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Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971
(1992)
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Instead of following Stax/Volt's pattern and delivering an exhaustive box set containing all of their singles, Motown decided to limit their singles box, Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971, to four discs that concentrated on the hits. There are a handful of wonderful lesser-known songs here, such as the Contours' "First I Look ...
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Rhythm Country and Blues
(1994)
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An interesting collection of duets between country and soul artists, Rhythm Country & Blues works better in theory than in practice, despite a couple of fine tracks. All Music Guide, All Music Guide
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Essential Collection
(1999)
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There have been many Gladys Knight & the Pips collections over the years, yet few have drawn from all periods of their career. Hip-O's 1999 compilation Essential Collection does, beginning with their first hit for Vee-Jay, "Every Beat of My Heart," and ending with their last R&B number one, 1987's "Love Overboard." It doesn't feature every hit ...
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Best of Bond...James Bond: 40th Anniversary Edition
(2002)
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One of the signature aspects of a James Bond movie is its theme song, and, as demonstrated on this collection of those songs, there is a remarkable consistency to them. 1962's Dr. No, the first Bond film, featured Monty Norman's "James Bond Theme," a distinctive instrumental piece that has figured in every Bond picture since and that leads off the ...
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Ultimate Divas
(1999)
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Ultimate Divas captures every aspect of pop music's queens, reaching back to Judy Garland's "Over the Rainbow" and Lena Horne's "Stormy Weather," and flashing forward into the present with songs by Annie Lennox and Tina Turner. In between one finds great performances like Billie Holliday's "My Man," Ella Fitzgerald's "Someone to Watch Over Me" and ...
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Motown Gospel: In Loving Memory [PSM]
(1995)
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A Tribute to Curtis Mayfield [Warner Bros.]
(1994)
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A fabulous assortment of artists from different areas of the rock genre give a glorifying tribute to Curtis Mayfield in a sparkling 17-song package. Stevie Winwood does a partying rendition of "It's All Right"; a version of "Let's Do It Again" is performed by Mayfield and the Repercussions that mimics the Staple Singers' original; Mayfield does ...
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The Christmas Album
(2002)
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Gladys Knight & the Pips' The Christmas Album was recorded for Buddah in 1975, just as they were coming down from their peak popularity. They were still in fine form, and The Christmas Album is an excellent example of a good '70s soul holiday album. There are a few weak moments here, and "Jesus Is Just All Right With Me" doesn't really belong on a ...
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At Last
(2000)
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At Last, Gladys Knight's first studio album since 1995, offers a much-welcomed return by the gifted vocalist who easily adapts to contemporary music without compromising her signature sweet tones. The 13 tracks featured on At Last are a blend of mid-tempo R&B fare and ballads. Because Knight seamlessly incorporates a 2001 music sensibility to this ...
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Good Woman
(1991)
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After performing with the Pips since 1952, Gladys Knight parted company with them in the late '80s and became a full-time solo artist. Good Woman wasn't Knight's first solo album (she'd recorded a neglected solo album in 1978), but it was the first to do anything commercially. Like her final recordings with the Pips, Good Woman found Knight taking ...
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Before Me
(2006)
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At a time when most of her contemporaries are satisfied reliving their glory years to appreciative audiences in casinos and theaters, Gladys Knight continues her refusal to be pigeonholed as a soul singer. With 2000's At Last, she returned to the mainstream R&B circuit with a session of adult contemporary R&B that was equally accessible and ...
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The Look of Love: The Burt Bacharach Collection
(1998)
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While this three-CD, 75-song box set only has a half-dozen tracks actually credited to Burt Bacharach, it's certainly the best representation of his music likely to ever be assembled. Spanning the late '50s through a 1996 duet with Elvis Costello, this is the cream of his work as a composer (and, frequently, producer), properly concentrating ...
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The Very Best of Burt Bacharach [Rhino]
(2001)
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Like Rhino's exquisite three-disc The Look of Love, this set does not concentrate on proper Burt Bacharach recordings. Instead, it contains versions of Bacharach's greatest songs, usually the greatest versions -- or cuts that are damn close to the greatest versions. And, really, that's what makes it magical, since Bacharach wasn't the best ...
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The Ultimate Collection
(1997)
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Gladys Knight & the Pips
The Ultimate Collection nearly lives up to its billing, featuring 22 tracks on a single disc. Among the featured cuts are all of Gladys Knight & the Pips' Top Ten pop hits for Soul Records, including "Everybody Needs Love," "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," "The End of Our Road," "It Should Have Been Me," "The Nitty Gritty," "Friendship Train," ...
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Gold
(2006)
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Gladys Knight
With the onslaught of greatest-hits compilations available, it's hard to decipher which versions are truly thorough and definitive. However, this Gold edition is truly something special. It features not only the best of the early years when Gladys Knight & the Pips were a doo wop-styled group, it also contains a seamless transition to their tenure ...
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Miss Gladys Knight
(1978)
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The year 1978 saw the release of no less than three new albums by Gladys Knight and/or the Pips. Together, they recorded The One and Only for Buddah -- and the albums they recorded separately were the Pips' Callin' on Casablanca and Knight's Miss Gladys Knight on Buddah. This vinyl LP was Knight's very first solo album; not until 1990 did she ...
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Once Upon a Song
(2001)
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Unlike most nostalgia-driven compilations, Once Upon a Song is free of the filler that has bogged down like-minded discs through the years. Focusing in on story-songs from the 1970s, a number of the best ones are here. Launched with what may be the ultimate example of said, Don McLean's timeless "American Pie," the tunes here veer from ...
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That Special Time of Year
(1980)
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Gladys Knight & the Pips
Their second Christmas album has their updated sound of the '80s and features a great version of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town." David A. Milberg, All Music Guide
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Love Sixties
(1994)
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Various Artists
Covers a range of sixties love sounds from Gene Pitney's "Only Love Can Break A Heart," to Oscar Toney's passionate reading of Jerry Butler and the Impression's "For Your Precious Love." And what would a 60's love compilation be without the Delfonics' "La, La Means I Love You," or the Toys' "Lovers Concerto?" Every selection's a heavyweight from ...
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Classic 70s Soul, Vol. 1 [BMG]
(1997)
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Like its Classic 60s Soul, Vol. 1 companion piece, BMG Special Products' Classic 70s Soul, Vol. 1 is a fairly entertaining sampler of familiar hits and cult singles from the decade. Although the song selection appears random, the ten-track compilation does have a number of good moments, such as the Spinners' "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love," ...
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The Best of Gladys Knight & the Pips [Pair]
(1990)
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Beautiful Ballads
(2006)
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The Gladys Knight volume in the Legacy/BMG Beautiful Ballads series is primarily post-Motown, and covers the years 1971-1983. This should not be a letdown to anyone who followed Knight & the Pips' career during those years, simply because these were some of her greatest during the era and include 1973's "Midnight Train to Georgia," from ...
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Smooth Grooves: A Sensual Christmas
(1999)
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Smooth Grooves: A Sensual Christmas offers a vintage soul spin on the season's favorite songs. The album features a dozen tracks from 1969-1975 from some of the era's finest R&B artists, and includes the Jackson 5's "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town," Isaac Hayes' "The Mistletoe and Me," the Emotions' "Black Christmas," the Ohio Players' "Happy ...
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The Best of James Bond: 30th Anniversary [1 Disc Set]
(1992)
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For those who don't want all the extra rarities included in the limited-edition two-disc set, yet still would like to own the most popular theme songs from the James Bond films, this single-disc collection will satisfy their needs quite nicely. All Music Guide, All Music Guide
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The Ultimate Rock & Roll Collection: The 70's
(2001)
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This 21-track compilation is both foolproof and utterly predictable. There are certain songs that seem to turn up over and over on compilations (they must be available for licensing cheap), songs like KC & the Sunshine Band's "That's the Way I Like It," Pilot's "Magic," Rod Stewart's "Maggie May," Looking Glass' "Brandy," and the Hollies' "Long ...
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