David 10086: "That album should have been a monster hit in the USA."
Liza Minnelli's "Results." Released by Epic Records October 1989.
In total agreement here. I was stunned when I first heard it, and I love it to this day.
One big factor in its failure to sell more copies in the US was the refusal of MTV to air any of the fab videos Liza made to promote it (particularly "Losing My Mind" and "Don't Drop Bombs"
. Those videos defined the summer of 1990 on Fire Island for me; they were shown EVERYWHERE.
And those two songs, in addition to "Love Pains", always filled the dance floor, as I recall.
I had a boyfriend who wept when I played the album's best ballad, "So Sorry, I Said." "It's so beautiful," he'd say. No disagreement here.
Radio played "Results," but marginally. They could (or would) not get past Liza's Broadway pedigree. Their loss.
The album was a big hit in the UK and it has a cult to this day internationally.
I spent $200 via Ebay on a limited edition DJ-created San Francisco remix CD, around 1991, I think it was. Since then, "Results" has been officially, professionally remixed and reissued (along with the videos on DVD in a spiffy--and pricey--package).
It is one of Liza's crowning achievements, and she should have been Grammy-nominated (and won).
I agree with you about Dusty's "Reputation." I have a compilation CD with that song and other PSB collaborations. I think it's called "Reputation and Rarities."
It's interesting to imagine a PSB project with Miss Ross.
But PSB, for me and many others, scored on all cylinders with Liza Minnelli and "Results.". A stunning combination of talents. They should have done a follow-up.
Updated On: 7/16/22 at 06:38 PM
