I Will Survive: The Anthology

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Two CDs' worth of Gaynor is, frankly, a lot: Beyond her two classics (the brilliant, cyclically relentless title track and "Never Can Say Goodbye"), there's not much that made it above the dustier reaches of the charts, and not much that deserved to. Gaynor was a disco diva by the numbers, and her career lived and died with the style--her records are generic in the sense that they were absolutely of their genre. So I Will Survive is programmed for discophiles more than for Gaynorphiles--the real star here is the production. The set includes three medleys that occupied full sides of her first three disco albums, as well as tracks from her '74-'81 albums that show off what her arrangers could do. --Douglas Wolk

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never can get enough!!
one of the best Gloria compilations
Never Can Say Goodbye
The almost-definitive collection
The definite Gloria Gaynor compilation

I Will Survive: The Anthology
Gloria Gaynor
Manufacturer: Polydor / Umgd
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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I Will Survive

ASIN: B0000067L9
Release Date: 1998-04-21

Tracks:

I Will Survive
Honeybee
Never Can Say Goodbye
Reach Out, I'll Be There
Anybody Wanna Party? (12' Remix)
Most Of All
This Love Affair
You're All I Need To Get By
Let's Make A Deal
I've Got You Under My Skin
Be Mine

Tracks:

Casanova Brown
(If You Want It) Do It Yourself
How High The Moon
Real Good People
Walk On By
What'll I Do
I Love You Cause
When You Get Around To it
Let Me Know (I Have A Right)
Tell Me How
I'm Still Yours
Don't Read Me Wrong
I Kinda Like Me
I Will Survive (Remix)

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Two CDs' worth of Gaynor is, frankly, a lot: Beyond her two classics (the brilliant, cyclically relentless title track and "Never Can Say Goodbye"), there's not much that made it above the dustier reaches of the charts, and not much that deserved to. Gaynor was a disco diva by the numbers, and her career lived and died with the style--her records are generic in the sense that they were absolutely of their genre. So I Will Survive is programmed for discophiles more than for Gaynorphiles--the real star here is the production. The set includes three medleys that occupied full sides of her first three disco albums, as well as tracks from her '74-'81 albums that show off what her arrangers could do. --Douglas Wolk

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never can get enough!!.......2006-03-23

Truly,one of the best artist from the disco era,you will enjoy and treasure this cd from the queen of disco.Having grown up with this music,I must say that if you are a disco fan,you need this cd in your collection!!Most,if not all of the songs are sure to bring back all those nights dancing with your girlfriend into the late late night!!How high the moon.brings back a certain night with my girl.never can say goodbye,the day Rhonda left.You will enjoy this cd and listen to it for years to come.Dance,dance,dance baby!!!!!

Will

one of the best Gloria compilations.......2004-04-24

However, like a few other people, I am disapointed a few key tracks like Substitute is missing. I think the song selections showcase Gloria's diversity in song selections and let's people know that she is a lot more than the singer that sang "I will survive". Hopefully Universal will reissue her "Love tracks" album on a double cd set with bonus cuts on cd #2, like the original I will survive in Spanish and the 12 inch mix of Substitute as well as the radio edits of I will survive and Substitute. Just a thought anyways. Peace out.

Never Can Say Goodbye.......2004-02-19

To date this is the best Gloria Gaynor Collection out there. If I was a first time Gloria Gaynor buyer this would be the cd to buy. As well as the usual songs, there are some never before released tracks. I was pleased with the sound quality but not too happy with the order they were placed in. However there were a few tracks still absent like: TOUCH OF LIGHTNING , WE JUST CAN'T MAKE IT, SEARCHIN', FALSE ALARM, and YO VIVIRE (I will survive in Spanish) original extended version. Not one of the numerous remixes of the same title.

The almost-definitive collection.......2001-11-10

Great collection ! Everything is here -including the fantastic « Anybody wanna party » in its 12" remix. Well, almost everything is here... Still missing : « Substitute » (the 8:30 version) and « Sobreviviré » (« I will survive » in spanish). And why « I kinda like me » is edited ? Anyway, this is the best Gaynor's collection available.

The definite Gloria Gaynor compilation.......2000-03-17

This 2CD-set is the definite Gloria Gaynor-compilation. Although Gloria Gaynor has always been referred to as "The Queen of Disco", she actually only had a limited handful of hits, and her albums were - with a few exceptions - never as memorable, magical and coherent as Donna Summer's albums, so far they haven't been released on CD either but with this set, there really is no need for it either. The full-length 8-min. recording of ... yes ... "I Will Survive" opens the ball, and it strucks me every time I hear it what an all-time classic this song really is! Next is of course Gloria's ground-breaking side-long medley of "Honey Bee", "Never Can Say Goodbye" and "Reach Out I'll Be There" from her first LP, and Meco Monardo's tight production and Tom Moulton's excellent mix is still outstanding. Her two subsequent LP's "Experience Gloria Gaynor" & "I've Got You" followed the same concept, and both 18-min. medleys are also included here, and although the songs didn't make the same impact on the singles charts, "Casanova Brown", "(If You Want It) Do It Yourself", "Let's Make A Deal" and "Be Mine" are brilliant. For her fourth album, "Glorious", miss Gaynor teamed up with disco maestro Gregg Diamond, the slow jamming 9-min. dance delight "Most Of All" is included here. At this time, Gloria Gaynor was however having a hard time regaining the disco throne, and her "Park Avenue Sound" album from 1978 didn't help her much. The two tracks included: "This Love Affair" and "You're All I Need To Get By" are pleasant but forgettable, but then came "I Will Survive" from her "Love Tracks" album which is also represented here by a funky 12" mix of "Anybody Wanna Party". Following up such an enormeous success is definitely an ungrateful task, Gloria and the Dino Fekaris/Freddie Perren-team did try with "Let Me Know (I Have A Right)", a strong song in itself but too much a plagiate of "I Will Survive" and from then on it went downhill with her two last albums on Polydor, "Stories" (1980) and "I Kinda Like Me" (1981), although the title track of the latter is quite enjoyable. There's a couple of competent adult ballads on the set's second disc as well as her terrific disco version of "Walk On By" from her second album. The only thing, Polydor really didn't have to include is the 1993 remix of "I Will Survive" with Gloria sounding like Minnie Mouse, the original mix stands as strong now as it did then. Gloria's Hi-NRG version of "I Am What I Am" from 1983 (which made the UK Top 20) would have been a more essential inclusion but it wasn't released on Polydor. Still, this is a masterpiece compilation, the impeccable design + booklet with extensive liner notes and pictures and credits of all the albums.

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