Flashback 1990

Blaze - So Special [Motown]

Yet again we find ourselves back in 1990, this time revisiting the first single taken from Blaze's debut long player 25 Years Later. Co produced with Timmy Regisford, "So Special" is an uplifting piano led track imbued with a spirit of hopefulness courtesy of the inspirational nature of its lyrics. I remember picking this and the album up; they were must haves for me based on the strength of remixes and productions that Blaze had been involved with a year or two earlier for Womack & Womack, Blacksmith and Phase II to name just a small selection. At the time I wasn't famililar with "If You Should Need A Friend" which is now considered a classic, (released a few years earlier). That the duo of Josh Milan & Kevin Hedge have endured for another three decades, (Chris Herbert departing during the early 90s), is testament to the quality and integrity of their music.