Search - Debarge, Switch :: Winning Combinations

Can't go wrong for 6 dollars

Pablo Parks | Bayonet Point, Florida | 10/06/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"For the price this is recommended. The Debarge tracks are from the their 2nd and 4th albums. No tracks from the excellent "In a Special Way" Album are included. "All this Love" and "Who's Holding Donna Now" are ballads that display the El Debarge vocals at their best. "Rythym of the Night" was a top ten hit in 1985 with a latin feel and the primary reason many of you will consider buying this CD. The good news is that it is the original uncut version that you heard on radio unlike the remixed version found on The Ultimate Debarge Album.



As for Switch, if you haven't heard of them you are missing out on one of the best and most diverse late 1970s acts. The connection with Debarge is that the two oldest siblings (Bobby and Tommy) were in the switch group with Bobby's stunning vocals possibly better than evel El's. The slow jamz "There'll Never Be" and "I Call Your Name" are classics, although they are both cut versions here. "Best Beat in Town" is late 70s disco nirvana and track #9 "Calling on All Girls" is hard to find and not included on their greatest hits compilation."

Butchered songs

Bopper 4 Life | Skippack, PA | 11/19/2007

(1 out of 5 stars)

"If you buy this CD for Switch's "I Call Your Name", they have totally butchered this song. It brought tears to my eyes the way that they have cut this song up. They took a 7 minute and 35 second song and brought it down to 3 minutes and 57 seconds!! WHY?!? They also shortened "They'll Never Be". Totally Disappointed!!!"

Switch & debarge cd review

Robert Stevenson | 07/15/2006

(1 out of 5 stars)

"This CD has edited versions that are all cut short to save money. The " I call your name cut " is half as long as you would hear it on the radio! DONT BUY THIS CD! You'll be disappointed. Even the used Cd store would not buy it from me and I only listened to it once."