Millennium Soul Party

Track Listings

1. Sweet Soul Music - Arthur Conley

2. I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) - The Four Tops

3. Respect - Aretha Franklin

4. Tell It Like It Is - Aaron Neville

5. In the Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett

6. Soul Man - Sam & Dave

7. Oogum Boogum Song - Brenton Wood

8. My Guy - Mary Wells

9. Green Onions - Booker T. & the MG's

10. I Got You (I Feel Good) - James Brown

11. Dancing in the Street - Martha & the Vandellas

12. (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher - Jackie Wilson

13. Slip Away - Clarence Carter

14. My Girl - The Temptations

15. (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding

16. Where Did Our Love Go - The Supremes

17. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) - Marvin Gaye

18. When a Man Loves a Woman - Percy Sledge

19. You've Really Got a Hold on Me - The Miracles

20. I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Gladys Knight & the Pips

Millennium Soul Party,Various Artists,Rhino / Wea,Deep Soul,Girl Group,Memphis Soul,Motown,Pop,Pop-Soul,Pop/Rock,Quiet Storm,R&B,Smooth Soul,Soul,Soul/Reggae/Rhythm & Blues,Southern Soul,Urban

Tracks:

Brick House - Commodores
Love Rollercoaster - Ohio Players
Dazz - Brick
Tear The Roof Off This Sucker (Give Up The Funk) - Parliament
Jungle Boogie - Kool & The Gang
Tell Me Something Good - Rufus
Serpentine Fire - Earth, Wind & Fire
Pick Up The Pieces - AWB
Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry
I'll Take You There - Staple Singers
Do It ('Til You're Satisfied) - B.T. Express
Superfly - Curtis Mayfield
What Is Hip? - Tower Of Power
Best Of My Love - Emotions
Atomic Dog - George Clinton
Slide - Slave
Fantastic Voyage - Lakeside
More Bounce To The Ounce-Part 1 - Zapp
You Dropped A Bomb On Me - Gap Band
Rapper's Delight - Sugarhill Gang

Customer Reviews:

Throw a Party!!!!.......2005-11-02

If you want the excitement and dancing to start, throw in this album. I must say, everytime I throw a party, this album is THE FAVORITE!! You won't go wrong with the Classic Funk sounds of Classic Funk artists. Trust me, you'll think if this album everytime you want to GET DOWN!!!

This CD Changed My Life!!!.......2005-06-08

I vividly remember walking into Circuit City six years ago and picking up this CD out of morbid curiosity. At the time, I was fifteen years old, and had spent most of my life listening to mainstream oldies radio. I had been exposed to copious amounts of Motown, which I love passionately to this very day, but other than the polished arrangements of Motown and Northern Soul, I had never really been introduced to black popular music from this era.

When I got home that day and flipped this disc, my life was changed forever. The thumping bass, screeching brass, and thundering drums woke me up to a musical style that was wholly different from anything I had ever experienced. The Ohio Players, Parliament Funkadellic, Roger & Zapp, etc. raised the bar for what could be done with a live band and a groovy hook. If you want to know what musical pioneers were directly responsible for hip-hop and rap (a musical genre that I've only recently come to respect and appreciate), look no further than this fabulous compilation.

I would recommend this CD for anybody who ever believed that nothing musically worthwhile originated in the 1970's, or for those who may be put off by inevitable comparisons between funk and disco. The bands on this disc pack such a wallop that their role in the history of popular music is as unquestionable as it was pivotal in the transition from traditional R&B to hip-hop and G-funk. And, speaking personally, this is definitely one of my top ten "Desert Island Disc" picks. I can't imagine a more wonderful way to spend the rest of my life than on a secluded tropical paradise, blaring George Clinton from a good strong sub-woofer.

Bring on the funk.......2002-12-20

Every song on this CD had me singing along with the songs that I remember from so long ago. This is one of the best various artist CDs on the market. Every last one of these songs is vintage funk. There is no filler on this CD, its all great music that will have toes tapping, feet stomping and butts shaking.

Source of many a rap rip-off or sample.......2000-07-10

This CD is definitely one of the best party and driving CDs in my collection. It's kinda like going back in time and finding a long-lost soul station somewhere down south. Every track here is a classic - it's fun to play this CD for someone who just heard a great 'original' rap song and play the funk song it was swiped from! The music here shows lack of originality in some of today's R&B; it also shows the creativity of many of the 70's and 80's funksters, even if some of them only had a couple of hits. This CD is guaranteed to liven up your next party or get together - so much better than many of the tired, safe as skim milk, moldy oldies compilations found at too many baby boomer parties today.

CLASSIC MUSIC.......2000-04-20

Nowadays When You See what's out now you can't imagine Listening to Most Of The Stuff that's Out Now in 20 years.but Here is Music that you can Groove To for the Next Many,Many,Many Years&it will never Lose it's Groove.it is a Fantastic VOyage had by all that Bop on this.

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High Quality FUNK -- pure party music
A few unfamiliars

New Millennium Funk Party
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
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Millennium Party: Funk
Pure Funk
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ASIN: B00005ARFQ
Release Date: 2001-04-03

Tracks:

That Lady (Part I) - The Isley Brothers
Fire - Ohio Players
Shining Star - Earth, Wind & Fire
Super Freak (Part I) - Rick James
Flash Light - Parliament
Word Up - Cameo
Superfly Theme: Freddie's Dead - Curtis Mayfield
Take Me To The River - Al Green
For The Love Of Money - The O'Jays
Cold Sweat (Part I) - James Brown
You Sexy Thing - Hot Chocolate
Respect Yourself - The Staple Singers
I Gotcha - Joe Tex
Cut The Cake - AWB
Lady Marmalade - LaBelle
One Nation Under A Groove (Part I) - Funkadelic
Bustin' Loose (Part I) - Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers
Got To Give It Up (Part I) - Marvin Gaye
Down To The Nightclub - Tower Of Power
(Every Time I Turn Around) Back In Love Again - L.T.D.

Customer Reviews:

High Quality FUNK -- pure party music.......2005-09-17

Coming on the heels of the original Millennium FUNK Party, NEW Millennium Funk Party is just as strong. This collection is a 70s/80s DJs dream of high quality, danceable 70s funk that has few weak points. All of these tracks are digitally remastered, and sound studio clean. My personal favorites from this CD are Fire (Ohio Players), For The Love Of Money (O'Jays), Supeprfreak (Rick James) and the cherry on my funky sundae, Bustin' Loose (Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers). There are a couple tracks that are not what this DJ would call "funk", but still high quality R&B tracks nonetheless. These would be Lady Marmalade (LaBelle) and Respect Yourself (Staple Singers) OK, so someone ran a few tracks shy of a funk CD, at least they filled with some GREAT R&B numbers. This CD is great dance music for us children of the 70s and 80s. It is also playable as "old school" I highly recommend this CD if you like your soulful music sung and not rapped, or if you want to hear some top rate percussion, brilliant horn sections, tight harmony and infectious basslines -- in a word, musicianship. I would also recommend this CD for those who wonder where those cool samples came from in their modern hip hop songs. I would not recommend this CD if you want a smooth, slow, mellow R&B sound.... this music is upbeat and lively from start to finish.

A few unfamiliars.......2005-07-21

I really am enjoying this CD. However, there are a few titles that I am not familiar with but thought I'd give it a try. I wish I had gone with my gut and ordered the CD "Pure Funk" instead. It has a lot of the same songs as the New Millenium Funk Party but more classics. This is definately a good CD though.

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Good collection, although the title is a bit misplaced.
Excellent Song Selection
Groovy, baby!

Millennium 60's Rock Party
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
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ASIN: B00000JNIM
Release Date: 1999-08-03

Tracks:

You Really Got Me - The Kinks
Do Wah Diddy Diddy - Manfred Mann
Mony Mony - Tommy James & The Shondells
Oh, Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison & The Candy Men
The Loco-Motion - Little Eva
Shout-Part 1 - The Isley Brothers
Wooly Bully - Sam The Sham & The Pharoahs
Gimme Some Lovin' - The Spencer Davis Group
Just Like Me - Paul Revere & The Raiders
The Letter - The Box Tops
Wild Thing - The Troggs
Happy Together - The Turtles
Incense And Peppermints - Strawberry Alarm Clock
Hang On Sloopy - The McCoys
Good Lovin' - The Young Rascals
Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love) - Swingin' Medallions
Nobody But Me - The Human Beinz
If You Wanna Be Happy - Jimmy Soul
I Only Want To Be With You - Dusty Springfield

Customer Reviews:

Good collection, although the title is a bit misplaced........2003-03-06

As with the New Wave and Classic Rock albums, the titles are a bit off compared to the content of the disc. They seem to have a tendency to shove in popular tunes whether they fit in or not. On the plus side, the songs are all great, and the sound quality isn't too shabby either.

All the songs are feel-good, there's a nice variety in the songs selected (nothing repetitive), and Rhino was fairly generous with the tracks. The disc totals 51 minutes 20 seconds. I could have done with a few more songs, though. If you want some of the tracks on this collection, but don't want to have to buy the individual albums, this is probably one of the best compilation discs to get. It would serve as a good introduction to '60's rock, since it does have a paragraph written on each featured artist, and a listing of where each song topped on the Billboard charts.

Excellent Song Selection.......2001-05-09

For me, Sixties rock began in 1964 with the British invasion. As such, Jimmy Soul's semi-novelty "If You Wanna Be Happy" and Little Eva's girl group smash "The Loco-Motion"--though a terrific song--doesn't really fit. And the Isley Brothers' "Shout-Part 1" was released in 1959! [It would have made more sense to include Joe Dee and the Starlighters' cover version which went Top 10 in 1961.]

With that said, this is a terrific collection of some of the best songs of the mid-Sixties. Nearly half of these songs--tracks 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 14, 16, 17 and 19--made music critic Dave Marsh's book "The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made." [P.S. - "Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" is the final track on this 20-song collection.]

While many of these tracks have been recycled ad nauseum for decades on various anthologies, Rhino does a nice job of packaging them with an informative--if somewhat brief--set of liner notes and as always uses excellent source tapes throughout. My only complaint is that a single disc is too brief. This could easily have been a double-disc set without any drop off in quality or even made into a series like Rhino's earlier Top Rock Hits or Have a Nice Day series. But two years after this disc's original release, that doesn't seem likely. So if these songs are missing from your collection, this is a cost effective way to remedy that. RECOMMENDED

Groovy, baby!.......2000-01-08

I think this is a very groovy, well-blended '60s CD. My favorites on this CD are "These Boots Are Made For Walking", "If You Wanna Be Happy", "You Really Got Me", and "O Pretty Woman", but I love every other track except two. I don't like "Happy Together" and "I Only Want To Be With You". I'm only a teenager, but I'm really into '60s music, so I highly recommend this CD. If you really love the '60s sound, I would also recommend Smash Mouth's "Astro Lounge" to you.

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Millennium Blues Party brings the party to life
MILLENNIUM BLUES

New Millennium Blues Party
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
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ASIN: B00004YLI6
Release Date: 2000-10-17

Tracks:

Hoochie Coochie Man - Eric Clapton
Smoking Gun - Robert Cray Band
It Hurt So Bad - Susan Tedeschi
Manish Boy - Muddy Waters
Bad To The Bone - George Thorogood & The Destroyers
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Johnny Lang
Tuff Enuff - The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Runaway - Bonnie Raitt
Smoke Stack Lightning - Howlin' Wolf
Born With A Broken Heart - Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Ain't Wastin' Time No More - The Allman Brothers Band
Something's Got A Hold On Me - Etta James
Born Under A Bad Sign - Albert King
Johnny B. Goode - Johnny Winter
Big Boss Man - Jimmy Reed
The Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King
Dust My Broom - Elmore James
Wang Dang Doodle - Koko Taylor
Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker
Flood Down In Texas - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble

Customer Reviews:

Millennium Blues Party brings the party to life.......2001-02-12

Whether you are a seasoned veteran or a new blues lover, this CD brings your listening pleasure to new peaks. This collection of nearly 80 minutes of blues tunes effectively brings together some of today's stars (Clapton, Cray) with past blues legends (Waters, Hooker).

If you're looking for some mood background music or some tunes to be a hit of the party...you need not look any further because Millennium Blues Party is your answer. Fact is...I'm not sure you can find a better mix of blues artists elsewhere!

MILLENNIUM BLUES.......2000-10-29

A GOOD VARIETY OF SOME OF THE BEST BLUES ON 1 CD DON'T PASS THIS ONE UP IT'S JUST AWSOME!! HI MOM.

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Could Have Been Named "Millennium 60's Soul AND Rock"
A Soul party
Let's Hope There's a Volume II
Sweet Soul Music

Millennium Soul Party
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004SWDW
Release Date: 2000-05-23

Tracks:

Sweet Soul Music - Arthur Conley
I Can't Help Myself - Four Tops
Respect - Aretha Franklin
Tell It Like It Is - Aaron Neville
In The Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett
Soul Man - Sam & Dave
The Oogum Boogum Song - Brenton Wood
My Guy - Mary Wells
Green Onions - Booker T. & The M.G.'s
I Got You (I Feel Good) - James Brown
Dancing In The Street - Martha & The Vandellas
(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher - Jackie Wilson
Slip Away - Clarence Carter
My Girl - The Temptations
(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
Where Did Our Love Go - The Supremes
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) - Marvin Gaye
When A Man Loves A Woman - Percy Sledge
You've Got A Hold On Me - The Miracles
I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Gladys Knight & The Pips

Amazon.com Review

The Melnor eight-way turret sprinkler is a great design for irregularly shaped, small- to medium-size lawn and garden spaces. This classic sprinkler is easy to operate and offers a choice of eight different spray settings to efficiently water nearly any space. Of course, for the youngsters, the most enticing features of this sprinkler are its low profile and all-plastic construction with no sharp edges, which makes it a safe sprinkler for running through to cool off on those hot summer days.

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Could Have Been Named "Millennium 60's Soul AND Rock".......2004-03-16

All of this CDs songs got extensive airplay in the 1960s on not only Soul but also Rock stations. And I agree with prior Reviewers that the songs themselves are excellent.

I also own the CD in this series named "Millenium 60's Rock."

A Soul party.......2000-09-18

if you want Real Soul Music from The Orginal Founders this is it.you are not gonna hear Genius like this on Modern R&B.this is Classic Material that Covers So Many great Talents&how unlike TOday Everybody Here had their Own Idenity.all The Regions are Covered Here.this is Fantastic Musicianship&Talents.Motown,Staxx,&Other Areas are all Covered Here.this set Truly Feels Good.Where has The Music GOne?

Let's Hope There's a Volume II.......2000-07-27

When I first heard about this collection on TV, my first thought was, "Oh great, another knock-off compilation to cash in the the millenium hype!" Then the announcer mentioned it was from Rhino Records. Rhino has long been the preeminent reissue label in this country and they don't disappoint with this 55-minute soul music extravaganza.

From 1963's classic "Green Onions" by Booker T. & The M.G.'s to 1968's "Slip Away" by Clarence Carter, you are treated to some of soul music's high-water marks of the era. Seven of these singles sold more than a million copies apiece, and all but two of them went Top Ten. [The lone exceptions are Wilson Pickett's essential "In the Midnight Hour" and Brenton Wood's "Oogum Boogum Song." In the case of the latter, I would have rather seen his "Gimme Little Sign" which was his biggest hit--#9 in 1967, but that's a minor complaint against an otherwise flawless choice of songs.]

This is quite simply the best single-disc soul anthology on the market. Where else can you get so many terrific songs at this price? It's just one classic after another: "Sweet Soul Music," "Respect," "Soul Man," "(Sittin' On the) Dock of the Bay," "When a Man Loves a Woman"--if this were any better, it would be illegal.

The only problem is that with so many great songs available, you're left wanting more. In the Eighties, Rhino released an amazing anthology series of Sixties soul music called "Soul Shots" (now out of print). Let's hope "Millennium Soul Party" is only volume 1 of many, many more to come. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Sweet Soul Music.......2000-07-14

This is top knotch soul-lifting music - from the "Sweet Soul Music" of Arthur Conley (an homage to the Kings and Queens of Soul) to James Brown's enthusiastic anthem, "I Got You (I Feel Good)." This is the perfect intro to soul music classics and great for anyone starting a collection. Personal fave's include: The sweet "Oogum Boogum Song", "Green Onions" by Booker T. & The M.G.'s and the wonderful "You've Really Got A Hold On Me". A must for "Big Chill" fans.

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Party Of The Millennium
Various Artists , Bangles , The Pointer Sisters , Buster Poindexter , Aretha Franklin , Roy Orbison , The Kingsmen , Glenn Miller And His Orchestra , Manfred Mann , and Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians
Manufacturer: K-Tel
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ASIN: B00000HX4T
Release Date: 1999-01-12

Tracks:

1999 (Intro) - Dr. Fink
Jump, Jive & Wail - Tony Burgos And The Swing Shift Orchestra
In The Mood - Glenn Miller And His Orchestra
The Twist - Chubby Checker
Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix) - Los Del Rio
(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets
Tequila - Champs
Oh Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
Wild Thing - Tone Loc
Rockin' Robin - Bobby Day
Joy To The World - Three Dog Night
Whoomp! There It Is - Tag Team
Jump (For My Love) - The Pointer Sisters
Shout - Otis Day & The Nights

Tracks:

Zoot Suit Riot - Tony Burgos And The Swing Shift Orchestra
Walk Like An Egyptian - Bangles
Do Wah Diddy - Manfred Mann
Strokin' - Clarence Carter
Hot Hot Hot - Buster Poindexter
The Hustle - Van McCoy
Get Ready For This - 2 Unlimited
At The Hop - Danny & The Juniors
Wipe Out - The Surfaris
Freeway Of Love - Aretha Franklin
Rock And Roll Music - Chuck Berry
Louie Louie - The Kingsmen
Auld Lang Syne - Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians
1999 (Outro) - Dr. Fink

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Doo-Wop 101
Rhino is slipping
Buy it!
Most Are Here On One CD
Doo Wop Til You Drop

New Millennium Doo Wop Party
Various Artists
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ASIN: B00004WH8A
Release Date: 2000-09-19

Tracks:

Whispering Bells - The Dell-Vikings
Book Of Love - The Monotones
Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) - The Penguins
Duke Of Earl - Gene Chandler
Speedoo - The Cadillacs
In The Still Of The Nite - The Five Satins
Why Do Fools Fall In Love - The Teenagers
Heart And Soul - The Cleftones
Little Darlin' - The Diamonds
Yakety Yak - The Coasters
Get A Job - The Silhouettes
There's A Moon Out Tonight - The Capris
Blue Moon - The Marcels
Barbara-Ann - The Regents
Shimmy-Shimmy, Ko-Ko-Bop - Little Anthony & The Imperials
Come Go With Me - The Dell-Vikings
I Wonder Why - Dion & The Belmonts
I Only Have Eyes For You - The Flamingos
Save The Last Dance For Me - The Drifters
Ten Commandments Of Love - Harvey & The Moonglows
Little Star - The Elegants
Stay - Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs

Customer Reviews:

Doo-Wop 101.......2006-07-07

Every cut here is original artist, original recording. Rhino has put together a nearly inarguable collection of the most recognizable doo-wop ditties in great sound (many in true stereo) on 1 CD. (I say "nearly" because I don't consider "Barbara Ann" and "Shimmy Shimmy Ko Ko Bop" to be doo-wop though they are classics in their own right. Others may differ.)

If you are wanting to understand what made this music tick, this is probably the best place for a novice to start. Recommended.

4 1/2 stars

Rhino is slipping.......2005-02-22

While most of the tracks on this CD sound great, and a few are even in true stereo, one of my favorites sounds terrible. "Duke of Earl" by Gene Chandler, presented here in stereo as originally recorded, is, in a word, defective. The sound in the different channels keeps weaving in and out. Surely this could have been cleaned up, it sounds like the speaker wires are loose on the stereo but they're not. This especially sucks because it's one of the main reasons I purchased this disc, fully expecting Rhino to get it right. It's available on numerous other collections and I should have bought one of those instead.

Buy it!.......2003-01-20

These recordings sounded better than they did forty years ago. None of the hiss, pops, and static we used to contend with. The recording quality surprised me as I expected this old music to sound weak and monotone. It is very enjoyable on the stereo in my modern vehicle.

Most Are Here On One CD.......2002-11-15

The back of this CD reads "You can spend your time running around town, buying up each ba bb ba, every dang a dang dang, and all the ding dong dings you can get your hands on. Or you can go about it the right way. Pick up this one disc and hear the ultimate 22 doo wop cuts of all time. You decide." It may not contain every song you may like, but you can't argue with the ones that are included on this disc. Here it is. Buy it!

Doo Wop Til You Drop.......2001-05-09

This is an amazing collection of nearly an hour's worth of doo wop classics from the golden age of doo wop, roughly 1955 through 1962. To the average listener of oldies radio, these are all readily recognizable tunes since this collections leans heavily toward the chart hits--more than half of these were Top Ten hits and "Duke of Earl," "Yakety Yak," "Get a Job," "Blue Moon," "Save the Last Dance for Me," "Little Star" and "Stay" all reached the No. 1 spot.