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The Best Disco Album in the World...Ever Vol.1

CD-Charts > Music > Classic R
by: Various Artists

Release Date June 30, 1997
You really can't fault the selection of tracks here (with the possible exception of the Ritchie Family, which made me laugh out loud on hearing it for the first time here). Classics all, and not always the obvious ones.

But as someone who loved every second of these tracks when I first bought them on 7-inch vinyl, it was incredibly frustrating to find that the tracks overlap very slightly, so you lose those ecatatic moments at the start and finish of many of them.

The cue points at the start of each track are sloppy too, so you catch the end of the previous one even if you wanted to skip it.

And in order to squeeze 44 titles on, several tracks are faded out early.

If you're just a casual ... Read More:

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Classikhan

CD-Charts > Music > Classic R
by: Chaka Khan

Release Date December 10, 2007
I always knew Chaka Khan could sing anything and everything, but this album is a REAL eye-opener!!!!!!

Just for a change, we have Chaka's voice out in front and the orchestra behind her. Her covers of the James Bond themes knocked me for six!!!

I can't stop playing this album!!!

CD-Charts Position 183
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Anthology

CD-Charts > Music > Classic R
by: Bobby 'Blue' Bland

Release Date January 08, 2001
Bobby Blue Bland is rightly accalaimed as one of the greatest ever blues singers and this album clearly demonstrates why. If you are only going to purchase one album by Bobby Bland then I urge you to buy this one. All the songs are great with superb vocal range. My favourite is his version of "Stormy Monday Blues" which I put in the same category as the T Bone Walker version. Brilliant!

CD-Charts Position 184
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Playlist Your Way

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by: Diana Ross

Release Date August 05, 2008
Playlist Your Way apart from the cheap card cover which i just dont like and i hope it stops, the cd is ok. has the same good old diana ross tracks that seem to be put out' but its worth putting in your collection just for the small pic of diana, which is a down load card for tracks to put on your mobile. still a great mix of great songs. enjoy

CD-Charts Position 185
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Greatest Hits

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by: Teena Marie

Release Date May 04, 1998
I grew up with tunes like Behind the Groove and Portuguese Love so this album took me back to my childhood. There were also tunes on the album that I'd never heard of such as I'm a Sucker for Your Love, produced and written by the late, great Rick James and the ballad I'm Gonna Have My Cake (And Eat It Too), both of which I loved. If your really into your 80's disco funk then this album is for you. A fantastic singer, really good album.

CD-Charts Position 186
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Harlem Sessions: a Selection of Cinematic 70s Soul & Funk

CD-Charts > Music > Classic R
by: Various Artists

Release Date February 11, 2002
"Harlem Sessions" sounds like your favorite mix tape you made many years ago; the one that you keep playing over and over because it has all your favorite, desert-island songs. It's a groovilicious compilation of killer soul cuts from the 1970s, with blaxploitation films as the main theme. Of course, you can't realistically include EVERY great soul joint from the 1970s on two CDs, but this compilation does a great job trying. A collection of this nature has some of the usual cast of characters like Curtis Mayfield ("Superfly" and "Little Child Running Wild" from his must-have soundtrack to "Superfly") and Isaac Hayes ("Shaft"), but we also get unexpected nuggets from Cuban jazz legend Mongo Santamaria ("We Got Latin Soul"), Gil Scott-Heron's "The Bottle," ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 187
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Al Green - Greatest Hits

CD-Charts > Music > Classic R
by: Al Green

Release Date December 31, 1993
Al Green is the man..... Brilliant love making album.....

CD-Charts Position 188
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The Tracks Of My Tears

CD-Charts > Music > Classic R
by: Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

Release Date August 02, 1999
In Britain, Smokey and the Miracles are remembered primarily for two songs, these being Tracks of my tears (later revived by Linda Ronstadt) and Tears of a clown, but they were more successful in their homeland. Among their American hits to be found on this collection are I second that emotion (later revived by the Supremes and Temptations), Shop around (later revived by Captain and Tennille), Mickey's monkey and You've really got a hold on me. All of those hits came in the early sixties, before Motown's success spread internationally.

Smokey was a prolific songwriter, but as the sixties progressed, he gave many of his best songs to other Motown acts, so hits for his own group tended to be smaller and fewer. The last significant American hits they ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 189
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Lady Soul

CD-Charts > Music > Classic R
by: Aretha Franklin

Release Date June 20, 1990
How do you separate Aretha's Atlantic albums from the late 60's to the mid 70's? Each has it's own classic tracks, each it's hidden gems and always that superb voice, soaring from a whisper to a scream with no apparent effort.

Aretha was the acknowledged Queen of Soul, and built on her reputation with this combination of original tracks and interpretations of familiar material. The latter is well represented by "Natural Woman" (Carole King), "Money Won't Change You", here merely uptempo, rather than JBs frenetic original, and a sublime "People Get Ready", which I am sure Curtis would have appreciated.

For original material, the anthem of the hopelessly in love, "Chain of Fools" and the bluesy "Good To Me..." stand out, and as for the hidden ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 190
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Sweet Talking Soul 1965-1990

CD-Charts > Music > Classic R
by: The Manhattans

Release Date August 19, 2008
How do you separate Aretha's Atlantic albums from the late 60's to the mid 70's? Each has it's own classic tracks, each it's hidden gems and always that superb voice, soaring from a whisper to a scream with no apparent effort.

Aretha was the acknowledged Queen of Soul, and built on her reputation with this combination of original tracks and interpretations of familiar material. The latter is well represented by "Natural Woman" (Carole King), "Money Won't Change You", here merely uptempo, rather than JBs frenetic original, and a sublime "People Get Ready", which I am sure Curtis would have appreciated.

For original material, the anthem of the hopelessly in love, "Chain of Fools" and the bluesy "Good To Me..." stand out, and as for the hidden ... Read More: