Ironically, the more clichéd and boring
Bob James' albums became, the more they sold. Fluff-oriented dates like BJ4 were major hits in the steadily growing "quiet storm" market, and the keyboardist wasn't about to tamper with the formula he had perfected. With the calculated
Heads, he once again threw creativity and artistic integrity to the wind and gave his audience exactly what he thought it wanted: lightweight, innocuous pop/jazz that functioned primarily as background music. The talents of
Grover Washington, Jr. (tenor & soprano sax) and
David Sanborn (alto sax) are wasted on the schlocky and the forgettable.