There's a cool guest appearance by the Chattertocks . I especially liked their version of Volare . The arrangement is hearty and the solo is strong. Their Marvin Gaye song is one of life's simple joys. Get more than 5 of them singing at the same time, and the results go downhill fast.
Backgrounds are the issue.
Poorly tuned, poorly timed, blurry all over. It's too bad, because most of the soloists sound like they just need a good setup so they can shine. As it is, none of them really stands out, but they all seem to get what they're singing and they are mostly pretty good. The interesting part of this album is in the middle, if you can get past the tuning and blurriness issues. Ebony and Ivory is convincingly sung by Mark Manning and Sean Kumar, Glory Days has energy, and Gordon Wright sounds great on the lead in Tempted .