Product Review

Digitally remastered and expanded edition of this 1983 release including one bonus track. Never Say Never represents Moore at the apex of her reach as a core artist of urban radio, and of her leadership of adult-oriented R&B as a New York-based music publishing and production entrepreneur. Five previous albums on Buddah and Epic had established her as a regular R&B album and singles chart maker. The release of Never Say Never on Capitol and its 14-week national album chart run coincided with the arrival of a streamlined, new and often technology-based approach to contemporary R&B that stretched from ballads to pre-sampling electronic hip-hop band rhythm tracks.