Nightlites

A reissue of Staton's 1981 album for Joe and Sylvia Robinson's Sugar Hill Records label, which specialized in rap music at the time. The album was a reunion with Young Hearts producer Dave Crawford. A measly seven songs, more than half geared toward the dance floor, such as Love and Be Free and In the Still of the Night - the latter shouldn't be confused with the song by the Five Satins. The set features a nice uptempo pop song of marital reaffirmation in Count On Me and a sensuous ballad written by Deniece Williams, Hurry Sundown. Staton even tries a little rap on the tail end of The Sunshine of Our Love and gives Elvis Presley's Suspicious Minds a nice, poppish dance workout.