Motown Love Songs: Motown Milestones
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Artist: Various Artists
Label: Motown Category: Music Average customer rating: Media: Audio CD Number Of Discs: 1 UPC: 731453056923 EAN: 0731453056923 ASIN: B000001AA4 Release Date: 1995-08-08 |
Motown Love Songs: Motown Milestones
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Creating an 18-track collection of love songs from the vast Motown catalog is no easy task. Sensibly, this package includes some obvious classics like the Miracles' "Ooh Baby Baby," the Originals' "Baby I'm for Real"--penned and produced for the group by Marvin Gaye--and the Temptations' "Just My Imagination." On the obscure tip, there's Gaye's own "I'll Take Care Of You" (a 1967 B-side) and former Spinner G.C. Cameron's original version of the <I>Cooley High</I> theme, "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday," later revived by Boyz II Men as a No. 1 hit in 1991. But there are some major flaws. Why three tracks each by the Miracles and Michael Jackson (including "Ben," his famed ode to a rodent) when there are countless major Motown artists--like Diana Ross and the Four Tops--missing from this package? Arbitrary choices in the selection of repertoire and some strange sequencing make this a little less than satisfying, but if you want a half-dozen Motown classics on one CD, this will do the trick. <I>--David Nathan</I>Music Album:
Music CD
Exitos de Verano ~ Various Artists
Brasil De Oliveira Da Silva Do Samba ~ Alicione
Cuban Flavour ~ Danish Radio Big Band, Eivor Palsdottir
Works of Ink, Vol.2 ~ Works of Ink
Two Basses ~ Vinding Lundgaard
In a Mellow Tone ~ Coleman Hawkins
Uruguaya y Tanguera ~ Nina Miranda & the Graciano Gomez Orchestra