Wide Open
Album • Sep 15 / 2017 • 12 songs, 1h 11m • 54%
Adult Contemporary
Blue-Eyed Soul
5.8
/ 10
The erstwhile Doobie Brothers leader and Steely Dan associate’s first album in 20 years is more of an urbane R&B labor of love than an attempt to capitalize on his resurgent popularity.
Wide Open is Michael McDonald's first album in nearly a decade, following Soul Speak by nine years, but a better benchmark would be Blue Obsession, the last album of original material he released.