CD-Charts Position 151

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Marvin Gaye Live

CD-Charts > Music > Motown
by: Marvin Gaye

Release Date September 07, 1998

CD-Charts Position 152
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American Idol Season 2 - All Time Classic American Love Songs

CD-Charts > Music > Motown
by: Various Artists

Release Date June 09, 2003
I think this album could of been alot better. But it's listenable. There are some talent here. The best track is kimberly caldwell's killing me softly. Her voice is fantastic. Everyone else did a decent job. If you are a fan you won't be dissapointed.

CD-Charts Position 153
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Down to Earth

CD-Charts > Music > Motown
by: Stevie Wonder

Release Date December 25, 2006
I think this album could of been alot better. But it's listenable. There are some talent here. The best track is kimberly caldwell's killing me softly. Her voice is fantastic. Everyone else did a decent job. If you are a fan you won't be dissapointed.

CD-Charts Position 154
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Soul Cellar Vol.2: Peter Young Presents a Further Selection of Funky Soul Favourites

CD-Charts > Music > Motown
by: Various Artists

Release Date August 14, 2006
A great selection of rare, hard to find, long forgotten gems, northern soul, jazz funk, ballads but all classy and a must for any soul music fan. P.Y. - start working on number three!

CD-Charts Position 155
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Innervisions

CD-Charts > Music > Motown
by: Stevie Wonder

Release Date January 01, 1993
While the conventional wisdom has "Songs in the Key of Life" as SWs best album, I found it to be a little long winded, with too many tracks running out of ideas/steam long before their end,

On Inner Visions IMHO, we find him with a collection of songs which hang together beautifully, which is perfectly paced, and without a duff track. The familiar hits need no introduction, and those which never made a single release are as strong.

When this album was released, Stevie was pushing the boundaries , developing the synthesiser sound he had pioneered on Music of my Mind" and "Talking Book", taking Soul music (and music in general in fact) to new places.

If you are in any way a fan of modern R & B, you ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 156
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Gold

CD-Charts > Music > Motown
by: Jackson 5

Release Date September 01, 2005
While the conventional wisdom has "Songs in the Key of Life" as SWs best album, I found it to be a little long winded, with too many tracks running out of ideas/steam long before their end,

On Inner Visions IMHO, we find him with a collection of songs which hang together beautifully, which is perfectly paced, and without a duff track. The familiar hits need no introduction, and those which never made a single release are as strong.

When this album was released, Stevie was pushing the boundaries , developing the synthesiser sound he had pioneered on Music of my Mind" and "Talking Book", taking Soul music (and music in general in fact) to new places.

If you are in any way a fan of modern R & B, you ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 157
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Make It Happen & Special Occasion

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

Release Date May 07, 2001
Although I had many of these trax. on vinyl this CD is absolutely emotionally overwhelming.
'You Must Be Love' is Smokey at his most ethereal.His take on Little Anthony's ''Outside Looking In'' sees his voice in the stratosphere,but the discovery for me was one I'd not heard before or overlooked ''Just Losing You''.From the opening jangly guitar to the introduction of Smokey's yearning,lost love voice,and the pleading poetic lyrics this is a hidden treasure.
Unreservedly recommended to all Smokey/Miracles admirers.

CD-Charts Position 158
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Sampled Vol.3

CD-Charts > Music > Motown
by: Various Artists

Release Date February 25, 2002
This series of compilations has managed to remain consistent since vol 1. By this volume, some of the sampled tracks are more famous than those that sampled them, but they as a stand alone collection, one of the best around today.

CD-Charts Position 159
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Love Makes The World Go Round: The Motown Years

CD-Charts > Music > Motown
by: Kiki Dee

Release Date August 01, 2005
Being someone who grew up in an era of mass produced nonsense like "the Spice Girls" "Boyzone" and "The Venga Boys" just to name a few, I often found myself listening to older music. As I grew older I found I was listening to more older stuff than new stuff!

But it just seems that whats on the radio or in the charts these days gets worse and worse. Which is why, when you find an album like this...purely by accident, it makes you long for the days of decent music!

I've never particuarly been a fan of Kiki, yet her Motown tracks are so differnt from her later work. For those of you that like that classic "Motown Sound" this is certainly that sound in its prime. In my opinion, it's the rarer Motown soungs that sound the best, ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 160
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Classic Soul Hits

CD-Charts > Music > Motown
by: The Temptations

Release Date March 10, 2008
Not exactly 'Classic Soul Hits'. A better name would be 'Some classic soul hits and a load of over-produced re-recordings of classic soul hits.' But that wouldn't have fitted on the cover.
It's a shame I didn't know this before I bought it. If you think you're getting the originals, think again. A few originals are thrown in but the 2006 versions of the other tracks are not worth listening to as they sound contrived and a poor imitation of the originals. Also, some of the songs just go on and on and are excrutiatingly painful to listen to.
I think the 2CD set 'Gold' will be a better purchase than this badly packaged thrown together waste of space. The sound quality is good though and that's what the 1 star is for.