Consumer Guide Album

"D" Train: The Best of "D" Train [Prelude, 1986]
Dwarfing pretenders as estimable as Colonel Abrams, James Williams has owned the ranking Pendergrass shout since he surfaced barely out of high school five years ago, but he hasn't grown--hasn't broadened and deepened into the booming power of a world-class hunk. And although the filler here is a lot stronger than the filler on the debut, the debut provides the three lead and best cuts. And "You're the One for Me" keeps sneaking back on its recycled synth hook. Their first shot was their truest. B+