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Originally Posted by LukeA
It should have been on the album, and released as the second single between "Talk To Me" and "I Can't Wait".
As has been recently discussed in another thread, the studio recording "Has Anyone..." is way too uneven, and never should have been considered (at least in that configuration) as a single. Its a good song, but it just seems like it was destined to be released as the featured single on a live album- sort of like a "Silver Springs", if Stevie had a "Dance" equivalent ("Soundstage" doesn't count)
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I disagree. RAL, despite the flotilla of producers, is surprisingly consistent in sound. Yes, it's dated, but if I didn't know better, I would have assumed that it was all helmed by the same producer. Where RAL explored a groovier, funk- and new wave-inspired side of Stevie, "Reconsider Me" sounds like it was ripped directly from a Roy Orbison album. It is kind of a corny, old-fashioned damsel-in-distress ditty that sounds like it could have been cobbled together by a Brill Building hack for a Doris Day movie. That doesn't mean it's a bad song; it just doesn't belong anywhere on such a moody, eclectic period piece like RAL.