by Michael Freedberg
Donna Summer's quizzical &Try Me, I Know We Can Make It& wings her nervous little falsetto from risk to dare and from dare to mad hope, and her rhythm section gropes from testy touch-beats to tightrope walkers' guitar figures and safety-net harmonies. The remaining four tracks substitute dances with imaginary lovers for her debut album's love starvation blues. Don't dismiss these subtle mood poems the way fans of &Love to Love You& sped right past the B-side of Summer's debut; the flightier Summer plays a rhythm, the dicier her resolution.