(AOR, Westcoast / AOR) Joe Pasquale - Prey - 1991, MP3, 320 kbps

Joe Pasquale - lead and backing vocals
Bruce Gaitsch - guitars
Steve Lukather - guitars
Art Wood - drums
Randy Jackson - bass

Joe Pasquale is an accomplished producer and songwriter, and better than that, a terrific singer and keyboardist.
This complete musician of French origins has been playing and recording since the mid eighties as sessionist on various albums, in example; Mark Winkler works.
Prior to 'Prey', was the lead singer of "Boys Club", a great and unknown duo / band, releasing a wonderful album.

Often coming across as a poor man's George Michael, Joe Pasquale took a stab at the pop/rock/Top 40 market with his debut album, Prey. Pasquale is a competent singer. His voice isn't the problem. The problem is the forgettable nature of the songs. Most of Pasquale's slick, glossy, heavily produced material is mediocre and routine. The singer/composer/producer might have been going for a Michael-type appeal, but unlike Michael, he didn't have the first-class songs to back himself up. A number of heavy hitters contributed to this album and produced a few tunes, and Diane Warren did some writing. Other guests include Steve Lukather of Toto fame, singer Martika, and L.A. studio regulars like trumpeter Jerry Hey and percussionist Paulinho DaCosta.