Kevin Lyttle is the self-titled debut album from Kevin Lyttle

Kevin Lyttle

Kevin Lyttle is a soca artist hailing from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, who had a worldwide hit with the interpellative soca ballad "Turn Me On", which was recorded by Lyttle and the dancehall artist Spragga Benz.-Career:Previously, Lyttle had subsisted on day jobs, such as customs officer...

 of the island of St. Vincent

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is an island country in the Lesser Antilles chain, namely in the southern portion of the Windward Islands, which lie at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea where the latter meets the Atlantic Ocean....

, and has become an international best seller. Using the Soul of Calypso, soca

Soca music

Soca is a style of music from Trinidad and Tobago. Soca is a musical development of traditional Trinidadian calypso, through loans from the 1960s onwards from predominantly black popular music....

, has made the sound recognizable. The smash hit "Turn Me On" went on Billboard's top 100 as well other European charts.

Track listing

1. "Turn Me On"
2. "Last Drop"
3. "Never Wanna Make U Cry"
4. "If You Want Me (Call Me)"
5. "I Got It"
6. "Sign Your Name"
7. "Screaming Out My Name"
8. "My Lady"
9. "Ya Kiss"
10. "So High"
11. "Dancing Like Making Love"
12. "My Love"
13. "Mama Mia"
14. "Turn Me On"(Remix) (Featuring Spragga Benz
    Spragga Benz
    -Career:He began his career around 1991. Once known to his friends as "Spaghetti" , but this was later shortened to Spragga. The Benz in his name comes from the sound system for which he used to work for, L.A. Benz, and it is through this that he found his way into the music industry at a Dubplate...
    
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• U.S. Edition

10. "Dance With Me"

11. "Dancing Like Making Love"

12. "My Love"

13. "Mama Mia"

14. "Turn Me On"(Remix) (Featuring Spragga Benz

Spragga Benz

-Career:He began his career around 1991. Once known to his friends as "Spaghetti" , but this was later shortened to Spragga. The Benz in his name comes from the sound system for which he used to work for, L.A. Benz, and it is through this that he found his way into the music industry at a Dubplate...

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Reception

The album was described by the Boston Globe as "a sharply melodic and consistently engaging set of songs...a buoyant mix of soca, dancehall, modern reggae, and American R&B and soul". The Daily News stated "The songs on the album couldn't be more catchy, if in a too similar way". Tom Horan of the Daily Telegraph described the album as a "beautifully judged album", comparing Lyttle's voice to Marvin Gaye

Marvin Gaye

Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. , better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye, was an American singer-songwriter and musician with a three-octave vocal range....

. Kelefa Sanneh of the New York Times described it as "a lightweight but appealing collection of dance tracks, with precise digital beats that sound oddly similar to some European pop". Allmusic writer David Jeffries gave the album a 3-star review, stating "Lyttle's breezy and dreamy voice supplies the flair, lilting lightly over a musical background that is as sparkling as it is limited".

Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly is an American magazine, published by the Time division of Time Warner, that covers film, television, music, broadway theatre, books and popular culture...

s Neil Drumming was less enthusiastic, giving the album a 'C' rating. The Detroit News described the album as "low-carb Caribbean music".