To Whom It May Concern (The Pasadenas album) explained

To Whom It May Concern
Type:	studio
Artist:	the Pasadenas
Cover:	The_Pasadenas_To_Whom_It_May_Concern_album_cover.jpg
Released:	1988
Label:	Columbia^[1]
Next Title:	Elevate
Next Year:	1990

To Whom It May Concern is the debut album by the British R&B/pop group the Pasadenas, released in 1988.^[2] The album contains three UK top 40 hits: "Tribute (Right On)" (No. 5), "Riding on a Train" (No. 13), and "Enchanted Lady" (No. 31).^[3] "Tribute (Right On)" also reached No. 52 on the US Billboard Hot 100.^[4]

Critical reception

Spin called the album "less tightly footnoted than the Fine Young Cannibals, but also less charismatic."^[1] The Washington Post wrote: "A smooth, pleasant but not especially involving pop-soul platter, this is zipless funk, airbrushed for maximum crossover potential. As with much Britsoul, this is less soul music than it is music about soul music."^[5] The New York Times wrote that it "harks back to ultrasmooth vocal-harmony groups of the 70's like The Spinners and Earth, Wind and Fire, but lacks memorable melodies."^[6]

Personnel

• The Pasadenas (Andrew Banfield, Aaron Brown, David Milliner, Michael Milliner, Hamish Seelochan) – vocals
• Prince Sampson – guitar
• Julian Crampton – bass
• Walter Cardew – drums
• Martin Virgo, Pete Wingfield, Phil Ramacon, Robyn Smith – keyboards
• Harry Morgan – percussion
• Horace Cardew – saxophone
• Vince Sullivan – trombone
• Damon Brown, Pete Cooper, John Thirkell – trumpet

Singles

• "Tribute (Right On)" – 1988
• "Riding on a Train" – 1988
• "Enchanted Lady" – 1988

Charts

Chart (1988–89)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[7]	149
UK Albums Chart	3
US Billboard 200^[8]	89
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums^[9]	49

External links

• To Whom It May Concern at Discogs

Notes and References

1. Web site: Spin Offs. SPIN. May 7, 1989. SPIN Media LLC. Google Books.
2. Web site: The Pasadenas | Biography & History. AllMusic.
3. Web site: PASADENAS - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company. www.officialcharts.com. 3 May 2018.
4. Web site: The Pasadenas Tribute (Right On) Chart History. https://web.archive.org/web/20180521103532/https://www.billboard.com/music/the-pasadenas/chart-history/hot-100/song/331525. dead. May 21, 2018. 3 May 2018.
5. Web site: RECORDS . The Washington Post . 7 June 2021.
6. News: Pareles . Jon . SOUNDINGS: From Britain, Soul Across a Time Warp . The New York Times . 25 June 1989 . A28.
7. Web site: Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing 23 March 1992 . Bubbling Down Under. 26 March 2023.
8. Web site: The Pasadenas To Whom It May Concern Chart History. https://web.archive.org/web/20180521103459/https://www.billboard.com/music/the-pasadenas/chart-history/billboard-200/song/310141. dead. May 21, 2018. 3 May 2018.
9. Web site: The Pasadenas To Whom It May Concern Chart History. https://web.archive.org/web/20180525153622/https://www.billboard.com/music/the-pasadenas/chart-history/r-b-hip-hop-albums/song/376124. dead. May 25, 2018. 3 May 2018.