LOVE SONGS

Including the city-pop anthem B4, which anyone can sing, and the mysterious 'Peach Pie,' this third album recorded a succession of huge hits at the opening of the 1980s. A1 starts with the combination of Carol Bayer Sager and Peter Allen, popular songwriters whose collaboration gives no cause to doubt its promise. Gene Page's strings and Tatsuro Yamashita's rhythm go together beautifully on A2. B2, a disco-style arrangement, shows a melancholy side. It is also a document of a college student growing into an adult entertainer.