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This album's first single, "Smile," was cowritten, coproduced and sung by group member Reggie McFadgen, who captures the way happiness can be so contagious. As he describes his baby's smile, you can hear the bubbly delight in his own voice, which in turn is sure to bring a grin to anyone who hears it. Even better is the album's title track, a pledge to be friends with a woman until she's ready for more, a promise backed up by soothing, reassuring harmonies. Fitzgerald Scott also wrote and produced the folk-soul ballad "Who Do You Love," a refreshing insistence that money has nothing to do with love. Curtis Mayfield's influence is most obvious on the infectious valentine, "U Represent," while Marvin Gaye's influence is felt on the heavily echoed ballad, "Runnin' Back to You." Day Ta Day has the vocal chops to live up to those high standards. --Geoffrey Himes