golden World Records
;
the Andantes
--
Motown
's premiere female backing group; and
Isaac Hayes
' magnificent
Hot Buttered Soul
. Welcome to
-lite. The title misleads with wording normally used for greatest-hits compilations. These weren't hits, simply part of a mega-project by
Ian Levine
to record everybody connected with
. And it sounds like it -- you'd think
Lewis
grew up in suburbia in a house with multi-bathrooms and a bedroom big enough to hang a bicycle on the wall rather than rough and tumble Detroit, MI. The whole affair is as creative as StarTac's nine irritating phone ring choices. Remakes of
Jackie Ross
'
"Selfish One"
and
Tammi Terrell
's
"Come on and See Me"
are the most arresting; on both she mimics the original singer's style.
' most intense vocal comes on a remake of
Fontella Bass
"Rescue Me,"
but the track is sterile compared to the fiery original. Best of the rest are
"The Rhythm Is Right,"
"Talk to Me,"
and the beat
ballad
"Sweetest Feeling."
~ Andrew Hamilton