Let's Hear It for the Boy (album) and George Duke produced four more. The production of the album was completed in early May 1984 before the album was released a few weeks later. Carl Matthews of the "Baltimore Afro-American" newspaper called the album "more tempo than her previous releases." Let's Hear It for the Boy (album) Let's Hear It for the Boy is an album by American recording artist Deniece Williams released in 1984 for Columbia and CBS Records. The album reached number 10 on the "Billboard" pop chart and number 26 on the R&B Albums. It was produced by American multi-instrumentalist George Duke who also actively
Intermezzo No. 1 much in vogue at the time [Intermezzo No.1] ha[s] come to seem a little dated". It nevertheless describes the song as "show[ing] a sense of musical ambition" and an "opus". Carl Magnus Palm says for fans of ambitious music, the song "probably remains a highlight in the ABBA oeuvre", while to those who prefer more straightforward pop hits, the song "has aged less well". "ABBA: Let The Music Speak" says the song is "whimsical and melodramatic" and "a sophisticated pastiche of all that is great and wondrous in the world of classical music, injected with a shot of late twentieth