Galactic Grooves: The Best of Lakeside

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Though best remembered as the act whose "Fantastic Voyage" was transmogrified into Coolio's mid-'90s plea for urban peace, Ohio-based funksters Lakeside deserve to be recalled for more. For instance, their album covers usually pictured them in some movie-inspired getup or another--see 1982's Untouchables, which even backed up its Capone-era gangster concept for more than one song. This collection gets a little dull when they slow down, except for an inspired ballad rendition of the Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand." But if you're looking for something entertaining to complement your James Brown, P-Funk, and Earth, Wind & Fire discs, you could do worse. --Rickey Wright

Galactic Grooves: The Best of Lakeside,Lakeside,The Right Stuff,Disco,Funk,Pop,Quiet Storm,R&B,Soul,Soul/R & B,Soul/Reggae/Rhythm & Blues

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Good, But not enough
Switcharoo
EXCELLENT!!!!
Lakeside was always funky! Hot album!!!
fantastic voyage!!

Galactic Grooves: The Best of Lakeside
Lakeside
Manufacturer: The Right Stuff
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Disco | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | R&B | Styles | Music

General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music

General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music

Quiet Storm | R&B | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B00000DCI6
Release Date: 1998-11-03

Tracks:

Fantastic Voyage
Raid
It's All The Way Live
Your Love Is On The One
Say Yes
I Want To Hold Your Hand
Something About That Woman
Real Love
Given In To Love
I Need You
Shot Of Love
Pull My Strings
From 9:00 Until
Outrageous
Bullseye
I Can't Get You Out Of My Head
Your Wish Is My Command

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Though best remembered as the act whose "Fantastic Voyage" was transmogrified into Coolio's mid-'90s plea for urban peace, Ohio-based funksters Lakeside deserve to be recalled for more. For instance, their album covers usually pictured them in some movie-inspired getup or another--see 1982's Untouchables, which even backed up its Capone-era gangster concept for more than one song. This collection gets a little dull when they slow down, except for an inspired ballad rendition of the Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand." But if you're looking for something entertaining to complement your James Brown, P-Funk, and Earth, Wind & Fire discs, you could do worse. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

Good, But not enough.......2007-07-03

I am a big fan of Old School Funk (Lakeside, Cameo, Con Funk Shun)and I was slightly disappointed with this "best of" compilation. It doesn't give you the full length versions of "All The Way Live" (I had to wait for Solar to put out a re-issue of "Shot Of Love" for that) and they tore up one of the most original remakes of a Beatles song EVER MADE!! "I Want To Hold Your Hand" was given a ballad makeover by these guys and it works (if the record company only let the WHOLE SONG play!!). For those reasons I give it 4 stars. It is still a good sampling of how FUNKY, TIGHT and AWESOME Lakeside IS!!!

Switcharoo.......2004-12-08

Wow. I have never reviewed an album before but after reading all of the glowing remarks I thought I would share my two cents. I purchased the album for one song and one song only. It was for the digital version of the Beatles remake of "I Want To Hold Your Hand".

After listening to the CD twice, I thought wow that falsetto does not sound like Otis Stokes. So I brought out my album and then it hit me, they substituted singers. On the original the lead in to the falsetto sung by Otis Stokes goes "sing it to me Otis" but not on this CD.

This CD is NOT a pure reissue of the original music.

EXCELLENT!!!!.......2004-09-06

THIS IS A GOOD DISC. I ENJOY LAKESIDE'S MUSIC. IF YOU LIKE LAKESIDE YOU WOULD LIKE THIS DISC. IT CONATINS ALL OF MY FAVORITE SONGS BY LAKESIDE. IT CONTAINS ALL OF THE CLASSICS: FANTASTIC VOYAGE, REAL LOVE, YOUR LOVE IS ON THE ONE, IT'S ALL THE WAY LIVE, OUTRAGEOUS, RAID, AND MANY GREAT OTHER SONGS BY THEM. IF YOU ARE A FAN OF LAKESIDE YOU WOULD DEFINITELY ENJOY THIS ALBUM IT IS A MUST HAVE FOR ANY LAKESIDE FAN.

Lakeside was always funky! Hot album!!!.......2004-08-29

I was surprised to see this album out! Lakeside had all these incredible songs like Fantastic Voyage, Raid, Your Love Is on The One, It's all the Way Live (still my favorite), Say YEs and others! They had some hot rhythm sections in their songs. One of the standouts is their nice remake of the Beatles' I Want To Hold Your Hand, done in a slow R&B fashion! For them to come out of Ohio is quite something as that state has produced all these hot funk bands such as the Ohio Players, Slave, Isley Brothers and others! All these songs are classics to me!

fantastic voyage!!.......2003-07-12

it is a fantastic voyage!!j.h. of dover usa

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