Motown Chartbusters, Vol. 3 [Import]

Track Listings

1. I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye

2. I'm Gonna Make You Love Me - Diana Ross, The Supremes, The Temptations

3. My Cherie Amour - Stevie Wonder

4. This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You) - The Isley Brothers

5. I'll Pick a Rose for My Rose - Marv Johnson

6. No Matter What Sign You Are - Diana Ross, The Supremes

7. I'm in a Different World - The Four Tops

8. Dancing in the Street - Martha & the Vandellas

9. For One in My Life - Stevie Wonder

10. You're All I Need to Get By - Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrell

11. Get Ready - The Temptations

12. Stop Her on Sight (SOS) - Edwin Starr

13. Love Child - Diana Ross, The Supremes

14. Behind a Painted Smile - The Isley Brothers

15. (I'm A) Road Runner - Junior Walker & the All-Stars

16. Tracks of My Tears - Smokey Robinson & the Miracles

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Tracks:

I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
I'm Gonna Make You Love Me - Diana Ross, The Supremes, The Temptations
My Cherie Amour - Stevie Wonder
This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You) - The Isley Brothers
I'll Pick a Rose for My Rose - Marv Johnson
No Matter What Sign You Are - Diana Ross, The Supremes
I'm in a Different World - The Four Tops
Dancing in the Street - Martha & the Vandellas
For Once in My Life - Stevie Wonder
You're All I Need to Get By - Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrell
Get Ready - The Temptations
Stop Her on Sight (SOS) - Edwin Starr
Love Child - Diana Ross, The Supremes
Behind a Painted Smile - The Isley Brothers
(I'm A) Road Runner - Junior Walker & the All-Stars
Tracks of My Tears - Smokey Robinson & the Miracles

Customer Reviews:

Volume 3 of 12 looks at 1968 and 1969.......2005-03-14

This is generally regarded as the strongest of the twelve volumes and it's not difficult to see why, although some of the other early volumes are also very strong.

The oldest track here is Dancing in the street (Martha Reeves and the Vandellas), which was only a minor UK hit when first released in 1964 but a UK top five hit when re-issued in 1969.

The set opens with I heard it through the grapevine (Marvin Gaye), one of Motown's biggest hits ever, which made number one in Britain and America when first released and returned to the UK top ten in 1986 following its re-issue after being used in a TV commercial.

The Isley brothers are not generally remembered for their Motown recordings but they had two UK top five hits with the label. This old heart of mine, a minor UK hit in 1966, made the UK top three when re-issued in 1968. Rod Stewart covered the song and did almost as well with it in 1975. Behind a painted smile made the UK top five for the Isley brothers in 1969.

Other classics include I'm gonna make you love me (Diana Ross and the Supremes and the Temptations), My Cherie amour, For once on my life (Stevie Wonder), Tracks of my tears (Smokey Robinson and the Miracles), I'll pick a rose for my rose (Marv Johnson) and Get ready (Temptations), all of which made the UK top ten, as well as I'm a road runner (Junior Walker) and You're all I need to get by (Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell), both of which made the UK top twenty.

Apart from their collaboration with the Temptations, Diana Ross and the Supremes are represented by Love child and No matter what sign you are - both brilliant though they don't stick in the memory as much as some of their other songs. The same can be said for I'm in a different world (Four Tops) and Stop her on sight (Edwin Starr).

I'm not sure if this is my favorite volume but it's definitely a contender. My favorites are the two Isley brothers tracks and Dancing in the street.

Favourite Motown Chartbusters.......2002-08-04

This album takes me back but what a superb collection it is!

Starting off with that wonderful Marvin Gaye classic, 'I Heard It through the Grapevine', this album just goes from strength to strength.

Diane Ross and the Supremes contribute three tracks, 'I'm Gonna Make You Love Me' and Love Child being two of them, some great Isley Brothers, Stevie Wonder, Martha Reeves, Temptations, Junior walker and the All Stars and Smokey Robinson with the Miracles.

There are no duds on this collection of 16 tracks and something to suit everyone's taste. The selections, if I remember correctly, were all hits in Britain which is why the collection was never re;eased in the US but it is now available as an import as well as others in the series.

It does point to the fact that the Motown back catalogue has not been effectively mined to delight the millions of Motown fans from it's heyday in the 1960s. Perhaps some enterprising record company executive might look into why these collections did so well and bring out some definitive Tamla Motown CD releases which, in my humble opinion, put current artists to shame.

20 Detroit Chartbusters, Vol. 3
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20 Detroit Chartbusters, Vol. 3
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Motor City
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0002BGO0M
Release Date: 1991-01-01