EV3

EV3 Artist: En Vogue
Label: Elektra / Wea
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio Cassette
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 075596205740
EAN: 0075596205740
ASIN: B000002HPS


Release Date: 1997-06-17

EV3


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Tracks:

  1. Whatever
  2. Don't Let Go (Love)
  3. Right Direction
  4. Damn I Wanna Be Your Lover
  5. Too Gone, Too Long
  6. You're All I Need
  7. Let It Flow
  8. Sitting by Heaven's Door
  9. Love Makes You Do Thangs
  10. What a Diff'rence a Day Makes
  11. Eyes of a Child
  12. Does Anybody Hear Me

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Amazon.com

En Vogue's last album, 1992's Funky Divas, was one of the sexiest and most stylish R&B efforts of the '90s, but the divas just don't deliver this time out. Part of the problem may be that the quartet has been reduced to a trio with the departure of Dawn Robinson; the rest may be that longtime producers and svengalis Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy have taken a back seat to hired hands from outside, including the ubiquitous and always bland Babyface. Maybe we've seen too many other hot girl groups in the years in between, or maybe this collection of tunes is just a dud. But there's no denying that "Don't Let Go (Love)" lacks the spark of "My Love (You're Never Gonna Get It)," "Free Your Mind," and most of the other tracks on the last album-and unfortunately, it's the best this new collection has to offer. --Jim Derogatis

Album Description

U.K. edition of their new album with a bonus track NOT on the U.S. release, 'I've Got Your Gun'. 13 tracks total.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Ev3.......2005-11-19

I remember this album when I was 10. I love this album. With this album, they have forged new musical terrain both as vocalists and songwriters. EV3 is En Vogue as we have never heard before(in 1997). This album showcases their trademark dynamic, soul-searing lead vocals and warm,ultra-tight backing harmonies. Dawn left for a solo career after doing two songs on this album. This album has been certified Platinum. This was the most forgettable album of 1997. Remember,this was 1997.

3 out of 5 stars Assorted.......2005-01-25

This album get's 3 and a half stars. En Vogue's first attempt at working with new producers is a great idea. The only problem is that they may have chosen the wrong producers to work with (with the exception of Organized Noize.) EV3's standout tracks are "Whatever" produced by Babyface, "Don't Let Go (Love)" by Organized Noize, "Too Gone, Too Long" by David Foster and "Damn I Wanna Be Your Lover" by Ivan Matias. While a good idea to branch out and try working with new producers, some of the producers were unable to capture what En Vogue is capable of and result in producing less than outstanding tracks for the group. Long time producers Foster/McElroy didn't produce as well as they're capable of either.

EV3 - a must have for En Vogue fans. Should En Vogue work with other producers in the future, they should make sure to choose eminent producer's (Organized Noize, DarkChild, P. Diddy, Missy Elliot, David Foster, The Neptunes...)

4 out of 5 stars EV3.......2003-12-29

I enjoyed this disc and can't say that I noticed a severe drop off in vocal with the loss of Dawn. Although I do agree that her spunk & sassiness balanced the maturity of the other three women. The tracks are a bit different that on their previous albums because Tommy & Denzil only produced/arranged 5 of the 12 tracks & because of their unique understanding of the ladies' voices, the other tracks suffer a bit because they do not sound like the EnVogue sound that I liked but I tried not to compare this disc to their previous ones.

That being said, I still enjoyed 7 out of the 12 tracks which counts as a successful purchase to me. The funkiest cut of them all is "Let It Flow" which gets me up dancing everytime I play it. Other standouts are: Whatever, Don't Let Go, Damn I Wanna Be Your Lover, Too Gone, Too Long, Sittin By Heaven's Door, What a Difference a Day Makes & Does Anybody Hear Me.

2 out of 5 stars CLASSINESS AND LONELINESS.......2003-10-20

EV3 came in a time R&B tunes didn't gave to much space for funkyness, the deaprture of Dawn Robinson to a supposed solo career didn't hurt the group in the vocal aspect, perhaps, what went wrong in EV3 wasn't the lack of another girl to make the quartet, in fact was the quality production that the group lack of. "Whatever" the outstanding track of this album, was a slow funky R&B tune that somehow aimed for better airplay that it ultimate received, and of course was the only saveable track. The hole album is influence in that slow R&B beat, not the funky jams of En Vogue that fans were acostume to. Even the highly anticipated ballad produced by no other than David Foster "Too Gone, Too Long" felt in the space of being pure pop, and pretty close too be another flop, but the voices of each En Vogue member shine, specially Maxine's in the bridge part of the song, something that it's caracteristic of EV3 is that was really crowed by filler cuts and really bad ones. In the name of music the only other joint that can be saved from being lost in creativityless, are "Eyes Of A Child" poppy friendly song. Despite the singles releases, and the later mention this album was such a dissapointment for many fans that expected a little more from the "Funky Divas" because after this they should be call "The Amazing Boring Divas".

4 out of 5 stars Real Singing Woman.......2003-06-22

The trio of diversity, talent, and, class shown brightly through this exquisite piece of vocal art work is mind blowing. The album titled EV3 appropriately targets each and every member and rocketing them to public notability by just three symbols~EV3~. The act of one member leaving the group does not place the other remaining three in the less credibile category -Hot R&B & Pop Gal Groups- of the music buisness. En Vogue is in the category of -Divas That Can Sing- all types of lyrical genres and handles acapella, major music industry CHANGE and can with stand the absence/exiting of a longtime member and still hold their heads up high to proclaim that they produce an interesting diversity of songs, lyrics, beats,tones and, styles all of their own. You could say the new trio has a whole new P.O.V to their approach to their music these days that they will introduce to their FANS slowly,piece by piece or little by little every album release (or yearly). All I know is that En Vogue has style, class and, the ability to harmonize like no other female vocal group the music industry has had in the last 15-20 years, while not selling out to the commercial/glitz side of the music industry. This trio can diversely sing anything just listen to the following spectrum (array of different) of songs on this C.D. EV3:"Don't Let Go(Love)"(had one of the rawest/cutting edge music videos on BET and MTV the year it released), "Right Direction", "Damn I Wannabe Your Lover", "Too Gone, Too Long", "Sitting By Heavens Door", "What A Difference A Day Makes", ecspecially listen to "Eyes Of A Child", and make sure you give special attention when listening to last but, definitely not least in any way, the absolutely beautifully harmonizing acapella EV3 song "Does Anybody Here Me".********

One side note about this album, now that I'm older and able to use my hind site/retrospect (my adult wisdom), I did notice while memorizing every single detail of every song in my adolesence years of my life of being a fan I had began toget hints here and there that some of the songs sound at some points like they have the same instrumentals.In rating this C.D. I took that in to consideration and thats why I had to score it with four stars and not all five. However, EV3 wasn't En Vogue's non-deliverer; it just threw a whole new type/angle of En Vogue at America and some fans were just reluctant to accept change (difference). This album speaks volumes of love, so give some and check it out!

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