Laura Branigan (album)

[5] The third and final single, a cover version of Vicki Sue Robinson's 1976 song "Turn the Beat Around", failed to chart.

Billboard Magazine praised the album for its "jaunty, up-tempo dance tunes" but noted that "Branigan still excels at shimmering tear jerker ballads like 'Never in a Million Years' and 'No Promise, No Guarantee'.

"[7] Allmusic were much more critical in their review, "short on ideas even with a three-year layoff (they couldn't even think of an album title!

), the Laura Branigan brain trust put its faith in drum programs to carry a collection of mediocre originals, a lame cover of Vicki Sue Robinson's dance classic "Turn the Beat Around," and a Bryan Adams castoff.

Branigan sang with her usual gusto, but even slick producers like Richard Perry and Peter Wolf couldn't animate the material.