FROM THE BITTER TO THE SWEET
Luba
(Azure Music/Select)
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
By MIKE ROSS
Express Writer