A magical masterpiece created by the iconic House Music outfit, Ten City and superbly remixed by the House Muisc connoisseur, Reelsoul. Listening to “Suspicious” should give any Deep House Head musical goosebumps because the history and glory of Ten City.
Ten City is a R&B and House Music act who hail from Chicago, America that enjoyed a number of club hits and Urban radio hits in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Formerly known as Ragtyme, the group comprised vocalist Byron Stingily, guitarist Herb Lawson and keyboardist Byron Burke and were augmented by producer Marshall Jefferson.The group was signed by Atlantic Records and released the album “Foundation” in 1989, which became the group’s only album to cross over, peaking at No. 49 on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
Ten City is best known for the singles “Devotion”, “Right Back to You” and “That’s the Way Love Is,”which hit No. 1 on the US dance chart and No. 8 on the UK Top 40 in 1989. Bryon Stingily, who left the group and became a successful solo artist, re-recorded the song and brought it back to No. 1 on the US dance chart in 1999.
The group announced their reformation in January 2021 and released their fifth album, Judgement, in June 2021, their first in 27 years. The album was produced remotely while in lockdown, with Marshall in Manchester, England, and Byron Stingily in Chicago. The album was nominated for a 2022 Grammy Award. (Black Coffee won the Best Dance Album at the 2022 Grammy Awards)
*** Byron Burke and Herb Lawson were not involved in the Judgement album.
