Sylvester: Stars (Fantasy, U.S. import)
Richard Williams, Melody Maker, 28 April 1979
AS A POP 45, Sylvester's symphonic recasting of 'I (Who Have Nothing)' has been a slow starter. Even coming off the massive crossover success of 'You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)', the epic treatment of the old Leiber/Stoller/Ben E. King tearjerker doesn't seem to have caught the imagination of British radio programmers.
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