Greatest Hits

Artist: Jody Watley
Label: Mca
Category: Music

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Media: Audio Cassette

UPC: 008811140045
EAN: 0008811140045
ASIN: B000002OZG

Release Date: 1996-02-13

Greatest Hits

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General

| Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General

| Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General

| R&B | Styles | Music

Tracks:

Looking for a New Love
I Want You
Some Kind of Lover
Friends
Still a Thrill
Everything
Don't You Want Me
Your Love Keeps Working on Me
Most of All
I'm the One You Need
Ecstasy
When a Man Loves a Woman
Real Love

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Album Description

1996 compilation for the former Shalamar vocalist features 13 of her biggest solo hits. Highlights include, 'Looking For A Real Love', 'Some Kind Of Lover' & 'Real Love'.

Customer Reviews:

Was Never Impressed with Watley.......2006-08-09

I never cared for Jody Watley's music and I can see why she was dropped by her record label back in the 90's. her songs are so lame and boring! nothing fresh, nothing original. she always came off to me that she was trying to be like Madonna, Paula Abdul and Taylor Dane and now she has this crappy new cd out called "The Makeover" in which she sings tired on songs Like are you ready for this Madonna's Borderline LOL. still trying to sound like Madonn! So pathetic! No wonder her career is down the Toilet!

When dance and r&b were connected.......2005-01-28

In the late 1980's, many female singers came in to cash in and ride in on the dance-pop wave that Madonna and Janet Jackson brought back to the forefront after the disco backlash.

One of the most significant of the lot was Jody Watley. Although her first solo album came out in 1987, she was no stranger to the music industry as she had several hits with Shalamar in the early 1980's and was also part of Band Aid. Her debut album went top 10 and launched several major hits. Her followup "Larger Than Life" (1989) was equally successful. Latter albums like "Affairs Of The Heart" (1991), "Intimacy" (1993), "Affection" (1995) and "Midnight Lounge" (2003) didn't quite move from shelves the way her first two did, but she solidified that she had a loyal following.

From "Jody Watley" comes the career-defining "Looking For A New Love", the great "Still A Thrill", the Madonna-esque "Most Of All". "Some Kind Of Lover" and "Don't You Want Me" are both represented by the single/video remixes.

From "Larger Than Life" comes "Friends", "Real Love" and "Everything"

From "Affairs Of The Heart" comes "I Want You" and "I'm The One You Need" (her last top 40 hit)

"Intimacy" is represented by three tracks, but all in remix form (which there's nothing wrong with). "Ecstasy", "Your Love Keeps Working On Me" and "When A Man Loves A Woman"

If you miss the days when r&b music and club music were more closely connected and hip hop hadn't taken over r&b influence... check this CD out. You will be surprised at how many of these gems you remember.

Excellent album! .......2004-09-22

When I saw this album back in 1996, I had to get it! Excellent collection of Jody Watley's best songs and hits, from the debut's many hits such as Looking for A New Love to Real Love of the second to the somewhat tepid reaction of songs from the later two albums. Watley proved that she could be competitive with dance queens such as Janet Jackson and Paula Abdul in 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, etc. with her series of hits. Her pairing of writing and creating the songs with Andre Cymone continued for the first 3 albums or so. One of the earliest R&B/rap collaborations (a trend popular now), was Jody herself having the always awesome Rakim rapping on Friends. That's still one of my favorite Jody songs. This demonstrates Jody's success with MCA before she started her own label, Avitone records. Since then, she's still getting better, as I played her Midnight Lounge from 2003 a lot! A true star and class act in her own right!

ECSTASY, FANTASY WHAT A COLLECTION!.......2003-10-12

Jody Watley came to the music scene after leaving her former group Shalamar, she overshadow anything she did with them, cuz honestly her fame and achievment was greater than anything that she did with the funky soul train group. Her funkyness was unique, different, from many upbeat artist like Paula Abdul or Janet Jackson, she was saussy in a point of view, with a much deeper voice, that somehow granted her the surprise of becoming Grammy's Best New Artist back in 1987. This cd includes all Jody's singles releases from her MCA years, except for "Precious Love" wich for my taste wasn't necesary either, all her songs deliver classiness and beauty, this collection should be consider upbeat cos there is only two slow grooves here, the tender ballad "Everything" that proved that she could deliver amazingly tender vocals, but what Jody does best is funky R&B grooves like the total classic "Looking For A New Love", other that reach the same amount of success are the joints from her first two albums "Real Love", "Some Kind Of Lover", "Friends", "Don't You Want Me", some songs that didn't make the charts as great as the previous mention, where ahead of their time, the great deeply "Still a Thirll", the club anthem ready "Ecstasy", a Madonna-like pop tune "Most Of All", and many other 90's grooves that faded in the charts, because it didn't fit the standards that some thought of what they should play in radio, but after all Jody stands out and takes risk making her a truthful artist that with time will get the respect she deserves, she's truly a human with great capability of sensitive music taste.

You Know You Want Her.......2003-03-28

The late 80's were the best time in pop music. Pop was fun and enjoyable and not taken too seriously. With women artists like Jody Watley, Expose, Taylor Dayne, Debbie Gibson, and Paula Abdul dancing their ways up the charts, it was a very feel-good time. I find it sad that today, few people seem to remember Jody Watley. She won the Grammy for best new artist in 1988 and had an impressive six top 10 hits from 1987-1990. "Looking For A New Love" was her break-through hit. It was huge and perched itself @ #2 on the pop charts for four weeks. She had two other top 10 hits from her debut which were "Some Kind of Lover"(#10 on pop charts) and the infectious "Don't You Want Me" (#6). My favorite Jody Watley song also came from her debut which is the catchy dance pop of "Most of All" which wasn't as big on pop radio, but did climb to #11 on the R&B chart. All of these songs are represented here. Her sophomore album "Larger Than Life" gave her three more top 10's. "Real Love" hit #2 while "Friends" also hit the top 10 @ #9. It was an innovative song. Now everyone and their mama uses rappers in their songs, but it was still a relatively new concept when Jody did it. "Everything" was her top 5 smash pop ballad, and of course it's here too. Later singles didn't do as well although "I'm the One You Need" did crack the top 20. Also on here are the dancey "Ecstacy" which is sure to have you grooving and the more artsy "When A Man Loves A Woman."

I'm going to vent that its ridiculous that this is out of print. It's her "Greatest Hits" collection for goodness sake! It's bad enoughthat her all her studio albums are out of print.How can anyone enjoy her music???

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