Four-piece vocal group Krystol first met producer Leon Sylvers III at a hamburger stall on a night out in Los Angeles. Sylvers introduced them to Epic Records and produced this, their debut album, a superb example of hi’ mid-80s digi-soul/nouveau R’n’B aesthetic: almost obsessively clean and crisp, burnished, tight, angular yet smooth synthetic tracks, anchored by sharp drum machine beats and combined synth and live bass, and with lots of room left in the mix for expertly recorded and processed lead and backing soul vocals. 

“After The Dance Is Through” was the album’s biggest hit, its digital sheen, futurist beats and elegant, poised vocals perfectly foreshadowing the sound of ‘90s R’n’B groups like En Vogue, while had electro-soul killer “You’re The One For Me” been recorded by the SOS Band it would likely be much more widely known than it is. Krystol’s Gettin’ Ready is quintessential mid-80s, ultra-refined machine soul.