Consumer Guide Album

E.U.: Livin' Large [Virgin, 1989]
In which the winners of D.C.'s five-year elimination tournament come to terms with a truth of the recorded medium: unless you're James Brown, and not always then, even a Möbius groove benefits from some variety. With Mother Africa, doowop, Spike Lee/Marcus Miller, Salt-n-Pepa, and white girls adding assorted spice, fundamental romps like "Buck Wild" and "Livin' Large" have somewhere to go go. A-