Marc Anthony
Marc Anthony comes on like a suave, less jumpy alternative toRicky Martinon this mostly English-language album. Having already introduced itself to the pop mainstream with the salsa-tinged single "I Need to Know,"Marc Anthonyoffers several other obvious crossover hits, ranging from the Rodney Jerkins-produced Latin-funk fusion of "She's Been Good to Me" to the lovelorn midtempo ballad "When I Dream at Night." However, Anthony's agreeably keening voice is too often applied to the sort of colorless adult-contemporary material typical ofMichael BoltonandMariah Careymainstay Walter Afansieff, who produces or coproduces three tracks here. The result is often more interesting in sociological terms--Anthony fans who, like the star, were born to Latino parents in America are as sure to eat this disc up as his new Caucasian admirers--than in musical ones. Ain't that America?--Rickey Wright