Poor Curtis Stigers. The New York-based singer-songwriter-saxophonist should be content: Most of his debut album, Curtis Stigers, was produced by in-demand hotshot Glen Ballard (Wilson Phillips, Michael Jackson), and the result is radio-friendly, if utterly generic, shlock-pop — a slightly funkier Michael Bolton. But apparently there is still a major gap in his life. ''Love is a hunger that burns in my soul/But you never notice the pain,'' Stigers sings on his ballad hit ''I Wonder Why,'' and his angst doesn’t let up. A true masochist, Stigers constantly hungers for women who treat him like dirt (''I can’t stand to live without you, baby/But living with you is a living hell'') then leave him for ''lovers at the office/and boyfriends on the coast.'' And what do Stigers’ competitors have to offer that he doesn’t? ''He’ll have the money in the bank/And wash the dishes too,'' Stigers sneers, as if being financially secure fella who helps with the household chores is something so horrid. No wonder they ditch him. C
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