Preeminent pop diva Donna Summer returned with CRAYONS in 2008, 17 years after her last studio album, and some 30 years after her tenure as the reigning queen of disco. Always a flexible, powerhouse vocalist, Summer sounds as good as ever on CRAYONS, offering up her patented combination of smooth sultriness and gospel punch.

But the effort is no mere rehash of Summer's glory days. The old dance-pop vibe is still paramount, but the sensibility is contemporary, drawing on the sounds of 21st-century club music with strains of hip-hop, Caribbean sounds, techno, and Euro-pop, as well as adult contemporary balladry, all of it beautifully bound together by Summer's still inimitable style.

Vibe (p.61) - "Summer's vocals are effortless, energetic, passionate. The disco ball might be unplugged, but Summer still shines."

Q (Magazine) (p.143) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[S]he's on sterling form. Her voice has never sounded richer..."