European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 4, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                 in Lanet Jackson a videos. But it Wasny to until she 1 meeting with Ayeroff and Jordan Harris co Annaina directors at Virgin records that she ounces her own intentions. Both men knew her Sto work and Ayeroff a former Art director had made videos at Warner Bros. A she said i can sing you know. I want to do an churn a Ayeroff recalls. A a Paula a in our Industry. Someone with a personality and she a gorgeous d she can dance. If she can sing she could be a Star. Here s i so she went into the studio and Cut a demo record and she could sing. From then on she had hit making machinery u Hind her. . Reid and baby face who produced hit records for Bobby Brown and baby face himself were among the producers who worked on her album. David Fincher who had worked with Madonna directed the videos Abdul a pal Arsenio Hall makes a High profile appearance in the straight up video. Says one music Industry source familiar with Abdul a career Quot i think Jeff allowed her to make a record even though he was t sure she could sing because he knew he could make great videos with  last year Abdul toured 14 cities with several other groups As part of the club mtg tour. Tollin says his client has already nixed six figure offers to perform one night shows on the Road. Quot the whole album is 40 minutes Long if you played every song Quot Tollin says. Quot even if you talked Between songs it would be a thin hour. Tollin says Abdul has considered acting lessons with an Eye toward film roles. A what she a looking for now is a secondary character role with a Strong director and other stars who can carry the film so that there wont be that pressure on  but Abdul still dreams about her own singin in the rain. Quot ultimately Paula wants to do a Gigantic musical Quot Tollin says Quot but it will be  wha to a what a not record a Revit Rodney Crowell a keys to the Highway if Rodney Crowell were a Glass of iced Tea head be just right not too sugary not too Lemony steeped and aged first in the Sun. He goes Down easy on keys to the Highway his sixth up. But easy does t mean wimpy. Crowell s music is pleasant country pop yet his lyrics show a Man who has earned a s on various tests of strength. Crowell who a been performing and producing since the 1970s, has hit it big during the past year. His last album diamonds amp dirt produced five no. 1 country singles. Crowell earned the Academy of country music s new male vocalist award. And just this february he won a grammy and was nominated for five country music awards. Keys to the Highway Isnit As full of gems As diamonds amp dirt but it has plenty of treasure. My past is present opens the album with toe tapping knee slapping swing. Tell me the truth we gotta go on meeting like this and if looks could kill also would please the two stepping set. The latter tune like several others contains Standard country melodies. In this Case its a piano line that sounds like its going up and Down up and Down the Melody staircase. Despite the upbeat cuts this record Ain t a hoedown. Keeping with country tradition Crowell gets Gritty and personal. Quot in be seen my troubles smoking Down on the tracks my nose All bloodied taste of Salt in my tears Quot he sings on thelps a Cornerstone the Faith is mine. That Faith helped Crowell Cope with his fathers death. Things i wish i d said is a tender ode to James Crowell. It might have been a maudlin tear Jerker in another country artists Mouth but Crowell sounds sincere and sturdy. His personal touch also comes through on now that we re alone. Crowells female fans would say yeah lets snuggle a but there s his wife Rosanne Cash warbling unobtrusively in the background. She also lends vocals on other tracks. This time however Crowell is out of the Johnny Cash Carter family Shadow. He a proved himself a major country artist in his own right. A by Giselle Price Paluka Bloom a Riverside for All the vivid imagery and robust romanticism of Luka blooms songwriting what stands out most about this Young irishman s work Isnit his Way with words but his effortless intoxicating tune ulness. It Isnit an obvious gift unlike Suzanne Vega for instance this latter Day Folkie is too much the storyteller to dive headlong into the Melody every time out and he often lets his hyperactive guitar do much of the work. But As Riverside makes Plain once Bloom does take hold of a tune a be it through the elegiac longing of dreams in America or the playful poetry of an irishman in Chinatown a he a virtually unstoppable. A . Considine Baltimore Sungu bunnies a Paw Paw Patch Arkansas has no reputation for producing notable Rock artists but gun bunnies from Little Rock Hope to change that with their debut album Paw Paw Patch. The group uses a mix of new wave and classic Rock bordering along the lines of a romantics John Cougar Mellencamp sound. Put a Tail on your Kite and Down in the dark Are the two Lead off tracks. Their upbeat rhythm and old fashioned Rock a no Roll sound Are enjoyable to the Point that the band will have most listeners toe tapping. Three Days behind is among the offbeat songs while big talk is for guitar aficionados. The remaining tracks Are anything but extraordinary. With the exception of stranded gun bunnies revert to an Ultra contemporary sound. A by Bob Tripi Urich a it billboard has discontinued the compact disc Chart. Cd Are included in the up  a pop a singles 1. Love will Lead you Back a Taylor Dayne 2. I la be your everything a Tommy Page 3. All around the world a Lisa Stansfield a 4.1 wish it would rain Down a Phil Collins 5. Black velvet a Alannah Myles 6. Done to Wanna fall in love a Jane child 7. Get up a techno tronic 8. Here and now a Luther Vandross 9. Nothing compares 2u a Sinead of Connor 10. Forever a kiss top a los 1. Nick of time a Bonnie Raitt 2. Forever your girl a Paula Abdul 3. Janet Jackson s rhythm nation 1814 a Janet Jackson 4. Soul provider a Michael Bolton 5. Alannah Myles a Alannah Myles 6 but seriously a Phil Collins 7. Cosmic thing a the b-52�?Ts 8. Pump a Aero Smith 9. Cry like a rainstorm howl like the wind a Linda Ronstadt amp Aaron Neville 10. Pump up the Jam a the album a  a country a singles 1. Hard Rock Bottom of your heart a Randy Travis 2. Not counting you a Garth Brooks 3. Five minutes a Lorrie Morgan 4. Seeing my father in me a Paul Overstreet 5. Here in the real world a Alan Jackson 6. Love on arrival a Dan seals 7. Stranger things have happened a Ronnie Milsap 8. Just As Long As i have you a Don Williams 9. Quitting time a Mary Chapin Carpenter 10. Chains a Patty Loveless top a Black a singles 1. Spread my wings a troop 2. All around the world a Lisa Stansfield 3. Whip Appeal a baby face 4. Everything you touch a Smokey Robinson 5. Ready or not a after 7 6. Love under new management a Miki Howard 7. Never too far a Dianne Reeves 8. Treat you right a Luther Vandross 9. Comfort of a Man a Stephanie Mills 10. Addicted to your love a the Gap band compiled by billboard children s discounted easter books you la save 25% off or More on our comprehensive selection of children s easter books available at your Community stars and stripes bookstores. You la find colouring books fun pads Board books Frame tray puzzles activity books bedtime stories a Book of children s prayers sticker books and much More. Stop in and save on children s easter books today m m of wednesday april 4, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 17