![]() The placement of the spirited songs seems careless, and they do not cohere with the rest of the album. ![]() After Martin Nievera's exciting version of "(I've Had) The Time of My Life," for example, the listener is ready for more excitement, but is instead met by another slow love song, "The Gift of Time." After that, the album ends. The 12 slow love songs, which include "Someone That I Used to Know" and "The Greatest Love Affair," can be too much. The American remakes include such songs as Barry Manilow's "Weekend in New England," Phil Collins' "Against All Odds," and Stevie Wonder's "Too Shy to Say." Twelve of the album's 15 songs are slow love songs and three songs have some spirit these include David Gates' "Goodbye Girl," Bill Medley's "(I've Had) The Time of My Life," and an upbeat version of Tower of Power's early-'70s hit "So Very Hard to Go," which is markedly different from the original. Of the album's 15 tracks, 13 are remakes of American songs and two are remakes of Philippine songs. ![]() As with the first two albums in the series, Return to Forever is dominated by remakes of American middle-of-the-road love songs. The album is the third in a series that started with 1998's Forever and 1999's Forever, Forever. ![]() In 1999, Philippine male singer Martin Nievera released his second album of the year, Return to Forever. ![]()
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