1 – The Valley – Miguel – I could have sworn this song was going to blow up big, I don’t see why in a market with The Weeknd all over the charts, Miguel isn’t there as well. This sex song is a classic, it is as good as Justin Timberlake at his best – A
2 – Take Them To Manhattan – Jack Phillips – – Simple sophisticated, American classicism – A
3 – I Happen To Like New York – Bobby Short – Live at the Carlyle, Bobby covers Cole Porter rarity – B+
4 – Manhattan – Bobby Short – The very best version I’ve heard, he gets every ounce of good feeling from it. Makes me miss a place I am actually living in – A+
5 – You Make Me feel So Young – Bobby Short – And we have that twerp Michael Buble – A
6 – Misunderstood – Pete Townshend and Ronnie Lane – In which rock stars become human – B+
7 – Sippy Cup – Melanie Martine – I think I love this so much because I find the lyric so oblique, and also undoubtedly. Another way of saying if he quacks like a duck… – A
8 – We’ve got Love – Babyface – Better than anything on the Love marriage And Divorce album, this is like watching a 45 year old get his fastball back: old time 80s soul, yes, but fast and catchy/ A terrific song – A-
9 – Take A Bow – Madonna – Co-written by Babyface and her greatest soul song – A+
10 – Stop The World And Let Me Off – Patsy Cline – A minor song I happen to love well beyond its obvious gifts, I love the “I’ve played the game of love and lost” line – A
