The mid-1980 s were ripe with dancefloor-ready fusions of R&B, pop and funk. From the material of debut acts, such as Whitney Houston and Taylor Dane, to main-stays of the decade, like Sheena Easton and Stacy Lattishaw. Nearly a decade into her career, Melba Moore gained a new life as a consistent R&B and Disco chart-maker, helming the hits You Stepped Into My Life, Take My Love, Love s Comin At Ya , and Livin For Your Love. Yes, Melba Moore was well versed of musical styles by the time her 13th studio album was released in the spring of 1985. And Read My Lips seemed to combine the best of all of her strengths. This meshing of feels and styles is apparent from the get-go on the album s namesake and first single, Read My Lips. The driving number not only reached #12 on Billboard s R&B chart, also garnered Miss Moore a Grammy nomination-her fourth- in the Best Female Rock category. This open-ended mode of this album proved fruitful, as When You Love Me Like This not only climbed into the R&B top-15, but also returned Melba to the upper half of the Club Play charts. Melba Moore s massive fan base will undoubtedly be enthused about the re-issue of Read My Lips.