By Design, the girl group is as blatant a male-fantasy vehicle as the strip-o-gram. The notion of young women in provocative costumes cooing and swaying in carefully choreographed bliss holds endless lascivious possibilities, as any Spice Girls video can attest. Yet the most successful girl groups have ultimately held the greatest appeal for women, because the sexy, glamorous singers have made it...

The glamorous Oaktown girls of En Vogue come off, on Funky Divas, as voluptuously voiced and impeccably rehearsed as they did on their 1990 debut, Born to Sing. But the audacious production that outfitted Dawn, Terry, Cindy and Maxine has not found its way to 1992. "This Is Your Life" and "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)" are both filler made listenable only by DTC&M's sweet, strong singing...