Product description Aged 61 when this album was released, Twenty Four Seven
manages to ooze with both youth and class. Influenced by contemporary club
culture, the songs range from the "Believe" sound-alike track "When The
Heartache Is Over" (which incidentally was produced by Brian Rawlings, the man
behind the Cher hit) to the Shania Twain country-pop style title track "Twenty
Four Seven". Although there are a couple of ballads ("Talk To My Heart" and
"Falling"), Turner seems to have left the diva crooning for the likes of
Celine Dion. Tracks such as the opener "Whatever You Need" prove that she
still has more than enough energy: she's not a frazzled old disco grandma.
--John Galilee No doubt emboldened by the unlikely late-career
success of sister chanteuse/force-of-nature Cher, R&B legend Turner signed on
with producers Brian Rawling and Mark Taylor (the team behind the former's
worldwide smash "Believe"). Their contemporary production-touches seldom get
in the way of Turner's soulful smolder and burn, especially on tracks like the
gospel-steeped opener, "Whatever You Need," which stakes the team's intentions
to bring the singer into the 21st century with her dignity intact. Wed to a
strong melodic pop sensibility ("Absolutely Nothing's Changed," "Talk to My
Heart," the smooth Philly soul of "Don't Leave Me This Way"), Turner's
dramatic readings are often irresistible. Even on more commercial and dance-
oriented tracks (the single "When the Heartache Is Over"; the Bryan Adams duet
"Without You"), it's Turner who triumphs. But then, this is a woman who could
breath sexual fire into a toothpaste jingle. --Jerry McCulley