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Staying Power | 
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| Artist: Barry White
Label: Sony Bmg Europe
Category: Music
List Price: $12.98
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Rating:  36 reviews
Sales Rank: 115232
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 010058218524
EAN: 0010058218524
ASIN: B00000JJN2
Release Date: July 27, 1999
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| Tracks:
| • | Staying Power - Barry White, Holmes, Rory | | • | Don't Play Games - (featuring Wa Wa Watson) | | • | The Longer We Make Love (Duet with Chaka Khan) | | • | I Get Off On You - (featuring Gerald Albright) | | • | Which Way Is Up | | • | Get Up | | • | Sometimes | | • | Low Rider | | • | Thank You | | • | Slow Your Roll | | • | Bonus Track: The Longer We Make Love (Duet with Lisa Stansfield) |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Barry White kicks off Staying Power, his first album since 1994's The Icon Is Love, with a title track that boasts of his long-running stamina, both in bed and in terms of his career. Indeed, the mood here is often as reflective as it is seductive. While sticking close to the machine-tooled groove that helped make Icon's "Practice What You Preach" such a memorable single, the disc also finds White putting his low-register stamp on War's "Low Rider" and Sly Stone's "Thank You" (the latter in a version that, intriguingly, recalls the slow There's a Riot Goin' On take more than the better-known hit). Staying power? Hey, if you've got it, flaunt it. --Rickey Wright
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| Customer Reviews:
My Mentor's Final Album April 26, 2007
RCBIFE (Staten Island, NY)
This album was released on the day I turned 25, and didn't hesitate in buying it. I wasn't disappointed either. "Staying Power" is aptly named; for it's what he continues to have even though he's physically no longer with us. He even won a non-televised Grammy for this album. Heck with or without a Grammy win, he's won me over as his eternal student/fan. It was cool of him to give Chaka Khan and Lisa Stansfield the opportunity to put their own respective/individual spins on their respective duets with him on the same song. Although I was thrown of a little by his Sly & the Family Stone remake (Thank You) with a rap verse included, I never get disappointed when it comes to him.
 Fabulous final album he made! January 25, 2005
Preston (nc)
I've heard Barry White's Staying Power several times. It has to be one of his best albums since his series of hits in the '70s. White continues to come out with some sexy ballads like I Get Off On You and the 7-minute plus second song. I love Staying Power and was pleased that it won a Grammy award! The smooth Get Up has a very powerful message. But what also stands out are some funky songs from Barry like Which Way Is Up, his bass heavy remake of War's Low Rider, and the funkier P Diddy remix of Thank You, a Sly and the Family Stone remake. The Longer We Make Love with Lisa Stansfield is so creamy smooth--they both sound good together. This is such a fabulous last album that he made long before his passing in 2003. It shows Barry going out on top again!
The Maestros finale May 28, 2004
brother_ike (L-Boogie)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
For his 19th album, 1999s 'Staying Power', Barry White puts together a nice set of uptempo numbers & slow burners, with a mature & almost reflective mood to the album. My man was 54 by now and had come full circle on a long journey, and with 'Staying Power' you get to hear the Maestro kick back, relax and share his game on love, life, and experiences. Another bonus with this album is its a chance to hear Barry in crisp and clear sound with sharp production, full bass and treble, as opposed to them dusty ole (but still classic) 70s records. The title track is a hell of a cool jam, although my cut has to be 'Which Way Is Up', with its bouncy beat & cool sax solo. But Barry also offers a rare side to him, as he covers songs by Sly Stone and War, and even brings in Chaka Kahn (who sounds old & past it) and Lisa Stansfield to duet. Before 'Staying Power' Barry had yet again re-invented himself, this time with a series of cameos on the massive (at the time) Ally McBeal show. This didn't harm the album one bit and he actually even scooped a grammy. This was a great way to bring the curtain down on a long & important career, a strong set of cooled mature R&B which will hit with old & new fans alike. A few laters Barrys bad health was too much to escape and he died at the young age of 58. There will never be another Barry White, R.I.P.
 The Man is back for the second act (no pun intended) February 18, 2002
Eric Krupin (Salt Lake City, UT)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Having survived his second career as a self-parody (crooning over Arby's sandwiches, saving the snakes of Springfield, etc.), Barry has earned the right to take a moment and reflect on what it all means. The result is this mildly entertaining, oddly Republican record.The centerpiece is a bizarre little tune called "Get Up" which, contrary to one's expectations, is not an exhortation to phallic prowess but rather ye old-fashioned Protestant Work Ethic - i.e. "Get up off your ass and do something." A worthy sentiment, to be sure, but somewhat distracting when attempting to get close to the very special lady of one's choice. There are the requisite number of make-out soundtracks (featuring lyrics like "You're so precious and cute / You're very very sensitive / You like flowers...") but they all lack the purple-satin plushness of his classic stuff. Mostly this is due to the brittle crispness of the contemporary production (i.e. the famous Barry White orchestration, always the most important part of his sound, is reduced to occasional, repetitive, thin, and probably synthesized strings). But one must also acknowledge the unstayable hands of Time. (There's some wisdom Barry didn't get around to.) His duet with the great Chaka Khan finds the lady in reasonably good voice but as they pant and moan about "turning out the lights", "making it right", and so on, I can never help thinking, "These people are old to be my parents." So maybe what F. Scott Fitzgerald meant to say was that there *are* second acts in American lives; they're just never as good as the first.
Barry White has Staying Power August 19, 2000
Lululu (Howell NJ)
I personally feel that Staying Power was Barry White's best recording. The title track, " Staying Power" is a modern R and B track that proves Barry White is with the times and still a current and ground breaking performer. His version of " Low Rider" has a roots rock feel to it and is my personal favorite on the CD. The funk influenced " Thank You" is another excellant piece on this CD. This CD features guest performances by Chaka Khan and Lisa Stansfield. Barry is back and better than ever.
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