Carlitos Vega plays on most of the songs, as well as Paulinho da Costa, and SIR George Duke makes a stellar appearance on one track, so if you like these people and are a collector you'll want this album. But I can listen to the whole thing with pleasure because, even if some tracks may sound silly, this is just an unpretentious album, as I said before. My favourites are Automatic Man, Cowboy, It's over and Talk for the ballad side. Lots of keyboards, powerful drumming, good bass and some electric guitarwork (not from Steve Lukather though). Simple, to the point music most of the tracks are one word titled. But, what else is there on this collection ? In my opinion, a bunch of fun, unpretentious songs (just look a the backsleeve cover, Michael Sembello in shorts, without shoes, two suitcases and a Panama hat setting the mood) from the early eighties. "Maniac" is included in this cd, so for people who want the song, this is a justifiable purchase. A very tonic and enthusiastic track that you can still hear today. I remember even buying the 12 inch mega version of the song. And indeed it proved to be a powerful tune. Michael Sembello is primarily known for his mega hit "Maniac", from the Flashdance film. "Well, here we have another album to be poured into the "west coast", or Californian sound genre (today's critics and marketers would probably call it AOR, Adult Oriented Rock).