Atlantic Starr's Ultimate Collection lives up to its name, gathering hits that span the group's two-decade existence. From early singles such as "Stand Up," "When Love Calls," and "Touch a Four Leaf Clover" to their later hits like "Always," "My First Love," and "Masterpiece." With 18 tracks covering their years on A&M, Warner, and Reprise, this ...
Atlantic Starr's 20th Century Masters may not contain every hit the group ever had, but it has all of the big ones, making this an excellent choice for listeners who want simply the basics. In fact, many of those listeners may find the very conciseness of this collection preferable to 2000's Ultimate Collection, which may contain more tracks but ...
While the timeless radio ballad "Always" is the centerpiece of this album (not to mention a few of the more weepy wedding receptions out there), Atlantic Starr's 1987 effort, All in the Name of Love, does feature some solid additional work from the longstanding urban contemporary group. The uplifting "Let the Sun In" features the smooth lead ...
The 1986 compilation Secret Lovers: The Best of Atlantic Starr collects some of the group's biggest songs up to that point, including "If Your Heart Isn't in It," "When Love Calls," "Touch a Four Leaf Clover," and "Silver Shadow." As the title implies, this collection focuses on the softer, romantic side of Atlantic Starr's music rather than their ...
After being absent from the charts for over two years, the quartet returns with Love Crazy. The title track, featuring the light tenor of David Lewis and reminiscent of Soul II Soul's rhythms, topped off at number seven after 18 weeks on the charts. Finding much success with their soft and easy pop tunes, they scored an even bigger hit with the ...
Smooth Grooves proved to be one of Rhino's most popular series of the '90s, surviving through a number of permutations, including After Hours. If the early volumes had their share of crossover hits, 2000's After Hours is firmly entrenched in specialist territory -- namely, late-night urban radio stations that play romantic quiet storm tunes. Most ...
While it isn't as consistent as earlier volumes in the series, Smooth Grooves: A Sensual Collection, Vol. 8 contains a number of forgotten quiet storm classics from the late '70s and early '80s, including Levert's "(Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop) Goes My Mind," athe Emotions' "Don't Ask My Neighbors," Miki Howard's "Come Share My Love" and Larry Graham's ...
In the mid-'80s, a lot of downsizing was taking place in R&B. Many of the large soul/funk bands that had emerged in the '70s were going high-tech, which meant cutting way back on horns (or even eliminating them altogether) and emphasizing keyboards and drum machines. Atlantic Starr, like Cameo, felt that they had to do some serious downsizing in ...
Heart Beats: Now & Forever -- Timeless Wedding Songs contains 16 songs, primarily soft rock and adult contemporary favorites, that are often heard at wedding receptions. Although there are a few questionable inclusions -- Gino Vannelli's "I Just Wanna Stop" seems like it wouldn't be often heard at weddings, and there are better choices from Chaka ...
This compilation includes quiet storm hits by Barry White ("I've Got So Much to Give"), Smokey Robinson ("Ooo Baby Baby"), Kool & the Gang ("Cherish"), Peaches & Herb ("Reunited") and Con Funk Shun ("Love's Train"). ~ Keith Farley, All Music Guide
Soul Classics: Best of the 80's is dominated by female vocalists, with the ladies taking the lead on seven of the 12 songs. Jocelyn Brown's "Somebody Else's Guy" is one of the better pure disco tunes recorded, and Aretha Franklin's "Jump to It," written by Luther Vandross, is a prime piece of urban soul. When you hear Mica Paris' lovely voice on ...
Pure Love gathers 17 of the most romantic songs of the '70s, '80s, and '90s, from R&B ballads like Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On" and Brian McKnight's "Anytime" to Lillith Fair love songs like Sheryl Crow's "Strong Enough" and Paula Cole's "I Don't Want to Wait." Highlights include Rod Stewart's "Reason to Believe," the Commodores' "Still," the ...
There's no doubt that the title's accurate, though Soulful Ballads scrimps a bit on the length of the disc and quantity of the liner notes. For a ten-track compilation, the selections are mostly inspired: Smokey Robinson ("Cruisin'"), the Temptations ("Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)"), the Commodores ("Still"), and L.T.D. ("We Both ...
Pop in the 90's: Volume 3 is a budget-line disc that starts out well enough, with tracks by Deee-Lite ("Groove Is in the Heart"), the B-52's ("Roam") and INXS ("Disappear"), but the compilation soon disintegrates with limp songs like "Hold On" by Jamie Walters, "I'll Be There" by the Escape Club and "Easy Come, Easy Go" by Winger. Like the rest of ...
Prototype classy love ballads, dance-pop, urban contemporary production/arrangements, and one or two above-average leads. Atlantic Starr has shuttled personnel often but never tampered much with its basic formula. The group does it well, and there's little here that's disturbing, poorly performed, or routinely performed. Porscha Martin made a good ...
Smooth Grooves: A Sensual Collection, Vol. 4 collects more seductive slow jams and quiet storm ballads, including the Gap Band's "Outstanding," Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing," the Mary Jane Girls' "All Night Long," and the Isley Brothers' "Between the Sheets." Tracks by Debra Laws, Mtume, Patrice Rushen, and Betty Wright are among the other ...
Atlantic Starr hit its commercial peak in the late '80s, when the bland, insipid adult contemporary ballad "Always" soared to number one on both the pop and R&B charts. That song put Atlantic Starr in the Whitney Houston/Lionel Richie realm -- in other words, people who associate Atlantic Starr with "Always" think of them as a crossover act. But ...
This budget-line release compiles ten re-recordings of chart-topping soul songs of the 1960s and '70s. Included are later recordings of well-known tunes by the Chi-Lites, the Drifters, Delfonics, Mary Wells, and more, packaged to give the impression that these are the original singles. ~ Joslyn Layne, All Music Guide
Smooth Grooves: A Sensual Collection, Vol. 2 collects more seductive slow jams and quiet storm ballads, including Cameo's "Why Have I Lost You," Rick James' "Fire and Desire," Teddy Pendergrass' "Come Go With Me," and Chapter 8's "I Just Wanna Be Your Girl." Tracks by Stephanie Mills, Atlantic Starr, Alicia Myers, and Shirley Murdock are among the ...
Casey Kasem Presents: Number One Hits-The Love Songs gathers 20 of the most popular singles from the '70s and '80s. These original recordings feature such tender ballads as "Time in a Bottle" (Jim Croce), "I Honestly Love You" (Olivia Newton-John), and "Oh Girl" (the Chi-Lites), to up-tempo, lighthearted tracks including "I Think I Love You" (the ...
By the mid-'90s, companies were willing to offer efforts that spotlighted the extremely loved genre of R&B slow jams from the '70s and '80s. Although this compilation offers one too many "commercially successful" tracks, Soul Classics: Quiet Storm -- The 80's does work surprisingly well. The premise does seem to have its obstacles, most notably ...
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