Richard's voice is practically flawless: it is emotional but restrained, versatile, strong and clear. The musical arrangements are pretty standard for adult contemporary music, but they do show enough creativity and variety to make the CD interesting. They are all pretty mellow, there's no "rock", but the songs don't all sound alike. Several contain just a tinge of country, but it's not overpowering. The CD as a whole washes over me with real feeling that will help keep me warm this winter.

The second in the AOR CITY series! The song selection and supervision is by Toshikazu Kanazawa, a leading AOR critic known for Light Mellow. It covers everything from AOR classics such as Boz Scaggs, TOTO, and AirPlay to rare tracks unique to this compilation. The artwork for the jacket is a new work by Hiroshi Nagai, a master of the illustration world known for Eiichi Ohtaki's masterpiece "A LONG VACATION".

This is the way a Joan Armatrading best-of collection should be assembled in the first place. The numerous single-disc compilations never came close to being representative of her achievement as a recording artist. Culling 43 tracks over eight years and 11 albums is even better in many ways than issuing an Armatrading box set. All of the expected material from the early years is included on disc one, such as "Cool Blue Stole My Heart," "Travel So Far," "Dry Land," "Down to Zero," "Love and Affection," "Help Yourself," "Woncha Come on Home," "Show Some Emotion," "Willow," "Barefoot and Pregnant," "Bottom to the Top," "You Rope You Tie Me," "Your Letter," and many more, including "The Flight of the Wild Geese" from the soundtrack to the film. It covers Armatrading's prolific period from 1975-1979, where a lot of old hippies, now upwardly mobile professionals seeking mellow escapes from their relentless and often ruthless pursuit of "the good life," got off the bus and remained stuck, listening only to her early records along with those of the Jacksons, Eagles, and James Taylor.

Platinum selling artist Amy Macdonald returns with her highly anticipated 5th studio album, The Human Demands. Working with renowned producer Jim Abbiss (Arctic Monkeys’, Kasabian, Ladytron), the new album is Amy’s most authentic sounding record to date. Deluxe CD Album is a casebound book and features an additional 6 acoustic tracks. In April 2020, Amy Macdonald performed via her social media a new song called "A Piece of My Heart", inspired by COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing. After writing songs in July 2020, Macdonald started recording sessions for her fifth studio album. Her album The Human Demands was released on 30th October 2020, following a lead single, The Hudson on 27 August 2020 and Crazy Shade of Blue on 27 September.