20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Funk [Import]

Product Description
12 Funk Classics by Such Artists as Kool and the Gang, Cameo and Sly and the Family Stone Brought Together as Part of this Budget Series.

20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Funk,Various Artists,Universal Int'l,Funk,Pop,R&B,R&B/Soul,Rock,Soul/R & B Collections,V/a Compilations

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Average customer rating: Excellent THE MILLENNIUM COLLESTION THE BEST OF THE COMMODORES Lady, They Were Brought Up More "Lionel Richie" than "Commodores" but... Nothing But The Hits

20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Commodores The Commodores Manufacturer: Motown ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Quiet Storm | R&B | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Dance General | Dance & DJ | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Dance General | Dance & DJ | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | R&B General | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | R&B General | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Funk | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Funk | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Dance & DJ | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 R&B | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Earth Wind & Fire: Greatest Hits 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Lionel Richie The Definitive Collection The Very Best of Kool & the Gang The Very Best of the Spinners ASIN: B00003002J Release Date: 1999-11-23

Tracks:

1. Sweet Love
2. Just To Be Close To You
3. Easy
4. Brick House
5. Three Times A Lady
6. Sail On
7. Still
8. Lady (You Bring Me Up)
9. Oh No
10. Nightshift
11. Machine Gun

Customer Reviews:

Excellent.......2007-03-29

I remember my father listening to these songs way back in the late 70s. After hearing them over and over, I got to like them too. Whenever I hear them on the radio now, it always brings good memories. My favorites "Easy," "you bring me up" and "Sail On." These songs are classics. Excellent melodies and vocals.

THE MILLENNIUM COLLESTION THE BEST OF THE COMMODORES.......2006-09-01

I WAS LOOKING FOR THE SONG OH NO AND I FINALY FOUND IT ON THIS CD. I CAN`T WAIT TO GET IT.THIS CD BRINGS ME BACK TO WHEN I WAS A KID.

Lady, They Were Brought Up .......2006-03-06

There are just so many times when it comes to making a good hits package, they can be either good or bad, but the cases with the 20th Century Masters Millenium Collection has been either a considered hit or miss when it comes to showcasing a artist definitively. That has been the case with so many acts like Joe Cocker and Rod Stewart and classic Motown legends like Diana Ross and The Temptations. For The Commodores, the group hasn't been around in years, but there is always the possibility of finding a good hits package all theirs, following the R&B legends from Alabama.

The Commodores 20th Century Masters Millenuim Collection is a simple and convient reflection behind one of the most unique R&B groups of the 70's and 80's. The collection does a really good job at highlighting Lionel Richie and company. The songs here are arguably as simple and definitive as you could expect. The compilation includes some great party anthems like Brick House and Machine Gun, as well as classic ballads like their tribute to Marvin Gaye and Jackie Wilson on Nightshift, Sweet Love to even simple ballads like Three Times A Lady and Easy. While there are a lot of great tracks here, there are a couple of disadvantages to the record. One of them is that the album overhadows tracks like the Funk track Girl, I Think The World About You and Zoom. Not only that, but the tracks on the collection weren't remastered as well as well as other collections like the 1997 Ultimate Collection of The Commodores.

Despite a few flaws, The Commodores 20th Century Masters Millenium Collection is a very simple and straight forward reflection of one of the best 70's groups of all time. This is a very inexpensive, but mostly well-thought out reflection of Lionel Richie & Company. If you are on a budget and really want to get your groove on, I absolutely suggest this great album.

Album Cover: B+

Songs: B

Price: A-

Remastering: C+

Overall: B 1/2-

More "Lionel Richie" than "Commodores" but..........2005-12-29

This 20th Century Masters is the best I've heard in the whole "20th century" series, but doesn't do too good a job at spanning the Commodores lifespan. Before Lionel Richie became a household name, The Commodores were mostly funk, as can be seen in "Brick House," the group's biggest hit, but beyond that song, the disc doesn't cover that side of the group very well at all.
But, I still give the compilation a perfect 5 star rating, because even though it covers a pretty narrow portion of the band, it covers the BEST portion. Lionel's ballads aren't nearly at the same level of genius as some of Marvin Gaye's or Stevie Wonder's greatest work, but I think they're just as enjoyable. Songs like "Sail On" and "Just To Be Close To You" will simply never get old.
I absolutely love this CD, it's one of the most played in my collection, but if you're looking for a true Commodores overview, you might want to look elsewhere.

Nothing But The Hits.......2004-04-23

A Good Deal for 5.99 at Costco! Has every major hit of the commodores career!

Average customer rating: Is it funky enough for ya? Memories True Funkmeisters Ohio Playas SERIOUSLY FUNKED UP!

20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Ohio Players The Ohio Players Manufacturer: Island / Mercury ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | R&B General | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | R&B General | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Funk | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Funk | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Soul General | Soul | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Soul General | Soul | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 R&B | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Parliament The Very Best of Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Brothers Johnson The Best of Cameo Pickin' Up the Pieces: The Best of Average White Band (1974-1980) ASIN: B000046PUW Release Date: 2000-02-01

Tracks:

1. Love Rollercoaster
2. I Want To Be Free
3. Fopp
4. Let's Do It (Interpolated With 'Let's Love')
5. Skin Tight
6. Fire
7. Sweet Sticky Thing
8. Jive Turkey
9. Who'd She Coo
10. Heaven Must Be Like This
11. O-H-I-O
12. Happy Holidays Pt.1

Customer Reviews:

Is it funky enough for ya?.......2007-07-29

I may be only 24 years old, but the Ohio Players are a great group. My favorite songs on this album are Fire, Skin Tight, and the hottest slow jam ever, Heaven Must be Like This. It is meant to make you jam. A true collector's item.

Memories.......2007-05-16

I moved to Chicago in the late 70's from Connecticut and I was blessed to work for the Ohio Players Personal Manager. I was 21 yrs old and it was my first job in the music industry. When I hear their music it brings back the exciting life that I lived and it brings back wonderful personal memories for me

True Funkmeisters.......2007-04-10

I was lucky enough to see these guys perform at a FREE outdoor concert in Lower Manhattan around 2002, and let me tell you, they were KICKIN' IT. The horn section was real tight, and the lead singer still has all the funk of his earlier years. It was truly a beautiful event!!!!!!!!

How can you NOT feel the funk of Roller Coaster or Skintight??!!

Ohio Playas.......2006-03-07

These are my homeboys from Ohio and they know how to throw a party! They have several CD's but this one does it for me with the two slow tracks I want to be Free and Heaven must be like this. Sugarfoot made a CD on his own which I like but I can't find. Does anyone know where to get it has songs on it like I'm your Sugar etc...

SERIOUSLY FUNKED UP!.......2005-05-21

This is one funked up album! I bought this cd, mainly for
Fire, and Love Rollercoaster. But Skin Tight, is really
great, and Sweet Sticky Thing is too! Almost every song
on here is good! If you have an ounce of soul in your
system, and you love funk, THIS IS A MUST HAVE!

Average customer rating:

20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Gato Barbieri Gato Barbieri Manufacturer: A&M ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Smooth Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Funk | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Jazz General | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Jazz | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 R&B | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Que Pasa Caliente! Last Tango in Paris Passion and Fire Gato Barbieri's Finest Hour ASIN: B0002M5T4I Release Date: 2004-08-24

Tracks:

1. Ngiculela-Es Una Historia-I Am Singing
2. Europa (Earth's Cry, Heaven's Smile)
3. Sunride
4. I Want You
5. Poinciana
6. Fiesta
7. She Is Michelle
8. Behind The Rain
9. Ruby
10. Latin Lady

Average customer rating: BEAUTIFUL SOUNDS I Wanna Be Closer To This Collection There Will Never Be Another SWITCH!!! the best of switch Switch - No Bait

20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Switch Switch Manufacturer: Motown ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Quiet Storm | R&B | Styles | Music Similar Items: Ultimate Collection The Best of Heatwave: Always & Forever The Best of One Way: Featuring Al Hudson & Alicia Myers 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of DeBarge Stellar Fungk: The Best of Slave ASIN: B00005LMK5 Release Date: 2001-06-19

Tracks:

1. There'll Never Be
2. My Friend In The Sky
3. Best Beat In Town
4. Don't Take My Love Away
5. I Wanna Be Closer
6. You Pulled A Switch
7. I Call Your Name
8. Call On Me
9. I Do Love You
10. You And I
11. Love Over And Over Again

Customer Reviews:

BEAUTIFUL SOUNDS.......2007-05-13

VERY PLEASED WITH MY PURCHASE,SWITCH AS A WHOLE WAS A GREAT GROUP WHO MADE REMARKABLE MUSIC THAT YOU COULD FEEL AND THE MANY TALENTS OF BOBBY DEBARGE, TRULY AMAZING. MY PERSONAL FAVORITE HANDS DOWN THE SPECIAL "THERE'LL" NEVER BE" THE FIRST SWITCH SINGLE RELEASED IN 1978...THE YEAR I WAS BORN. THIS TUNE HAS A CATCHY GROOVE THE HARMONIES ARE TOP NOTCH AND THE ARRANGEMENT IS EXCELLENT. OTHER HIGH NOTES ON THE ALBUM ARE "FRIEND IN THE SKY", "DON'T TAKE MY LOVE AWAY" IN WHICH YOU REALLY GET A FEEL OF THE VOCAL RANGE BOBBY DEBARGE POSSESED FROM THE START TO FINISH OVER A NICE STRING ARRANGEMENT "YOU AND I" IS A LOVE BALLAD THAT MAKES YOU THINK AND THE VOCALS ARE OUTSTANDING AS USUAL. "LOVE OVER AND OVER" IS A NICE EQUASION OF HEARING THE GROUP SING FOR US ALL IN HARMONY, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST THE FLAWLESS "I CALL YOUR NAME" IN WHICH IS SAMPLED IN OUR EARS THESE DAYS WHEN WE HEAR "THROW SOME D'S" BY RICH BOY. I ALWAYS WONDER DO THESE NEW ARTISTS FEEL THE MUSIC AND KNOW THE GREATNESS OF ONE IN WHICH THEY ARE SAMPLING OR PERHAPS THEY MAYBE NEVER HEARD OF THE INDIVIDUALS. THE BEST OF SWITCH IS AN ALBUM YOU CAN PUT IN AND IT'S SURE TO RELAX YOUR MIND PUT YOU IN A GROOVE AND DELIGHT YOU.WHEN YOU ARE A TRUE MUSIC LOVER LIKE MYSELF IT NEVER GETS OLD IT JUST ALLOWS YOU TO TAKE A CHANCE AND OBSERVE THE NEW BUT IN DUE TIME YOU TEND TO COME RIGHT BACK TO THE BEST, THE BEST THAT YOU FELT IN GENUINE EXTRAORDINARY MUSIC THAT WILL ALWAYS BE GREAT, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU GET IN THE MILLENNIUM COLLECTION OF THE BEST OF SWITCH. THANKS GENTLEMAN FOR YOUR BEAUTIFUL PIECES OF WORK.
MARCE'

I Wanna Be Closer To This Collection.......2006-10-17

Switch were an excellent group despite never making a major impact their music still remain a staple for R&B lovers. Songs like "There'll Never Be" "I Call Your Name" & "I Wanna Be Closer" are timeless jams that still receive airplay to this day on the oldies stations. The album as awhole is a treat and it gives people who were fans of their major singles to become familiar with some of their lesser known songs. It's not a full length album but this compilation is the closer you can become since most of their albums are out of print. You can't deny when you hear one of their singles on radio it makes you feel just as good now then it did when it 1st came out. "I Call Your Name" is the cut.

There Will Never Be Another SWITCH!!!.......2005-09-06

First of all I do like the compilation, I gave it 4 stars because its basically the same album as the 1991 release Best Of...Now i love all the songs on the best of series but how could you leave off others nuggets as "I Wanna Be With You" from the first album "SWITCH" and "Calling On All Girls","You're The one For Me" and "Falling" from SWITCH II The second release, The 3rd release "This Is My Dream" Featured gems such as the title track and "Why'D You Let Love Fall" and "All I Need Is You" this release featured sister Bunny DeBarge contributing three lovely written songs, The 4th release "Reaching For tomorrow' contained nuggets such as "I've Finally Found Someone New" and the beautifully written song "My Friend In The Sky" Very inspirational and Bobby DeBarge vocals here shine through and shows you that there will never be another like him PERIOD! The last release featured the nuggets "I Luv It" and "Push The Switch(HIGH ENERGY SWITCH)" this release also introduced two new members Terrance Gaines on Lead Vocals and Attala Zane Giles on Lead & Bass Guitars ......This release signaled the departure of Bobby DeBarge and Tommy DeBarge the year was 1981. Over all Switch had Five albums for motown. Switch was a well oiled unit and they JAMMED on the Up Tempo joints and as for the Slow Jams they brought the heat wit Bobby and Phillip ingram on vocals that was a nice combo, superb songwriting and musicianship "There'll Never BE" another switch and Bobby DeBarge man with a VOICE like ANGLES of course gone too soon man, What a falsetto......WOW! Now i have all 5 albums and they are in MINT CONDITION and i will be making my own best of serious........Keep Jamming SWITCH!!!!

the best of switch.......2005-08-03

excellent CD, sounds just as good as the original albums--wish we had more of switch to listen to

Switch - No Bait.......2005-08-02

Absolutely great compiliation. Every great song they've ever made is on this album.

Average customer rating: THE VERY BEST - Brother's J. Brothers Johnson....still the best! brothers johnson 20th century Worth getting! Brojay's funk into the new "Millenium"

20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Brothers Johnson The Brothers Johnson Manufacturer: A&M ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | R&B General | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | R&B General | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Funk | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Funk | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Soul General | Soul | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Soul General | Soul | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 R&B | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Ohio Players 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Parliament The Best of Con Funk Shun The Best of Cameo The Very Best of Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan ASIN: B00004YLPW Release Date: 2000-09-26

Tracks:

1. Welcome To The Club
2. I'll Be Good To You
3. Strawberry Letter 23
4. Is It Love That We're Missing?
5. Runnin' For Your Lovin'
6. Ride-O-Rocket
7. Ain't We Funkin' Now
8. Stomp
9. Light Up The Night
10. The Real Thing
11. Funk It (Funkadelala)
12. Get The Funk Out Ma Face

Customer Reviews:

THE VERY BEST - Brother's J........2005-10-02

Sorry to the hip/hop generation. Yall just don't know what real music is like. Yall can sample this music, you just don't know how to make it!! Strawberry Letter, I'll be good to you, and many more from this set is the stuff from real playing musicians, George and Louis Johnson, protege's of Quincy Jones. I lived this music in the 70's!!!

Brothers Johnson....still the best!.......2005-08-08

All of the hits and then some, if you are a chld of the '70's, this one is for you!

brothers johnson 20th century.......2005-05-13

nothing like good ole' fashion funk!!! with thunder thumbs and lighting licks

Worth getting!.......2001-04-19

As a collector, there are 3 things that I consider most important when I'm looking for CDs: 1) Are all the top 10 songs present? 2) Are they the original recordings? 3) How much am I going to have to shell out for this CD? This CD passed the test with flying colors!

Brojay's funk into the new "Millenium".......2000-10-10

Another title in the long list of Millenium Collection titles from Universal is this set from the Brothers Johnson. You might be asking why another greatest hits package from the Brothers Johnson? A couple of things that make this compilation enticing are two tracks that are finally making their debut on CD, including "Welcome To The Club" which was originally released on their long out-of-print original greatest hits album "Blast" back in 1982. Also the song that the George and Louis made their debut on, "Is It Love That We're Missin'" from Quincy Jones' "Mellow Madness" album(also unavailable on CD)is included. The hits included here are the full length album versions. The package has cool photos and has been nicely annotated by journalist Steven Ivory. The remastering(done by Universal's man on the west coast Erick Labson) sounds crisper and punchier than even the album reissues from '96. Though more for the casual fan than the hardcore fanatics, this is one of the stronger titles in the millenium collection series and is one I can definitely recommmend.

Average customer rating: ONLY FOR ONE SONG CD case was broken

20th Century Masters - Millennium Collection: The Best of the Neville Brothers The Neville Brothers Manufacturer: A&M ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | R&B General | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | R&B General | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Funk | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Funk | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 R&B | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Fiyo on the Bayou Yellow Moon Walkin' in the Shadow of Life Uptown Rulin': The Best of the Neville Brothers Ultimate Collection ASIN: B0002858Z2 Release Date: 2004-06-15

Tracks:

1. Fire On The Bayou
2. Brother John / Iko Iko
3. Hey Pocky Way
4. A Change Is Gonna Come
5. Yellow Moon
6. Sister Rosa
7. Bird On A Wire
8. Brother Blood
9. Fly Like An Eagle
10. Voodoo
11. Ain't No Sunshine
12. Let My People Go / Get Up Stand Up

Customer Reviews:

ONLY FOR ONE SONG.......2007-02-07

I AM NOT A LOVER OF THE NEVILLE BROTHERS MUSIC OR THEIR INTERPETATION; HOWEVER,THE SONG MISS ROSA, SINGING THE PRASIES OF MRS. ROSA PARKS I LIKE.

CD case was broken.......2007-01-12

Unfortunately the CD case was pretty banged up by the time I received this item, and I had purchased it as a Christmas gift for someone. I don't know if that was due to it getting crushed in transit or if it was insufficiently packaged in the first place.

Average customer rating: Good value, but Gold is better Do YOU want the Funk? MUST HAVE CD Back In The Day A Must Own

20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Parliament Parliament Manufacturer: Island / Mercury ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Psychedelic Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Ohio Players The Best of George Clinton George Clinton - Greatest Funkin' Hits Back in the Day: The Best of Bootsy One Nation Under a Groove ASIN: B000046PYJ Release Date: 2000-01-25

Tracks:

1. P-Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up)
2. Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)
3. Flash Light
4. Dr. Funkenstein
5. Up For The Down Stroke
6. Chocolate City
7. Bop Gun (Endangered Species)
8. Testify ('74 Version)
9. Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadisco betabioaquadoloop)
10. Mothership Connection (Star Child)
11. Agony Of DeFeet

Customer Reviews:

Good value, but Gold is better.......2005-08-03

Parliament had long funk songs so this budget album is actually around 70 minutes long. However, Parliament Gold is 2CDs and less than twice the price so I suggest you go with it instead. Gold also has the 10 minute version of Flash Light (my favorite track) instead of the 5 minute version that's on this one.

Do YOU want the Funk?.......2005-07-18

If you really want to get a party started, you might as well have this CD. Funky classics such as Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker) and Flash Light are sure to fill that dance floor (or living room floor soon to become a dance floor.) And let's not forget some of the good songs that aren't as classic, such as Doctor Funkenstein, P-Funk and Aqua Boogie (a Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadooloop). If you like funk, you need this CD.

MUST HAVE CD.......2004-06-13

THIS WAS THE FIRST PARLIAMENT CD I GOT AND I TELL YOU IT IS GOOD FOR FIRST TIME PARLIAMENT LISTERNS IT IS A GREAT CD TO OWN

Back In The Day.......2002-06-13

I love all the 70's R&B. This is just one, I keep in the car to jam to. I remember crusing to Savannah Beach Georgia lsitening to Flashlight and Tear the Roof Off The Sucker in my 1968 Mustang
Class of 78
Windsor Forest High School

A Must Own.......2002-04-02

This anthology does what the great ones do--makes we want to hear everything these guys ever recorded. "Aquaboogie" is my favorite, but every track on here is a classic. I try to expose youngsters to this music every chance I get. For that 1 out of 100 that gets it, the effort is worthwhile.

Average customer rating: Funky album by some fine looking ladies back then! All Night Long In 1983 Relive The Eighties in Style! Memories Galore!! a Must

20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Mary Jane Girls The Mary Jane Girls Manufacturer: Motown ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Disco | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Pop | 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 CDs $7 - $10 | Dance General | Dance & DJ | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Dance General | Dance & DJ | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Disco | Dance & DJ | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Disco | Dance & DJ | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | R&B General | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | R&B General | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Funk | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Funk | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Dance & DJ | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 R&B | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Klymaxx 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Jets Greatest Hits Haven't You Heard: The Best of Patrice Rushen The Best of One Way: Featuring Al Hudson & Alicia Myers ASIN: B00005LMK6 Release Date: 2001-06-19

Tracks:

1. All Night Long
2. Boys
3. Candy Man
4. Jealousy
5. You Are My Heaven
6. On The Inside
7. In My House
8. Break It Up
9. Wild And Crazy Love
10. Shadow Lover
11. Walk Like A Man

Customer Reviews:

Funky album by some fine looking ladies back then! .......2006-07-25

I still have this CD! They did a good job combining the best songs from the Mary Jane Girls' only 2 albums and 1986's Walk Like a Man. I go to some dances a lot and All Night Long is still a popular request for the dancers on the floor! Rick James knew how he wanted this group to sound with these dynamic funky numbers, especially 1983's Candy Man, In My House (which I heard in New Jersey in summer '85), Wild and Crazy Love (which I heard in Georgia in summer '85), Boys, I Betcha and many others. Wild and Crazy has a strong energy the first few minutes, but it's that funky instrumental section that goes for 1:57 before the final chorus! You have to get ready for that part! One of Rick's finest instrumentals outside of his own albums,proving he was a true musician in his own right! Each of the ladies had their own personality, the wild one with longer hair, the lead singer with the braids, the more conservative one and the blonde one with the leather/dominatrix image. This group has had a strong shelf life and their music is still played today in some places and at parties. If you missed out on them in the '80s, now is your time to purchase this fabulous compilation where these women expressed themselves in a presentable but yet sexy image!

All Night Long In 1983.......2006-06-15

I was born in 1983, and 22 years later I will proudly say that "Candy Man" is still off the hook! Back in the 80's, R&B music was real and original, fresh and hip. Unlike many of today's singers, they actually had talent. Some might say that these girls were mere sexual fluff under the influence of Rick James, but I beg to differ. "All Night Long" and "Meeting In The Ladies Room" are fantastic, but "Candy Man" will get me on the dance floor every time!!!

Relive The Eighties in Style!.......2004-03-13

If you remember Vanity 6, Appolonia ( From Purple Rain ), The Jets and Stacy Lattisaw you should remember the Mary Jane Girls, the group brought to the world by funk master Rick James. Just like Rick these girls were fashionable, bold and extremely talented. The best songs on this album are " All Night Long ", ( if you don't know this song you must be living in a box ), and " Candy Man ". Other big hits include " In My House " and " Walk Like A Man ". The Mary Jane girls may not have stayed around long but their music lives on. Some see them as masters of soul. Other see them as fluff music but no matter what you think of the Mary Jane girls, they helped defined an era built on sexuality and female independence.

Memories Galore!!.......2004-03-02

Awww, snap. I just picked this up and "CandyMan" is slamming right now! Brings back fond memories of my youth. "All Night Long", "In My House", "Boys" - this CD is worth having if you were a MJG fan back in the day.

a Must.......2001-10-11

The Mary Jane Girls did more with Two ALbums than Many do with 10 times more.Together with the Funk Mind&Groove of Rick James they Created many Classic Jams that have since been Sampled,Looped&Re-Made so much."In My House" still Blasts Loudly here.that Jam is Timeless."All Night Long" has Been Sampled&Re-Played a ton as well&It still Bumps.can't get enough of these Jams.they truly captured the time.enjoy.

Average customer rating: I wish I had this! not the greatest greatest hits Essential Funk Awesome funky stuff No, too much missing to call their best

20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Kool & The Gang Kool & the Gang Manufacturer: Island / Mercury 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 CDs $7 - $10 | Disco | Dance & DJ | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Disco | Dance & DJ | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | R&B General | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | R&B General | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Funk | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Funk | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Dance & DJ | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 R&B | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Commodores The Best of KC & the Sunshine Band Earth Wind & Fire: Greatest Hits 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of DeBarge Kool and the Gang - Gold ASIN: B000046PUT Release Date: 2000-02-01

Tracks:

1. Celebration
2. Jungle Boogie
3. Ladies Night
4. Joanna
5. Get Down On It
6. Hollywood Swinging
7. Cherish
8. Fresh
9. Too Hot
10. Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It)
11. Big Fun

Customer Reviews:

I wish I had this!.......2006-03-14

I love Get Down On It,Fresh,And Cherish. There is no Misled.

not the greatest greatest hits.......2000-09-29

This compilation is just fine if you want to add "Jungle Boogie" to your collection once someone has stolen your Pulp Fiction soundtrack, but a much more complete compilation has recently been released. It's worth a few extra dollars to pick up The Very Best of Kool and the Gang.

Essential Funk.......2000-09-13

"The Best Of Kool & The Gang-The Millennium Collection" contains all their best radio songs-with no filler. The majority of these songs were released during my high school years, and, man, were these songs HUGE!!! In this sampler of some of K&TG's greatest hits, you get one of the greatest party songs of all time, "Celebration", which will have you dancing for hours! You also get "Too Hot", "Joanna", "Cherish" and "Fresh"-all a staple of early-to-mid '80's radio playlists. "Hollywood Swinging", one of Kool's early hits, was the main reason I purchased this priceless gem of Mercury/MCA's 20th Century Masters Series. So, if you're into funk, or if you don't want to spend more on a pricier Kool & The Gang Greatest Hits Collection, this is the CD for you! Buy it before the record company(ies) decides to take this 20th Century Masters Series out of print.

Awesome funky stuff.......2000-07-27

This CD is un-funking believable. This Greatest Hitsencompasses not only some of the best known tracks by funkmasters Kooland The Gang, but some of the most essential songs of the seventies and eighties in general. The group leaves no level of good R&B behind. The smash "Jungle Boogie" contains awesome horn arrangements. Pop flavoring with an R&B feel makes "Celebration" one of the biggest party jams of all time. The light love songs like "Cherish" and "Joanna" are very effective and romantic. A totally new side to the funksters but that hot R&B sound continues on the rest of the tracks like "Get Down On It" and the discoy "Ladies Night". Kool and The Gang is one of the all time best funk bands around on this CD shows the diversity of the group to change to funk to pop light and modern R&B ("Fresh"). The group is very inspirational to many artists in modern urban music with a sounds that is infectious and cleaver. The CD is really "Big Fun". END

No, too much missing to call their best.......2000-04-10

A fine album, as far as it goes. But it is missing too much oftheir better, and earlier work. No "Who's Gonna Take TheWeight", "Funky Stuff", "Let The Music Take Your Mind". Sure, the work here is fine, but to call this collection their "BEST", would be a gross understatement. Instead, go for "The Best of Kool & The Gang 1969-1976. More and better cuts.

Average customer rating: Kings of the Mid-Eighties House Party!! ready for the world Now This Is A Compilation! Excellent Collection of RFTW Hits I love Ready for the World!! But there will always be haters

20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Ready for the World Ready for the World Manufacturer: Mca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Quiet Storm | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Dance General | Dance & DJ | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Dance General | Dance & DJ | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Funk | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Funk | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Rap & Hip-Hop General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Rap & Hip-Hop General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Dance & DJ | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 R&B | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Rap & Hip-Hop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Attitude The First Time: The Best of Surface The Very Best of Al B. Sure 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Klymaxx Super Hits ASIN: B00005UNC5 Release Date: 2002-01-15

Tracks:

1. Ceramic Girl (Extended Mix)
2. Slide Over
3. Oh Sheila
4. Mary Goes 'Round (Single Version)
5. Gently
6. Digital Display (Radio Edit)
7. Tonight
8. Long Time Coming (Single Version)
9. Deep Inside Your Love
10. My Girly (Single Version)
11. Straight Down To Business (Single Remix Version)
12. Can He Do It (Like This, Can He Do It Like That) (Extended Mix)
13. Whose Is It? (Chocolate Mix) - Melvin Riley
14. Love You Down

Customer Reviews:

Kings of the Mid-Eighties House Party!!.......2007-03-06

If you were a rich kid in the mid-eighties, you wore Lacoste "alligator" shirts and listened to Prince. If you were a scrappy underdog from "the wrong side of the tracks" (like me), you wore a polo shirt from K-Mart (with a little slug on the front pocket) and listened to Ready For the World. I was their biggest fan -- and yes -- I was the only white guy in my junior high with a Jheri Curl. Some kids called it a "scary curl" -- but I didn't care. I wanted to be like Ready for the World, whose anthems and ballads touched the peeps so deeply. Y'all ready to feel it? To get freaky-nasty? Let's break it down:

1. Ceramic Girl (Extended Mix) -- A variation of the climactic big hits (below); Oh Sheila and Digital Display. When people get tired of those two, play Ceramic Girl.
2. Slide Over -- A slow jam that will win people over to love. You can feel the sincerity.
3. Oh Sheila -- Widely considered a plea to get Prince protege Sheila E into the Ready camp. Prince had Sheila E, Sheena Easton, Vanity, and Appolonia in his stable about that time. Ready for the World had a woman who once met Lisa Bonet at a Chuck E. Cheese party. Ready's courtship of Sheila E in order to get some "sex cred" (and some sex) was a gallant effort. I respect that. GREAT song.
4. Mary Goes 'Round (Single Version) -- Prince *wishes* he had thought up the title's single entendre.
5. Gently -- A *very* classy way to describe that sublime moment when you hear, "Go to second! Go to second!"
6. Digital Display (Radio Edit) -- The singer repeats "36, 24, 36, " and wants to "play with" a woman's "digital display." When you're in junior high, you wish all women would be busty robots! And this song nails that precious emotion.
7. Tonight -- If you you played this slow jam while you drove a babe to Safeway for a pink champale run, by the time you got back to the party she'd be all yours.
8. Long Time Coming (Single Version) -- The lyrics hint at innuendo. Actually, the lyrics just come out and say it - straight up!
9. Deep Inside Your Love -- I've studied this song like the Zapruder film, and I'm still not sure what it's about. Sounds good though.
10. My Girly (Single Version) -- Sounds a lot like Keith Sweat's "I Want Her" ("I wanna do it like this, do it like that"). But Ready for the World puts a clever twist on the song, so it has more of a "I wanna do it like THAT, do it like THIS" sound. Nice.
11. Straight Down To Business (Single Remix Version) -- A sly metaphor for doin' the do, sung in a way that makes Bobby Brown seem like Bryant Gumbel.
12. Can He Do It (Like This, Can He Do It Like That) (Extended Mix) -- Can anyone *really* do it like Ready for the World? I think not.
13. Whose Is It? (Chocolate Mix) -- Creamy, rich, tast-a, oooo yeeeah.
14. Love You Down -- May be responsible for the most slow dance hook-ups in the history of song. Also responsible for the most ruined blouses because of Jheri Curl juice smudges. (Especially on those 80's style blouses with shoulder pads!)

Let's face it: If a guy on a New York City street corner sold you a cd of Prince for pennies on the dollar, and it turned out to be Ready for the World, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference. (Ready for the World are *not* the Sunshine Hydrox cookie to Prince's fancy Oreo, as the rich kids at my junior high used to say!) In fact, the next time Prince has a greatest hits album, at least three of the above songs should be on it. Seriously, I'd pay $15 just for "Oh Sheila" and "Digital Display," and their other songs are some of the best of an era... or anytime.

ready for the world.......2006-08-05

the cd case was cracked and had some scratches on the cd itself but it played fine

Now This Is A Compilation!.......2006-07-14

Universal's "MILLENNIUM COLLECTION" series are usually skimpy on the song selection and the time length. However, this Ready For The World compilation is a glowing exception. Clocking in at over 73 minutes, this 14-song set contains all the hits in either lengthy 12" versions ("Ceramic Girl"), full-length album versions ("Love You Down") or well-mixed radio edits ("Can He Love You Like This").

READY FOR THE WORLD's music is Prince-lite with the truly unique vocals of Melvin Riley, who represented whiny soulful singers four years before Keith Sweat stepped up to the plate. The band may have bitten off of someone else's style, but at least this talented act was able to add their own stamp to it.

Excellent Collection of RFTW Hits.......2005-06-29

This is a must have CD for anyone who enjoyed Ready for the World's 80s hits. As someone who owned RFTWs tapes (yes...back in the day when you bought either LPs or tapes!), I was very happy to come across this greatest hits collection. It really does have all the RFTW songs that you could possibly want.

I love Ready for the World!! But there will always be haters.......2005-01-04

I have always been a fan of Ready for the World from the start. Every song was a hit for me. My favorite was "love you down, Whose is it, tonight and so many more." I just hate to hear haters like the review before me of Mike Patterson. There are several artist that may sound like someone else or have similar lyrics.....but in the music business it comes down to who gets the break and who doesn't. Well, I have never heard of Mike Patterson and probably never will. Ready for the World had their fame and they could be back you never know. JUST QUIT HATING.........Lay back and enjoy the music - cause you know its good.

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