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Title: An ass-kicking album!
Review: Following the success of GREATEST HITS VOL.1 & VOL. 2 in 1985,the following year saw Billy's next all-original album THE BRIDGE. A MATTER OF TRUST kicks ass big-time! The music video shows Billy and his band performing the song for a crowd surrounding the building in which the performance is taking place. Inside the same building several floors below is a cranky,crabby woman repeatedly yelling "SHUT UP!" THIS IS THE TIME tells about memories to look back on in the future. MODERN WOMAN is from the movie "Ruthless People" released in 1986 as was this album. BABY GRAND is a duet between Billy and Ray Charles. Guest artists on this album include Cyndi Lauper on CODE OF SILENCE and Steve Winwood playing his Hammond organ on GETTING CLOSER. A MATTER OF TRUST,BABY GRAND and BIG MAN ON MULBERRY STREET are recycled for 1987's KOHUEPT,a live album recorded in Russia when Billy promotes THE BRIDGE. Except on BABY GRAND,there is no Ray Charles,but instead,Billy's band.
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