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Back to Basics is the eighth studio album and tenth overall album by Bay Area-based R&B group Maze, released in 1993 on Warner Bros. Records.It is currently their last studio album to date, and also the last album to feature singer Frankie Beverly before his death in 2024.
The two albums also attained gold disc status. They had another number one R&B success with "Can't Get Over You". In 2009, a tribute to the hits of Maze was released. Called Silky Soul Music: An All Star Tribute to Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly, it included modern stars performing Maze's biggest hits with Maze acting as the backing band. [5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide wrote that Silky Soul "finds Maze updating its graceful sound with a subtly bracing touch of synthesized rhythms." [5] The Boston Globe thought that Frankie Beverly ably spans "boudoir intimacies and pleas for South African liberation and black cooperation—all with a voice as cool and buttery as [Marvin] Gaye's."
Frankie Beverly, the stylish singer, songwriter and founder of the R&B/funk band Maze, whose baritone voice drove such ‘80s hits as “Back in Stride,” “Too Many Games,” “Before I Let Go ...
That acclaim didn't translate into enormous album sales — Maze's studio albums peaked at No. 25 on the Billboard 200, and its singles only occasionally cracked the Hot 100. The group was never ...
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Signed to a recording contract with Capitol Records in 1976, Maze would release their debut album, Maze featuring Frankie Beverly in 1977. From that album, Maze would earn a devoted fan base with classic tracks "Happy Feelin's", "While I'm Alone" and "Lady of Magic" ultimately giving them their first gold record.
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