Like, the sparse, cold '80s-ness of that production doesn't really fit Marvin, even if the vocals are on point.

Marv sounded a little dated by the time IN MY LIFETIME? hit but that was understandable since a lot of those songs were probably really recorded in 1979. It sounds more like that year to me. Only TV really kept the music that far back behind for the most part.

But MIDNIGHT LOVE sounds like Marvin just lost his touch. I like "Rockin' After Midnight". There's no real "live" feel, the thing that really made those Marvin records we love so much so special.