''Silky Soul'' is an album by the

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-based R&B group

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, released in 1989 on

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Critical reception

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'' wrote that ''Silky Soul'' "finds Maze updating its graceful sound with a subtly bracing touch of synthesized rhythms." ''

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'' thought that

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ably spans "boudoir intimacies and pleas for South African liberation and black cooperation—all with a voice as cool and buttery as

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Gaye's."

Track listing

All songs written by

#"Silky Soul" 6:44 #" Can't Get Over You" 5:23 #"Just Us" 7:39 #"Somebody Else's Arms" 5:53 #"Midnight" 6:32 #"Love's on the Run" 5:34 #"Change Our Ways" 5:15 #"Songs of Love" 6:14 #"Mandela" 6:36 #"Africa" 2:11

Charts

Singles

References

External links