''To Whom It May Concern'' is the debut
album
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by the British
R&B/pop group
the Pasadenas
The Pasadenas were an English R&B/pop group. They had two UK top 10 albums and eight UK top 40 hit singles, including " Tribute (Right On)" (1988), "Riding on a Train" (1988) and " I'm Doing Fine Now" (1992).
Career
The group scored a UK num ...
, released in 1988. The album contains three
UK top 40
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hits: "
Tribute (Right On)" (No. 5), "Riding on a Train" (No. 13), and "Enchanted Lady" (No. 31).
"Tribute (Right On)" also reached No. 52 on the US
''Billboard'' Hot 100.
Critical reception
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'' called the album "less tightly footnoted than the Fine Young Cannibals, but also less charismatic."
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The Washington Post
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'' wrote: "A smooth, pleasant but not especially involving pop-soul platter, this is zipless funk, airbrushed for maximum crossover potential. As with much Britsoul, this is less soul music than it is music about soul music." ''
The New York Times
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'' wrote that it "harks back to ultrasmooth vocal-harmony groups of the 70's like the Spinners and Earth, Wind and Fire, but lacks memorable melodies."
Track listing
Personnel
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The Pasadenas
The Pasadenas were an English R&B/pop group. They had two UK top 10 albums and eight UK top 40 hit singles, including " Tribute (Right On)" (1988), "Riding on a Train" (1988) and " I'm Doing Fine Now" (1992).
Career
The group scored a UK num ...
(Andrew Banfield, Aaron Brown, David Milliner, Michael Milliner, Hamish Seelochan) – vocals
*Prince Sampson – guitar
*Julian Crampton – bass
*Walter Cardew – drums
*Martin Virgo,
Pete Wingfield
William Peter Wingfield (born 7 May 1948) is an English record producer, keyboard player, songwriter, singer and music journalist.
Career
Whilst at Sussex University Wingfield and three other students formed the group Jellybread. In 1969, he ...
, Phil Ramacon, Robyn Smith – keyboards
*Harry Morgan – percussion
*Horace Cardew – saxophone
*Vince Sullivan – trombone
*Damon Brown, Pete Cooper,
John Thirkell
John Thirkell is a British trumpet and flugelhorn player, who has appeared on hundreds of pop, rock, and jazz recordings. Through the 1980s and early 1990s he was on at least one album in the UK Charts continuously, without a break, for over ...
– trumpet
Singles
*"Tribute (Right On)" – 1988
*"Riding on a Train" – 1988
*"Enchanted Lady" – 1988
Charts
References
External links
''To Whom It May Concern''at
Discogs
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1988 debut albums
Columbia Records albums
The Pasadenas albums