The dividing point for Kenny Loggins was, naturally, Footloose, the blockbuster 1984 hit that helped turn him into something of a teen sensation at the age of 36, and with the assistance of Michael Omartian and David Foster, he dove headfirst into synthesizers, synthesizing everything outside of backing vocals and chicken-scratch guitars. Occasionally, he tossed a glance back to the yacht rock of High Adventure -- "I'm Gonna Do It Right" is a nice Michael McDonald song, just given a tight sequencing; "At Last" also contains similar shimmering soft echoes -- but a good chunk of Vox Humana is bombastic and brittle, a somewhat pathetic attempt to inhabit the sound of 1985. Naturally, this desperation kept it from being a true hit -- the title track just barely cracked the Top 30 -- but all those stylistic cutting-edge flourishes that kept it off the charts are the reason to listen to it all these years later: it says 1985 like no other album can.
Vox Humana
Kenny Loggins
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Vox Humana Review
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Track Listing
| Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenny Loggins | 04:09 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 2 | Kenny Loggins | 04:48 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 3 | Kenny Loggins | 04:05 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 4 | Kenny Loggins | 04:00 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 5 | Kenny Loggins | 04:40 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 6 | Kenny Loggins | 04:23 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 7 | Kenny Loggins | 03:53 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 8 | Kenny Loggins | 04:28 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 9 | Kenny Loggins | 06:20 | SpotifyAmazon |
