Sing Like Talking -- Steps of Love

One of the happiest things in my kayo kyoku-collecting career was coming upon this band, Sing Like Talking, and it was purely by accident. And I believe that I explained that story in one of the earlier profiles....I think it was for their album, "Discovery" in 1995. Vocalist Chikuzen Sato（佐藤竹善） and his buddies have just been able to come up with some irresistible hooks within the genres of music I love: AOR, jazz and R&B.

Composed by Sato and written by SLT keyboardist Chiaki Fujita（藤田千章）,"Steps of Love" was the band's 6th single released in February 1991. It's a fun little single about trying to get out of the Dark Side and into love. With its fusion vibe, it has that sort of melodic path which would make it ideal as the theme for some meet-cute romantic comedy. However, as the song approaches the end, Sato decides to get a bit of whimsical with a few vocal effects and Shigeo Fuchino's saxophone. With the light funk and a bit of that rock guitar by Tomohiko Nishimura（西村智彦） during the bridge, American band TOTO would love this one as well.

The single was also a track on SLT's 4th album, "0 [love]", released in April 1991. It peaked at No. 33 on the album charts....very respectable and a sign of things to come for the band.

https://music.apple.com/jp/album/second-reunion-2018-remastering-ver/1536026057

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