Released during a period of lackluster activity wherein "The Maestro" was being overshadowed by the likes of Keith Sweat, Johnny Gill, and other romantic crooners, "The Right Night & Barry White" is an effort that deserved greater attention than it received. The album represents some of the artist's best 80's work.

Featuring "Sho You Right," a highly charged dance tune that has White's signature saying, the disc has other equally satisfying selections. The evocative "For Your Love (I'll Do Anything)" is so stimulating that it sets fire to one's sound system. "There's a Place (Where Love Never Ends," like most of White's work showcases the rhythm and string sections, respectively. Their use never overshadows White's strong vocals; they are a perfect accompaniment to Barry's "basso profundo."

The remaining cuts are superbly delivered with the passion and musical wizardry that one expects from the man who made the bedroom his melodic playground.

Sleep tight like Barry's music always is!

Back in the day Barry White had been a major player in black music, but in the 80s he kinda fell off the map and by 1987 he had been out the picture for nearly a decade. The new generation of black music was undeveloped hip hop, and drum machine/synthesiser-based R&B that sounded more like plastic pop than the classic soul of yesteryear. Although people didn't realise it at the time, we really needed a talented veteran like Barry White back.

The comeback was this album, `The Right Night & Barry White', an unexpectedly strong collection of mainly love songs. The up tempo jam `Sho You Right' is still hitting and has proven to be more & more popular over time. The rest of the material is sweet, well written love ballads over smooth grooves and occasionally harder drum beats. Yes Barry embraces the production techniques of the day but fortunately doesn't over do it like the young guns were doing back then. This stuff is real nice and I can let this play whether laid in a hot bath, cooking, driving at night, whatever. He brings a real cool atmosphere with this album that works in any situation. By now Barry was 42 and you can tell listening to him speak that he really understands the game of love & relationships.

The opening two cuts are bonus tracks apparently, and they live up to their billing. `Good Dancin' Music' is a fun cut where The Maestro reminisces on all the parts of the world he's been to on tour, and `As Time Goes By' is the old standard updated to a fonky beat, with surprising success. Maybe these were tagged on because there was too much slow stuff, I don't know but this ten song album was an impressive comeback by Barry and outlasts the younger material that was being churned out at the time.

Probably one of the better records Mr. White ever cut. Not worthy of notice to general consumers, delectable to fans of the Man. Dig this: "Sho' you right about the night and you right about us." Man.

In 1987, the late Barry White signed with A&M Records and released this CD which was a welcome comeback for him. Steamy, sensuous and unabashedly romantic ballads like "Love Is In Your Eyes", "Share", "For Your Love (I'll Do Most Anything)", "There's A Place Where Love Never Ends" and "The Right Night" are vintage-flavored and (despite the subtle use of programmed drum machines, keyboards and synthesizers) make for a truly enjoyable listening experience. True, this album did not sell as well as 1991's "Put Me In Your Mix" or 1994's platinum-plus "The Icon Is Love" but I highly recommend it to all fans of romantic Soul.