Toni Braxton – Toni Braxton (2-LP Vinyl) Singer/Songwriter Steamroller Blues (2:52)

Steamroller Blues (2:52)

recognizing the keyboard wizard as one of improvised music's essential voices

Happiness Is A Warm Gun (2:44)

This deluxe edition of the band’s twelfth studio album is a two LP set

and arrive at the end of life rather than the beginning

Toni Braxton – Toni Braxton (2-LP Vinyl) Singer/Songwriter Steamroller Blues (2:52)Braxton arrived fully formed on this debut, a singer whose lower register felt genuinely rare in an era when mainstream R&B rewarded pyrotechnics over restraint. The LaFace Records roster was already stacked, but her voice cut through immediately, earning her three Grammy Awards including Best New Artist and Best R&B Album. What holds up decades later is the patience in these performances, the space Babyface and L. A. Reid left for her to inhabit.