Paul Carrack Vinyl Records
Paul Carrack was pop music's ultimate journeyman. A vocalist and keyboardist who enjoyed considerable success over the course of a lengthy career while in the service of bands ranging from Ace to Squeeze to Mike + the Mechanics, his finest work often came at the expense of his own identity as a performer; indeed, of the many big hits on which the singer was prominently featured, only one, 1987's "Don't Shed a Tear," bore his own name. Despite this, Carrack maintained an active solo career, releasing a steady stream of albums since the mid-'90s that put the spotlight on his soulful vocal style and expert keyboard work, whether performing his own R&B-influenced pop material or rock and pop classics penned by others.