In Brief

** Changing Faces, “Changing Faces,” Big Beat/Atlantic. While the coy suggestiveness of “Stroke You Up” and the soft-focus dreamscape of “Come Close” are attractive, the debut album by this female R&B; vocal duo, partially produced by R. Kelly, is bogged down by too much kitten-soft compliance. Even a hissing display of defiance on “Good Thing” and “Move On” fail to broaden this record’s one-dimensional appeal.

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