Music Review

We're Still Having Fun! The Best of Orleans

EW's GRADE
C-

Details Lead Performance: Orleans; Genre: Reissues

As this 20-song sampler demonstrates, Woodstock-bred combo Orleans embodied both the lyrical ear-nestness and musical banality of '70s soft rock. While John Hall's calling-card hits ''Dance With Me'' and ''Still the One'' boast a grown-up romanticism that's refreshing two decades later, the band's white-boy funkiness on We're Still Having Fun! The Best of Orleans hasn't aged nearly as gracefully. C-

Originally posted Jun 27, 1997 Published in issue #385-386 Jun 27, 1997 Order article reprints

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