Like I've said, it might be easier to consider which '80s pop icon is not coming back.

After missing an entire decade due to various personal trials, Luba returns with a slick, low-key album distinctly more melancholy than her big '80s hits. Hints of past heartbreak can be heard in songs like Is She a Lot Like Me and All Over Again. Aside from a cool Latin element, the production is bland and unremarkable, but at its heart this material is honest.

Welcome back, Luba.

Saturday, May 20, 2000

The return of Luba