Frenchy’s Reloads: Rad. - “Radified”
General Description
Artist/Band: Rad.
Album Title: Radified
Year: 1992
Haunting voice from the past..
How I Got Into This Music
Heh.. A very dear old friend of mine introduced me to this album. Times change, so do friendships and I never got the chance to copy it. Always remembering one or two songs but never actually having the album was a serious annoyance.
So this week I went to the music library at the Rotterdam Library and rented the CD. Funny, they had it all that time and it never occurred to me before to actually check if it was there..
Anyways, “Rad.” is not a type, that’s how the artist, Rose Anne Dimalanta names herself.
I remember really, really enjoying certain tracks and really, really not enjoying some others.
But the elusiveness of it all certainly was enchanting, just like her music.
Tracks that got my attention:
First Jamm
I like a track that grabs you by the throat and shouts at you “Listen, this is what the album is about, okay?!?”. Groove hyped-up bass, great horn section, lovely voice and it leaves you begging for more, more and more..
Wishy
Still gotta start working out the bass tabs on this song, lovely work. Her voice really gets you into the mellow jazz mood.
Time to Change
A lovely albeit a bit.. tiresome ballad. Annoying thing is that.. well, sometimes it ain’t that tiresome and it just hits the spot, hard to explain, I guess..
Homegirls Cha-Cha Network
Now this track’s a real hipshaker!
Private Room
Classic ballad, wowweeeee! It’s that “Dim The Lights, Baby, And Let’s Get Nasty..”™ kinda track..
Get Radified!
Energy! Pure Energy! It takes a great command of will or a total shutdown of the vital organs to listen to this track and not wanting to jump on a dance floor and move that tush like it’s nobody’s business..
Conclusion
Great to hear the album again!! What amazes me is that after all these years I still get the same sense of amazement: Who is that girl? Why ain’t she ruling the charts? Why haven’t I seen her live (yet), godsdammit?!?!
I’ve listened to a later album, but that hasn’t got the same effect on me of course.. Maybe I should wait another ten years and listen to it again, heheh..
Rating: 
