Side one opens with “Hold On Tight (Don’t Let Go)”, a mid-tempo swirl of synths and snares that could have easily taken the 1984 club scene by storm.
The title track “Contact” is next. It was also released as a seven minute long twelve-inch remix. It has a solid beat that was right at home with the dance music I listened to at the time.
The first single from the album was “I Promise (I Do Love You)”, a slow-jam ballad sung with a falsetto lead vocal. It reminds me a lot of Prince’s “Do Me Baby” musically.
The intimate mood continues with “No One Can Treat Me Like U”.
Side two starts with “Make It Work”, a funky bass-driven groove about a couple finding a way to come together. A remixed version was released as the B-side to the twelve-inch of the title track.
The B-side to the single was “In the Nite”, the nocturnal musings of a man longing to be with his love.
I like the change up with a prominent piano on the opening of “Friends”, a celebration of a supportive, platonic relationship.
“Luv Games”, with its bouncy beat, tells of the school day antics of young love.
The album closes with the ballad “So Hard to Say Goodbye”.
Again, I have to thank my online buddy Herc for introducing me to this group about a year or so ago. As with their debut, Contact easily fit into the mid-80’s R&B sounds that I enjoyed back in the day. I would have really liked to hear how they would have further developed had they gotten another album recorded. Ah well.
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