Love Isn't Always About It

It is just so amazing that how we often forget about the power and the beauty of any artist at a given moment. That comes to what should be considered hip, but isn't very well hip. In the case of Michael Bolton, many people stopped considering him hip, in place of people like The Spice Girls, and Backstreet Boys. When Corporate Teen Pop exploded, his career suffered in the process. Still, many people still don't seem to remember how powerful his voice really is.

That's What Love Is All About is a value-sized collection of 10 of Bolton's classic songs, most of them through Sony. The songs ranged from his early Hard Rock days, all the way to what made him famous. The songs include some well unknown ballads like Once In A Lifetime, from the Robert Downey Jr. film, Only You, In The Arms of Love, and Forever Isn't Long Enough. What was so interesting about this collection is that there were two different versions of this album. The first one included Love Is A Wonderful Thing. There was so much drama already from the song from a legal battle he had with The Isley Brothers for claiming he sampled a song without their permission. As a result, one of his records was already pulled from the shelves, Time, Love & Tenderness. Surprisingly, on a different version of this record, that titled song, Time, Love & Tenderness is used instead. Which is very sad for any Michael Bolton fan.

Still, if you haven't heard anything from Michael Bolton, and can't afford the buck, I suggest you try and get this collection, either of them. There aren't that many traditional singers out there anymore, but I'm glad Michael Bolton is still here. I just hope people can accept him again.