Best of Reunion [Import]

Best of Reunion [Import]

Best of Reunion [Import]

Track Listings
 
1. Jack
2. Wolfgang Amadeus
3. Winds Of Victory
4. End Of Earth
5. Stay Wild
6. Pandemonium
7. What's The Truth?
8. Hellrider
9. Biosphere
10. Cyber Soul
11. Cross
12. Exultation
13. Lunatic
14. Live For The Moment

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Re-formed Japanese metal band play their hits. Again. Japan Records. 2005.

Best of Reunion,Loudness,Tokuma,Heavy Metal
The Very Best of NewSong
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • When God Made You is reason enough to own this album!
  • When God made you is an excellent song!
  • Can't Keep a Good Man Down
 The Very Best of NewSong
NewSong
Manufacturer: Reunion
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00078FAL4
Release Date: 2005-02-08

Tracks:

  1. Red Letter Day
  2. Back Where You Belong
  3. When God Made You
  4. Defning Moment
  5. Light Your World
  6. Can't Keep A Good Man Down
  7. Arise My Love
  8. Love Revolution
  9. The Christmas Shoes
  10. People Get Ready

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars When God Made You is reason enough to own this album!.......2006-10-14

I just discovered When God Made You over the past week on the Christian radio station and I completely fell in love with that duet with Natalie Grant! At first, I thought it was on one of Natalie's albums so when I couldn't find it, I tried calling the radio station and looking on the radio station's website. Finally, I saw the name of the song and had no idea it was by Newsong but I am so happy to finally find out what this song is!

I love how it's got this 80's sound like the Power Ballads and it reminds me of Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith's Somewhere Somehow. This is such a beautiful duet with a great melody and I recommend anyone who loves great ballad duets, to get this album or their other album with When God Made You!

And if you love When God Made You, check out Amy Grant And Michael W. Smith's Somewhere Somehow from Michael's Change Your World album! Another amazing duet you'll love! I know I do.

4 out of 5 stars When God made you is an excellent song!.......2006-06-26

I bought this album for one song: "When God Made You." I heard this song on the radio and immediately wanted to use it for my upcoming wedding. It turns out I liked a lot of the songs on this album after I purchased it. I think many Christian couples could use the "When God Made You" duet with Natalie Grant in their wedding. It is a beautiful song.

2 out of 5 stars Can't Keep a Good Man Down.......2005-12-29

is why I bought the CD - I was hopeful that there would be more to love (Shane & Shane's Clean is one hit after another, but I digress). This is not a CD to sing to - it's definitely background music - nothing stands out but it's not bad music but just not outstanding.
The World As Best As I Remember It, Volume 1
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Mullins' best, IMO
  • a rich masterpiece
  • "In the west I see an evening"
  • Best Christian CD ever
  • Amazing CD
 The World As Best As I Remember It, Volume 1
Rich Mullins
Manufacturer: Reunion
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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  1. The World As Best As I Remember It, Vol. 2
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  3. Winds Of Heaven, Stuff Of Earth
  4. Songs
  5. Songs 2

ASIN: B0000004RU
Release Date: 1993-02-01

Tracks:

  1. Step By Step
  2. Boy Like Me/Man Like You
  3. Where You Are
  4. Jacob And 2 Women (The World As Best As I Can Remember It)
  5. The Howling
  6. Calling Out Your Name
  7. Who God Is Gonna Use
  8. The River
  9. I See You
  10. Step By Step (Reprise)

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Mullins' best, IMO.......2007-01-14

Common wisdom has it that "A Liturgy, A Legacy & A Ragamuffin Band" is Mullins' masterpiece, and "The World as Best as I Remember It, Vol 1" is a slightly less great album that points to his magnum opus. I disagree. For one thing, an artist is capable of more than one masterpiece (see Dylan, Stones; or, among Christian artists, Larry Norman, Daniel Amos, Mark Heard)... Personally, I prefer this album over "A Liturgy" (which IMO has a great first half and some weaker songs on "side 2"). The AMG review states that it would have been better if, instead of releasing 2 volumes, the "best songs" from each would have been combided into one CD. I strongly disagree; there's not a weak song on Volume 1 (unlike Vol. 2), and holds together very well as a unified album (again, unlike vol 2). There's so much going on here: the beautiful, evocative piano melodies, the restless percussion work, the differing tonal colors of various acoustic instruments, the nice hybrid and melange of differing folk styles (African chorus, Celtic melodies, Appalachian folk, etc.). A beautiful album.

5 out of 5 stars a rich masterpiece.......2005-12-17

This is what you get when you have brilliant songwriting along with passion and soul.Certainly Richs'best work and a contemporary Christian classic.Personal favorite:"Calling Out Your Name"Rich images with lovely hammer dulcimer from Mullins.Not a wasted note on the whole album.Essential stuff.

5 out of 5 stars "In the west I see an evening".......2003-11-12

This veteran's day I listened again to this wonderful disc. I think especially on a day like today we can all learn a lesson and perhaps take a warning from Rich's words.

The song "The Howling" in particular speaks to where we, as Americans have been, are, and continue to go:

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"I can see the iron horses' tracks
Pressed in the mud from the weight of all that steam and steel
But the wind don't blow where you want it to go
No, the wind just goes where it will and you follow
I can feel the breath of winter
Driving this snow across these newly-whited plains
Takes my breath from me and it leaves me falling
Then it picks me up again in its own strength

And I can hear the wild wind howling
And I can feel it in my bones
And I know that the howling will take me home

I can see some traveller's footprints
There's a little bit of blood in every step he made
I wonder what kind of burden he's bearing
That has cut him so deeply every step along the long, long way
In the west I see an evening
This scarlet thread stretched beneath the gathering dark
Red as the blood on the hands of the Savior
And rich as the mercy that flowed from His broken heart

And I can hear the wild wind howling
And I can feel it in my bones
And I know that the howling will take me home

These men of violence, they have made this a world full of wars
Oh God break Your silence and let Your justice shine forth

Show some mercy, Oh Lord

'Cause I can see a people dispossessed
Broken and brave in the face of so much fear
Driven from their homes by the greed of a nation
Whose treaties were as good as litter
Along the trail of their tears
I can see the Covenant colors
The sun and the rain have woven against the blue of the sky
And I know if we live we will live by His promise
I know He who made it and
I'm sure that He would not lie

And I can hear the wild wind howling
And I can feel it in my bones
And I know that the howling will take me home"
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The choice is ours.

The rest is silence.

5 out of 5 stars Best Christian CD ever.......2003-07-15

This is referring to Both volumes 1 and 2. There are other amazing albums but in my opinion these 2 together create the best Christian music has to offer!!!

5 out of 5 stars Amazing CD.......2003-02-04

I have been a Rich Mullins fan for years, and this is still my favorite CD. The passion mixed with the high view of God as creator and sustainer of His universe is fantastic. If you have never listened to Rich before, this CD is the place to start.
Every Moment: The Best of Joy Williams
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Joy is at her best!
  • GREAT BUY!!
 Every Moment: The Best of Joy Williams
Joy Williams
Manufacturer: Reunion
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000H7JDA4
Release Date: 2006-09-05

Tracks:

  1. Any More Sure
  2. Hide
  3. We
  4. Every Moment
  5. By Suprise
  6. Serious
  7. Surrender
  8. I Believe In You
  9. Here With Us
  10. Say Goodbye

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Joy is at her best!.......2007-06-11

I had been anticipating this album ever since I discovered that she was going to release it on her website last year. Right away once it was released, I ordered the CD and my anticipating was not disappointed at all.

In Every Moment: The Best of Joy Williams comes a collection of songs that she has recorded over the years as a Contemporary Christian Musician. Songs such as "We", "By Surprise", "Surrender", and two new songs "Anymore Sure" and "Here with Us" are just to name a few that you will find on this cd. What I like about this album is that you can tell the different styles of music that Joy has experimented with and she handles this very well. Some songs are more pop than others but each song on this album holds a deep meaning.

Listeners tend to listen to music that they are comfortable with but not really paying attention to the lyrics or what the singer is really singing about it. If you really listen to what Joy is singing about, you will be amazed about how the Lord can use a simple song to change your life. "Surrender" and "Here with Us" are the songs that come to mind.

Joy Williams is a brilliant musician: I love what she is singing about and this CD I know is just another beginning to what she will bringing to the music industry.

5 out of 5 stars GREAT BUY!!.......2007-01-19

This is an excellent compilation of Joy's best, I highly recommend it...it makes a great gift! She has a lot of soul and is fun with a little bit of edge - you won't be disappointed with this cd.
The World As Best As I Remember It, Vol. 2
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Incredibly Ambitious Album That Gets Better With Age
  • Musical memories from a magnificent man
  • Outstanding music from an outstanding man!
  • there is nothing like the music of Rich Mullins
  • What "Jesus" means
 The World As Best As I Remember It, Vol. 2
Rich Mullins
Manufacturer: Reunion
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000004RW
Release Date: 1993-02-01

Tracks:

  1. Sometimes By Step (Reprise)

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Incredibly Ambitious Album That Gets Better With Age.......2004-08-29

When this album first came out in the late spring of '92, I was disappointed. While clearly a very good album, it just didn't seem to live up to its predecessor, The World As Best As I Remember It, Volume 1. On top of that, producer Reed Arvin had seemed to go overboard with the strings this time around, making the album seem overproduced.

Well, I put this album on for its first spin in several years a few weeks ago, and while I still see the same flaws, they seem much less pronounced now. This album is the work of an artist who is near the top of his game, although (I'd argue) not quite there.

The album begins with as close-to-perfect of an album opener as I can imagine, "Hello, Old Friends." There's a bittersweetness to this tune that tugs at your heart immediately. At the time, this was (reportedly) to be Mullins' last album (thankfully, it was not), and now, it's about seven years since we lost Rich. So even 12 years after this album first came out, when Mullins sings, "There's really nothing new to say/But the old old story bears repeating," both sadness and joy hits you in an inexplicable way. It's quite a feat when a singer can sing a line like "When you find something worth believing/That's a joy that nothing can take you away" in a way that makes the listener feel a joy that's come only through trial, adversity, and sorrow. Never schmaltzy, this tune seems perfect for an album that ostensibly is one part of a culminating life's work.

We next get the expanded version of the previous album's "Step by Step" in "Sometimes by Step"; Mullins added verses to Beaker's chorus. The childlike innocence of the previous album's opening track had been changed to a more mature mixture of joy and weariness by that album's closing reprise; now, we get the mature reflection of a speaker looking back over his or her life. The verses still seem somewhat incomplete to me, as they did 12 years ago, and Arvin lays on the strings a bit too heavy, but the song's still a very good one.

"Everyman" is a gem, similar in sentiment to Volume 1's "Who God Is Gonna Use," except that the focus is now not who God will use, but who is welcome at the foot of the cross. Rich said once near the end of his life that he was definitely not a Calvinist, and this track proves it, as Rich joyfully exclaims "With a thorn in His brow, a spear in His side/Nails in His hands He died/For you and I and everyman." This is followed, however, by a track that displays a more traditionally Refomed theology in "The Just Shall Live."

"Waiting," the side 1 (to date myself) closer is one of the better pieces of poetry on the album. "To Tell Them" musically seems out of place on the album; I'm betting that it was one of the songs added after Reunion Records decided that 15 or so tracks was too much for one album and broke The World As Best As I Remember It into two releases. Still, it displays Rich's quirky side quite well.

"The Maker of Noses" is, to my mind, the second best track on the album, as Rich examines the cost of following Christ and the futility of any other pursuit. If the idea of following the One who has made your nose is a personal sentiment, "What Susan Said" is an even more personal track detailing the friendship Mullins had with cohort and frequent cowriter Beaker. A reference to "Wally and the Beaver" would be pure hokum in the hands of most writers, but Mullins' obvious emotion makes it seem fresh.

The album now comes to its climax. "Growing Young," inspired by an analogy used by G.K. Chesterton, is the album's high point. This is what it all of life boils down to, according to Rich: "And when I thought that I was all alone/It was your voice I heard calling me back home/And I wonder now Lord what was it made me wait so long/And what kept you waiting for me all that time/Was your love stronger than my foolish pride/Won't you take me back now/Take me back and let me be your child/'Cause I've been broken now, I've been shamed/I've learned to cry and I've learned how to pray/And I'm learning, I'm learning even I can be changed." Literary influences aside, it takes quite a writer to put such a deeply personal spin on the story of the prodigal son and make it seem so original. This song is heartbreaking and can leave you feeling wracked emotionally.

Appropriately enough, that emotional climax is followed by a childlike expression of trust in Rich's soothing rendition of the hymn "All the Way My Savior Leads Me." And the denouement continues with the album closer, a brief reprise of "Sometimes by Step."

At the time this album came out, some reviewers said that Volume 1 is from a child's perspective, while there's more maturity in Volume 2. That's too simplistic a conclusion. For all of the maturity evident in this album, no song in either volume is as mature or world-weary as Rich's ruminations on lost relationships and death in "The River," off of Volume 1. And both "Growing Young" and the simple trust of "All the Way My Savior Leads Me" brings Volume 2 back to a childlike perspective.

To my mind, this album is still not the equal of Volume 1, but Volume 1 was an incredibly hard act to follow. Volume 2 is an excellent album no matter which way you slice it; while not all songs are of the same quality, the album is an incredibly ambitious one that succeeds in 90 to 95 percent of its intentions. And that's a high enough success rate to make it worth 5 stars -- and every minute of your time.

5 out of 5 stars Musical memories from a magnificent man.......2004-08-28

If you ask ten people what entering heaven will be like, you'll likely get ten different answers. I imagine I will find myself sitting around a warm campfire with a group of people, watching and listening as Rich Mullins plays acoustic guitar and sings "Hello Old Friends." Having the opportunity to listen to this song, and the others on this wonderful CD, is a taste of Heaven on Earth.

Rich Mullins was an incredible artist, a poetic painter with words and melody. This disc laid the groundwork for his masterpiece: "A Liturgy, a Legacy, and a Ragamuffin Band" - while it is not quite that masterpiece, it is nonetheless an incredible work of art, well deserving of a five star rating.

The disc begins with Rich playing acoustic guitar and singing: "Hello old friends / There's really nothing new to say / But the old, old story bears repeating /And the plain old truth grows dearer every day / When you find something worth believing / Well, that's a joy that nothin' could take away." Listening to this disc brings me great joy, and I like to start most every day off by listening to it.

Rich revisits the tune Step By Step (now titled "Sometimes By Step"), played on the hammered dulcimer. The chorus remains familiar ("Oh God, You are my God / And I will ever praise you / I will seek you in the morning / And I will learn to walk in your ways / And Step by Step you lead me / And I will follow you all of my days"), and the new verses are beautifully poetic.

Orchestral strings lead off "Everyman" - a song that refers to various Biblical characters who were touched by Jesus during their lives, in many different circumstances, and reminds the listener: "At the foot of the cross there's room for everyone / And love that is not blind / It can look at who we are and still see beyond / The differences we find / But with thorns in His brow and a spear in His side / Nails in His hand, He died for you and I / For you and I and everyman."

A solo piano introduces "The Just Shall Live" - The song grows as it goes, with percussion being added, then strings, and then a chorus as the listener is taken on a journey to the last days, when "the meek shall inherit the earth" and the just shall live - then the song resolves with solo piano.

"Waiting" is one of my favorite songs by Rich. A song to listen to when you need encouragement, when you feel that you are being tested, yet you just can't walk away from the Truth - and so you wait upon the Lord, having the faith that your strength will be renewed.

"To Tell Them" is an experiemental departure - a different song, with an odd time signature, piano and percussion, and sort of a funky world beat. Kevin Max Smith (from DC Talk) sings background on this track.

It's back to a familiar sound with "The Maker of Noses", a song that slowly builds in great Rich style. A wonderful song about seeking justice, and getting frustrated with the advice of this world to follow our hearts, our noses, our dreams - since these things don't lead to the Truth. We must follow the Father of hearts, the Maker of noses, and the Giver of dreams.

"What Susan Said" is a great story song about friendship. Whether it is Paul and Silas, or Abbot and Costello, nothing beats having a friend by your side. But what did Susan say?
"How love is found in the things we've given up / More than in the things that we have kept."

"Growing Young" is a beautiful and poetic song about running back to God with tears in our eyes after our multitude of sins. It serves as a reminder that we are all sinners in need of a Savior and as a foreshadowing of the ragamuffin theory that Rich would explore in more detail on his next album.

Rich closes the album with a beautiful version of the Crosby Hymn "All the Way my Savior Leads Me" and a reprise of his own praise and worship classic "Step By Step."

This is a great follow-up to Volume One, and a wonderful precursor to his masterpiece.

5 out of 5 stars Outstanding music from an outstanding man!.......2001-12-31

Rich Mullins, once again, stirs souls with this sequel to TWASBIRI-Vol. 1. Some of the more noteworthy songs are "Sometimes by Step", "Everyman", "To Tell Them", "The Maker of Noses", "Growing Young", and "All The Way My Savior Leads Me". Of course, any song he wrote has significant meaning. The meoldies further amplify the ever-important messages he delivers.

5 out of 5 stars there is nothing like the music of Rich Mullins.......2001-09-10

The other day, I was walking through a mall in London Ontario when suddenly, my wife and I passed a man playing a piano in the food court. From what I could tell, he was not a professional--he had laid his shopping bags beside him and just started playing. He was playing Rich Mullins's "Sometimes by Step." Even without words, the music that Rich Mullins created has the power to stir my soul.

"Sometimes by Step" is just one of the great songs on "The World As Best As I Remember It vol. 2." I know I've said it a lot...but I must say it again...Rich never made bad or even mediocre music. All the songs on this disc are great.

The highlights of this disc to me are: "Waiting," "What Susan Said," "Growing Young" (probably my favorite track), and Rich's rendition of "All the Way My Savior Leads Me" (Rich was great with hymns by Robert Lowery).

The thing that appeal to me most about the work of Rich Mullins is the deep insight of his lyrics. This disc is particularly strong in the lyrics department. Some examples:

"When a million voices whisper, and they tell me I should leave, into the shadows that the moon casts on these alleys and these streets. But I know that chasing shadows won't get me anywhere 'cause I've been there..." (Waiting)

"Two full grown men in a huddle of kids and they're trying to help them to believe what is too good to be real but is more real than the air they breathe. And it's Wally and the Beaver, David and Jonathan...it's the Love of Jesus puttin' on flesh and bone." (What Susan Said)

"And everybody used to tell me big boys don't cry. Well I've been around enough to know that that was the lie that held back the tears in the eyes of a thousand prodigal sons. Well we are children no more, we have sinned and grown old and our Father still waits and He watches down the road to see the crying boys come running back to His arms and be growing young." (Growing Young)

I cannot recommend this disc, and all of Rich's music enough. Get it. There is nothing like it.

5 out of 5 stars What "Jesus" means.......2001-06-16

If you do a search for Jesus here on Amazon, you're bound to come up with all kinds of stuff...stuff from the Jesus Seminar talking about what a great cynic sage or Jewish Rabbi Jesus was; stuff from the Wiccans--no doubt describing Jesus as yet another earth mystic; stuff from Theologians that you have to work out to be able to lift while at the same time requiring that you keep a dictionary at hand for the every third word you don't know...well scrap all that stuff. I can tell you all you need to know about Jesus by playing you "Growing Young" and handing you a Bible. This stuff is great. Nobody makes music or writes songs like Rich did. This disc is just another case in point.
The Best Reunion [2CD+DVD]
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    		The Best Reunion [2CD+DVD]
    Loudness
    Manufacturer: Manwoldang
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | International | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B000KJOI7C

    Product Description

    Korean Exclusive Box Set, Contains 29 Tracks on 2CD, 5 Video Tracks on Bonus DVD
    The Best of the Reunion Concert
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      		The Best of the Reunion Concert

      Manufacturer: Bianco
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B00030EOJU
      Very Best of School Reunion
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        		Very Best of School Reunion
        Various Artists
        Manufacturer: EMI/Virgin TV
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        GeneralGeneral | Pop | Styles | Music
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        GeneralGeneral | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music
        ASIN: B000HXDHLY
        Release Date: 2006-11-27
        Best of Reunion
        Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
        • Recycled + 1 new song + 1 new version
        		 Best of Reunion
        Loudness
        Manufacturer: Tokuma
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        GeneralGeneral | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music
        Hard Rock & MetalHard Rock & Metal | Imports | Stores | Music
        ASIN: B000ALIZJC
        Release Date: 2005-10-03

        Tracks:

        1. Jack
        2. Wolfgang Amadeus
        3. Winds Of Victory
        4. End Of Earth
        5. Stay Wild
        6. Pandemonium
        7. What's The Truth?
        8. Hellrider
        9. Biosphere
        10. Cyber Soul
        11. Cross
        12. Exultation
        13. Lunatic
        14. Live For The Moment

        Album Description

        Re-formed Japanese metal band play their hits. Again. Japan Records. 2005.

        Customer Reviews:

        3 out of 5 stars Recycled + 1 new song + 1 new version.......2005-10-14

        Made in JAP in 2005, Serial# TKCA-72903, Playing Time 75:51

        Contrarily to the "album description" posted on the page, which, at the time of this writing, reads: "Re-formed Japanese metal band play their hits. Again. Japan Records. 2005.", this CD does NOT mainly contain NEW interpretations of previously released material (for those, you need to get their "Rockshocks" CD)

        "Reunion - The Best Of" is in a fact a compilation of material lifted from 6 sources:

        1) track 2 is from the single "The Battleship Musashi";
        2) tracks 3, 4 and 5 are from the "Spiritual Canoe" CD;
        3) tracks 6 and 7 are from the "Pandemonium" CD;
        4) tracks 8 and 9 are from the "Biosphere" CD;
        5) tracks 10 and 11 are from the "Terror" CD;
        6) tracks 12, 13 and 14 are from the "Racing [English Version]" CD.

        Track 1 ("Jack") is a new track, and the CD contains a bonus track (track 15, NOT listed on any the artwork), which is a new rendition of the song "Speed", given a DRASTIC make-over to sound contemporary (or, should I say, to match what the LOUDNESS sound has been in recent years).

        The "original" line-up has reformed in 2001, and I must admit that I'm not especially impressed with the musical direction and overall sound adopted (somewhat too compressed for my taste, though Akira's guitar performances never cease to amaze me!)

        If you have all the recent albums, picking up this CD boils down to an individual (and difficult) choice: whether or not to spend hard-earned cash for basically 1 new song ("Jack"), 1 new version ("Speed") and 1 single-only track ("Wolfgang Amadeus")? I vote "no"...

        I found "Rockshocks" significantly more interesting, even if it consists of re-recorded material, given a second life; perhaps that's because, in my opinion, the compositions were much stronger, and even though the sonic treatment is "current", it's like the best of both worlds.

        To that end, "The Best Of - Reunion", is "the best of" since the "2001 reunion", but omits the excitement from their live performances, which you can get on the "The Soldier's Just Came Back" or "Live 2002" albums.
        The Very Best of Reunion-1987-1992
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          		The Very Best of Reunion-1987-1992

          Manufacturer: clifton records
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD
          ASIN: B00067G7GS

          Product Description

          25 fabulous acappella cuts
          Philadelphia vol. 1 FEATURING: Archie Bell & the Drells, Jerry Butler, Dee Dee Sharp, Bunny Sigler, The O'Jays, The Trammps, Teddy Pendergrass, Patti LaBelle, Norman Harris, Lou Rawls, MFSB, Bobby Rush, Jean Carn, The Jones Girls
          Average customer rating: Not rated
            		Philadelphia vol. 1 FEATURING: Archie Bell & the Drells, Jerry Butler, Dee Dee Sharp, Bunny Sigler, The O'Jays, The Trammps, Teddy Pendergrass, Patti LaBelle, Norman Harris, Lou Rawls, MFSB, Bobby Rush, Jean Carn, The Jones Girls
            Don't Let Love Get You Down - Archie Bell & the Drells / Best Love I Ever Had - Jerry Butler / Easy Money - Dee Dee Sharp / Somebody Loves You - Bunny Sigler , Let's Clean Up the Ghetto / Big Gangster - The O'Jays / Promise Me - The Trammps / You and Me for Right Now - Teddy Pendergrass , Need and Want You - Patti LaBelle / You Make Me Feel Brand New - Norman Harris / Family Reunion - Lou Rawls / Use to Be My Guy - MFSB Love , and I Wanna Do the Do - Bobby Rush / If You Wanna Go Back - Jean Carn / Keep It Comin' - The Jones Girls / Rhythm Talk
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD
            ASIN: B000RCA54M

            Music Track:

            1. Buried in Oblivion
            2. Calling the Wild
            3. Chemical Wedding
            4. Cinnamon Girl [CD-single]
            5. Come an Get It [Import]
            6. Cultosaurus Erectus [Import]
            7. Deathshead Extermination
            8. Despise the Sun
            9. Died Laughing [Import]
            10. Dirty Weapons [Extra tracks]

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