Sunshine

This re-release of Sunshine Superman might well be titled "The Ultimate Experience," or "The Total Immersion Version" - expanded to 67 minutes, it contains a new 24-bit remastering of the U.S. version of the album (the U.K. version, though it contained Donovan's preferred cover art, was compromised in its content by its extended delay in release, into the following year, owing to legal wrangling of the artist's management and recording contracts in the U.K.), plus seven chronologically related bonus tracks, "Breezes of Patchulie," "Museum" (in an early, lighter-textured version than its officially released recording from the next album), "Superlungs" (in the first of three distinctly different renditions); the longer stereo mix of "Sunshine Superman," and four never-before-heard tracks - "The Land of Doesn't Have to Be" and demo versions of "Good Trip" and "House of Jansch"…

The legendary group MANDRILL presents its first love ballad compilation CD called "SUNSHINE." The title track features the sensual, powerful vocals of THE WILSON BROS and the sexy saxophone of special guest GERALD ALBRIGHT. The single is also part of the eclectic score created by THE WILSON BROS for the award-winning Lions Gate film "Civil Brand" starring LisaRaye, Mos Def, Da Brat, MC Lyte, and Clifton Powell. Another gem on the "SUNSHINE" album is the previously recorded classic "LOVE SONG," which is sampled by the group FLOETRY as the musical foundation for the beautiful collaboration entitled "HAVE FAITH." Rounding out the strong offering on the "SUNSHINE" CD are other hits like "SOLID," "TOO LATE," and "GETTING IN THE MOOD".

Sunshine Anderson is the latest in a long line of confident female R&B singers to whom self-realization is a given, and who have no problem demanding their due from their often inadequate men. Her second album, imaginatively produced with a wide range of hip, grainy-sounding beats, deals with the tough realities of relationships, in songs as varied as the grittily realistic "Problems," "Switch It Up," superficially about romance gone stale but more concerned with turning a life around, and the galumphing "Trust," whose mutant beat buffers a tale of deceit. Anderson never leaves any doubt who's in control, though she can still turn on the erotic softness in silk-sheet jams like "Force of Nature."