9 8 0 s , ▁winning ▁two ▁Gram my ▁Awards ▁and ▁eventually ▁sold ▁over ▁six ▁million ▁copies ▁world wide . ▁ ▁In ▁a ▁contemporary ▁review ▁for ▁Rol ling ▁Stone , ▁Rob ▁Ho er burger ▁regarded ▁R apt ure ▁as ▁a ▁relatively ▁" mod est " ▁album ▁compared ▁to ▁more ▁h istr ionic ▁female ▁sing ers , ▁while ▁pra ising ▁the ▁sym bi otic ▁relationship ▁Baker ▁shared ▁with ▁her ▁band . ▁Occ asion ally , ▁he ▁believed , ▁the ▁gro ove - based ▁music ▁lack ed ▁variety , ▁and ▁the ▁singer ▁dr ift ed ▁into ▁" some ▁super fl uous ▁sc atting ▁and ▁pseudo - j azz ▁harm ony ", ▁but ▁Ho er burger ▁ultimately ▁de emed ▁her ▁" an ▁acquired ▁but ▁end uring ▁taste ". ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁ 1 9 8 6 , ▁R apt ure ▁was ▁ranked ▁number ▁ 2 ▁among ▁the ▁" Al bum s ▁of ▁the ▁Year " ▁by ▁N ME . ▁It ▁was ▁voted ▁the ▁ 2 3 rd ▁best ▁album ▁of ▁the ▁year ▁in ▁the ▁P azz ▁& ▁J op , ▁an ▁annual ▁poll ▁of ▁American ▁critics , ▁published ▁by ▁The ▁Village ▁Vo ice . ▁Robert ▁Christ g au , ▁the ▁newspaper ' s ▁lead ▁music ▁critic , ▁was ▁less ▁im pressed ▁and ▁viewed ▁the ▁record ▁as ▁merely ▁a ▁soul ful , ▁sex ier ▁version ▁of ▁soft ▁rock ▁and ▁easy ▁listening : ▁" it ' s ▁all ▁hus ky , ▁burn ished ▁m ood , ▁the ▁ful fill ment ▁of ▁the ▁quiet - st orm ▁format