Best of En Vogue

Editorial Reviews
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Assembled by producers and kneecapped by the departure of their most distinctive singer, Dawn Robinson, En Vogue remains the definitive diva-soul harmony group of the '90s, less on the strength of their meringuey harmonies than on their extraordinary material. This collection, cannily sequenced to hide later, lesser tracks between the hits, skims the cream from their three albums and EP, throws in 1998's "No Fool No More" single, and generally opts for album versions rather than EV's spiffy single remixes. It reveals an act that went from pleasant Soul II Soul-ish fluff to real soul power when it dedicated itself to updating R&B and funk traditions: quoting Funkadelic (and later paraphrasing their "Knee Deep" as "Let It Flow"), harmonizing over a stuttering James Brown riff, and getting their slow jams by way of '60s deep-soul ballads. --Douglas Wolk

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Best of En Vogue

Tracks:

Hold On
Free Your Mind
My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)
Don't Let Go (Love)
Give It Up, Turn It Loose
Whatta Man
Lies
Whatever
Love Don't Love You
You Don't Have To Worry
Waitin' On You
Runaway Love
Giving Him Something He Can Feel
Don't Go
Let It Flow
Hold On (Hip Hop Remix)

Customer Reviews:

Songbirds!.......2007-01-09

What else to say about this group. With great songs and the vocals to match, this is simply a great compilation of hits!

Maybe, maybe not.......2006-11-11

Hey, if you are feenin' for the sounds of your favorite Divas without having to buy all their albums, this is definitely for you. If you are looking for a great quality production, you may want to look elsewhere. This CD kind of sounds like an audio tape, so if you've been spoiled by the latest technology and cannot stand old stuff, it's probably better to buy the original CD's.

EV 4 Life.......2006-02-25

If I hear one more person say that somebody like TLC is the best girl group ever, I will hurl. They may have been the best-selling convection of recent time, but let's be real the quality of their music leaves alot to be desired. I like several of their songs, but EnVoge paved the way for TLC, DESTINY'S CHILD, SPICE GIRLS, SWV, and the PUSSYCAT DOLLS (YUCK!) The classiest funkiest group of ladies since the Labelles and Supremes! I like almost every song, but listen and let the CD just play. So it gets 5 stars. Its too bad EV didn't come out right now, they'd be the hottest thing in music industry. Sadly, the chemicals have to be 'just right' to continue torrid success in black music. The Industry is fical about who and what they decide to promote fairly in R & B. Toni Braxton was as big as Celine Dion, now she can't even get on VH1. If you like soulful fun-loving romantic sassy R & B, you will love this album. The songs they chose are choice for old fans and new ones unfamilar with the ladies of EnVogue. Unfortunately once Dawn left, the group was never the same. She needed her sisters and they definitely needed her. Their last big hit was right before she left. Like with many group dynamics money becomes an issue for one or all of them. Dawn said she had no money, split a small lottery fortune 4 ways+ production ect. you won't have any money. But that doesn't diminish their great accomplishments and great records, this is one of them. My favorites are "Whata Man, Lies, Part of Me, Giving him something he can feel, Never Gonna Git it) but theres too many to name. The only group I can even compare them to I guess is Destiny's Child, as far as quality of the time. EV was considered hip, sexy, and all had good voices. These record company execs need to take a look how to put together and promote quality artists.

EN VOGUE 4 LIFE!!.......2004-09-23

No matter what these ladies do later on in their careers, they will always be the FUNKY DIVAS OF SOUL!! This second "Best Of" offering is a little more comprehensive as the first only scratched the surface of their work. Included here are two of the four hits from BORN TO SING ("Don't Go" & "You Don't Have To Worry") which were omitted from the first "Greatest Hits" LP. Although I would have preferred "Just Can't Stay Away", "Too Gone, Too Long" and "Damn, I Wanna Be Your Lover" over "so-so" tracks like "Waitin' On You", "Love Don't Love You" and the "Hold On" Remix, I was still quite pleased with this offering. Hopefully one day other fan favorites like "Riddle", "Sad But True" and "Love Won't Take Me Out" (from MASTERPIECE THEATRE) will make the cut on future compilations. At any rate, anything with the "En Vogue" name attached is always worth a listen.

LOVE, PEACE & SOUL FLOWER! PASS IT ON!!

A Set of Great Singers!!!!!!!!.......2004-09-02

First, of all I love this group. This was one of the best Black Female group of the 90's. These women could sing very well and they were beautiful I have the best of Envogue it is a great cd.
But, this cd has a lot more Envogue songs to offer. If you liked Envogue during the 90's then you would definitely love this cd. I wish the original members would get back together and do another album .

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The Best of En Vogue
Still waiting for a GOOD EV Greatest Hits disc.
Where is Theme From Roc?
Beauty, Class, Style, and Grace!!!!
The best girl group ever!

The Best of En Vogue
En Vogue
Manufacturer: East/West Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Contemporary R&B | R&B | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B00000J860
Release Date: 1999-06-01

Tracks:

My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)
Hold On
Whatta Man
Free Your Mind
Don' t Let Go (Love)
Giving Him Something He Can Feel
No Fool No More
Whatever
Lies
Give It Up, Turn It Loose
Runaway Love
Too Gone, Too Long
Let It Flow
Love Don't Love You
Bonus Track 1
Bonus Track 2

Amazon.com

Assembled by producers and kneecapped by the departure of their most distinctive singer, Dawn Robinson, En Vogue remains the definitive diva-soul harmony group of the '90s, less on the strength of their meringuey harmonies than on their extraordinary material. This collection, cannily sequenced to hide later, lesser tracks between the hits, skims the cream from their three albums and EP, throws in 1998's "No Fool No More" single, and generally opts for album versions rather than EV's spiffy single remixes. It reveals an act that went from pleasant Soul II Soul-ish fluff to real soul power when it dedicated itself to updating R&B and funk traditions: quoting Funkadelic (and later paraphrasing their "Knee Deep" as "Let It Flow"), harmonizing over a stuttering James Brown riff, and getting their slow jams by way of '60s deep-soul ballads. --Douglas Wolk

Customer Reviews:

The Best of En Vogue.......2007-01-09

Cannot give this CD a good review because it was so scatched it repeated the same song. The seller did refund my money, which I did not request but did get an email about "you got your order, what else can I do for your?" Thanks, Mary A. Mooney

Still waiting for a GOOD EV Greatest Hits disc........2006-12-23

I suppose if you must, this is the best of your available choices in terms of hard-to-find material. There's four songs not available on any proper EV album; it contains soundtrack single No Fool No More, the radio version of Love Don't Love You (with a much better beat), plus two hidden bonus tracks: the radio remix of Let It Flow (previously unreleased in the US), and a completely new extended remix of Hold On (which is NOT the same as the remix on the Very Best of En Vogue--it's updated, more house-like).
Everything else can be found on their albums, and unfortunately the single versions were often preferrable--EVERY song here once had a different radio mix. There has NEVER been an En Vogue compilation with all the single versions, and it's irritating. I keep hoping they'll release one eventually.
So you could buy this and get mostly album tracks that aren't necessarily what you remember off the radio; or you could buy their full-length albums and explore their other good "filler" tracks, like Yesterday, Hooked On Your Love, The Right Direction, and Fallin' In Love.
This set also lacks You Don't Have To Worry (one of the surprisingly few top 40 pop hits they had, I don't know why it's not here), Don't Go (a fairly major R&B-only hit), and Riddle (from the subsequent Masterpiece Theater album).

The ONLY advantage "The Very Best Of..." has over this is that the Very Best Of has liner notes with a fairly thorough group bio, chart positions, promo photos, and album references. This comp has pretty much nothing of interest in the liner notes. I don't honestly know who reads these besides me, though.

So, yeah. The Best of En Vogue is adequate, but not great, and the other compilations honestly aren't any better.

For the record, the single versions were as follows:
1) My Lovin': less one chorus and half the annoying "you bet!" bridge, although the heavily sampled Hyperadio remix was also popular
2) Hold On: additional instrumental bridge, different fade, sometimes without the a capella intro (for better or for worse)
3) Whatta Man: snappier remix, additional/CLEARER adlibs by En Vogue, earlier fade
4) Free Your Mind: chopped two choruses, and it honestly needs the edit. There were various R&B-oriented radio remixes, too.
5) Don't Let Go: shorter intro and fade, chopped some adlibs
6) No Fool No More: slightly more poppy remix
7) Whatever: minimal edit to intro
8) Giving Him Something He Can Feel: edits to the intro and spoken bridge
9) Lies: completely overhauled music, more danceable beat
10) Give It Up Turn It Loose: they got rid of that ANNOYING spoken intro
11) Runaway Love: earlier fade
12) Too Gone Too Long: earlier fade
If they could just put out a comp with the radio versions of 1-5, and 8-10, it'd be so much more worthwhile.

Where is Theme From Roc?.......2006-06-27

In my eye, this CD is NOT complete because the theme to 'Roc'...'Live Your Life Today' is not on here, or anywhere. Actually, watching reruns of Roc reminded me that their 2nd theme song is beautiful, and they should have promoted that song. Sad...

But, I love those funky divas!

Beauty, Class, Style, and Grace!!!!.......2004-02-18

This was a dynamic girl group these women posessed beauty, class, style, and grace and they all could sing every last four of these woman sing well they all can sing unlike other groups where you have one good singer these women are educated, beautiful, talented they all have beautiful voices, they all posess class they all can sing and dance and they all posess style by the way that they dress so therefore what else can you say about these women but I wish that they would have stuck together because they were good so therefore whenever I need a taste of Envogue I listen to this cd and the other cds that I have by them but this is one of my favorite Envogue cds it contains some of my favorites: Don't let go love, Hold on, Lies, Free Your Mind, Give it up turn it loose, and many others I love this album these women should reunite and get back together and do some more good music together I really do enjoy this cd and reccommend anyone who likes Envogue to purchase this cd!!!!

The best girl group ever!.......2003-12-21

En Vogue has to be the best girl group ever! They paved the way for many other new girlgroups like Brownstone, Xscape, Vybe, Pure Soul, Destiny's Child and SWV. This "Best Of" collection is a must have! I've been a long time EV fan and this CD gets listened to very often. Every popular hit of their's is on this compilation. I only wish a few other songs were included as well, like: "You Don't Have To Worry," "Part Of Me," "Silent Night," and "Hooked On Your Love." Those are also great songs that could've been included in this set, but nonetheless it's still a Great collection of their biggest hits. The highlights are: "Hold On," "Don't Let Go," "Lies," "Whatta Man," "Giving Him Something He Can Feel," and "Free Your Mind." This CD is very enjoyable and the kind of music you'll never get bored of. If you don't already own any of their albums, then grab this one today!

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En Vogue: The Best of Jacques Dutronc
Jacques Dutronc
Manufacturer: Sony / Bmg Import
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | International | Styles | Music

General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music

International | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B000249FLE
Release Date: 2004-08-24

Tracks:

Et Moi, Et Moi, Et Moi
Mini, Mini, Mini
Les Playboys
On Nous Cache Tout, On Nous Dit Rien
Fille Du Pe No
Les Cactus
J'aime Les Filles
L'idole
Publicit
Il Est Cinq Heures, Paris S'eille
Fais Pas Ci, Fais Pas
L'opportuniste
Le Roi De La Fe
L'aventurier
Le Responsable
L'hesse De L'air
Le Fond De L'air Est Frais
Le Petit Jardin
Le Dragueur Des Supermarch
Gentleman Cambrioleur
Les Playboys (Version Espagnole)
Et Moi, Et Moi, Et Moi (Version Italienne)

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Best of En Vogue
En Vogue
Manufacturer: Msi/Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Contemporary R&B | R&B | Styles | Music

General | R&B | Styles | Music

R&B | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00000GWXW
Release Date: 1998-12-15

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The Best of En Vogue
En Vogue
Manufacturer: Wea International
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Contemporary R&B | R&B | Styles | Music

General | R&B | Styles | Music

General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music

New Jack | R&B | Styles | Music

Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music

R&B | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B000027A09
Release Date: 1999-05-04

Tracks:

My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)
Hold On
Whatta Man
Free Your Mind
Don't Let Go (Love)
Giving Him Something He Can Feel
No Fool No More
Whatever
Lies
Give It Up, Turn It Loose
Runaway Love
Too Gone, Too Long
Let It Flow
Love Don't Love You
Let It Flow [Funk Food Radio Remix]
Hold On [Remix]

Album Details

Features a Bonus Track 'Silent Night'.

Average customer rating:

Go to Hell!!!(If this is a bad CD)
its awful

Best Girl Power Album Ever
Spice Girls , En Vogue , and Franklin
Manufacturer: Pid
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Compilations | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music

Pop | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B000005JS9
Release Date: 1997-07-01

Album Description

41 girl power anthems specially chosen by the Spice Girls!Includes hits by Spice Girls, Tori Amos, Luscious Jackson,Eurythmics, Republica, En Vogue, Labelle, Aretha Franklin,Pointer Sisters, Tina Turner, Neneh Cherry, Aaliyah, Mary JBlige, Salt 'N' Pepa,

Customer Reviews:

Go to Hell!!!(If this is a bad CD).......1999-02-19

I love Spice Girls!!!!!

its awful.......1998-08-24

nasty and dumb use of language is badd

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Mobo The Awards "very best in Dance, R & B and Hip Hop" featuring: En Vogue, Shola Ama, Finley Quaye, Jamiroquai, Lighthouse Family, Blackstreet, R Kelly, Coolio, Tina Moore, Brand New Heavies, Mary J. Blige, Warren G., Lisa Stansfield, Rosie Gaines, plus many more...
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ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000NZSTL4

Product Description

CONTAINS 19 TRACKS... don't let go / you might need somebody / even after all / virtual insanity / never, never gonna give you up / ocean drive / say nothin' / keep that dream in your heart / sometimes / i believe i can fly / don't leave me / on & on / love is all we need / c u when u get there / i shot the sheriff / remember me / closer than close / never gonna let you go / breathe

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