Makes You Wanna

Mike Joyce of The Washington Post said, "Philadelphia's own Pieces of a Dream does engage in at least some straight-ahead jazz on its new album Makes You Wanna—but to enjoy that track ('Yubie'), you'll have to pick up the CD version. Otherwise, the band focuses strictly on R&B fusion and funk tunes. With its big beat, synth riffs and reverberating bass lines, even Thelonious Monk's 'Round Midnight' is aimed at the dance floor."^[1] Will Smith of the Omaha World-Herald found Pieces of a Dream "no longer makes much of an attempt at fusion, settling instead for commercial stuff rooted in funk."^[6]

William C. Trott of UPI remarked "Pieces of a Dream, a five-person assemblage headed by keyboard player James Lloyd and drummer Curtis Harmon, tries to move between the worlds of funk and jazz and it turns out to be a rough trip...when Pieces of a Dream wanders out of its solid dance groove and into jazzier climes, things get a little sleepy."^[7]