Come as You Are
Released: April 1976
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Released: April 1976
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One of Ashford & Simpson's best Warner Bros. albums, especially from a production standpoint. The mix between up-tempo and slow, love songs and dance tunes was perfect, and their interaction had...
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Is It Still Good to Ya
Released: August 1978
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Released: August 1978
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Having written many popular numbers for various artists over the years, the dynamic duo retain that same tradition for this project. The first release from this album was the midtempo "It Just...
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Stay Free
Released: August 1979
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Released: August 1979
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The title track was spectacular, and the rest of the album was expertly produced, performed, and arranged. Ashford & Simpson dominated the '70s as few couples ever have in any era; they were the...
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A Musical Affair
Released: August 1980
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Released: August 1980
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The year 1980 was fairly eventful for Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson. In addition to writing and producing Gladys Knight & the Pips' excellent About Love, the duo had a major hit of their own...
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Street Opera
Released: May 1982
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Released: May 1982
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Ashford & Simpson came up with an intriguing tack for this early-'80s session: take a contemporary situation and use a quasi-operatic format to illuminate it. The only problem came in the...
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High-Rise
Released: August 1983
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Released: August 1983
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Ashford & Simpson had come close to exhausting their creative quotient by the mid-'80s. Simpson still sang effectively, and Ashford harmonized and contrasted her nicely, but they'd stated and...
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Solid
Released: October 1984
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Released: October 1984
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Ashford & Simpson have always been the prime representatives in R&B of the joys of wedded bliss, and this extended valentine is their most consistent set as well as their biggest hit ever. ~...
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