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Music : Motown Chartbusters Volume 2
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Motown Chartbusters Volume 2 by: Various Artists List Price: £5.99 CD-Charts Price: £3.98 You Save: £2.01 (34%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0731455414523 Label: Spectrum Music Manufacturer: Spectrum Music Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Spectrum Music Release Date: November 10, 1997 Running Time: 45 minutes Studio: Spectrum Music Sales Rank: 7173 Disc 1:
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 Rating: - Onward and UpwardAfter the runaway success of Volume 1, which made No 2 on the album chart, this Volume 2 followed less than a year later. Volume 2 did not sell as well, but still made No 8. In spite of the growing popularity of Motown in Britain, and more airplay due to Radio 1 pumping out of millions of transistor radios, this one contained less British hits than Volume 1. I think that is because they songs were chosen from a shorter period than the first one. My favorite here is Diana Ross & The Supremes 'Reflections', a fine tamborine driven masterpiece. Simple on one level, but there is a lot going on in there. The writers and producers at Motown knew how to get the best out of their artists. The British gave ... Read More: Rating: - Volume 2 of 12 looks at 1967 and 1968Although Motown were really strong at this time, there are few big UK hits here. Reflections (Diana Ross and the Supremes) and If I were a carpenter (Four Tops) made the UK top ten, while Gotta see Jane (R Dean Taylor) made the UK top twenty. The remaining tracks here were only minor UK hits although some were huge hits in America. Despite their limited impact on the UK charts at the time, many of these tracks are now regarded as classics and rightly so. Perhaps Brits weren't ready for them at the time or perhaps the quality of music around at the time was such that they didn't get the attention they deserved. Anyway, the other tracks include the first hit version of I heard it through the grapevine - Gladys Knight's version ... Read More: |
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