Best Soul Album in the World

Track Listings

1. Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye

2. People Get Ready - The Impressions

3. Rainy Night in Georgia - Randy Crawford

4. Respect Yourself - The Staple Singers

5. Me and Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul

6. My Girl - The Temptations

7. I Can't Stand the Rain - Ann Peebles

8. Soul Man - Sam & Dave

9. Woman to Woman - Shirley Brown

10. Woman's Gotta Have It - Bobby Womack

11. Nightshift - The Commodores

12. Hangin' on a String (Contemplating) - Loose Ends

13. Piece of My Heart - Erma Franklin

14. Tired of Being Alone - Al Green

15. Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake) [Edit] - Freddie Jackson

16. Something Beautiful Remains - Tina Turner

17. Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic [Edit] - Isaac Hayes

Best Soul Album in the World,Various Artists,Virgin Records,Blaxploitation,Deep Soul,Memphis Soul,Pop,Pop-Soul,Quiet Storm,R&B,Smooth Soul,Soul,Soul/Reggae/Rhythm & Blues,Uptown Soul,Urban

Tracks:

Song For My Father - Horace Silver
Blue Train - John Coltrane
Moanin' - Art Blakely And The Jazz Messengers
Blues Walk - Lou Donaldson
Autumn Leaves - Cannonball Adderley
Midnight Blue - Kenny Burrell
The Sidewinder - Lee Morgan
Waltermelon Man - Herbie Hancock
Amen - Donald Byrd
Born To Be Blue - Grant Green

Tracks:

Cantaloop - Us3
The Turnaround - John Patton
Greasy Granny - Charlie Hunter Trio
Back At The Chicken Shack - Jimmy Smith
Soy Califa - Dexter Gordon
Girl From Ipanema - Eliane Elias
Thinkin' About Your Body - Bobby McFerrin
Tupelo Honey - Cassandra Wilson
At Last - Lou Rawls/Dianne Reeves
Because I Love You - Richard Elliot

Album Description

The perfect introduction to jazz by the genre's most legendary record label! Founded in 1939, Blue Note was a pioneer in jazz's golden age, serving as a breeding ground for legends such as Miles Davis, Horace Silver, Art Blakey and Kenny Burrell. Even today the label continues building its legacy with contemporary acts like Norah Jones and Medeski, Martin & Wood. This single disc compilation offers the perfect introduction to both Blue Note and the genre for which this label became an unarguable mark of quality!

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful.......2007-02-08

There are not many CDs like this in the world. A lot of the albums from which these songs are taken would be worth the purchase price of the whole album just because of the one song.

"Watermelon Man" for example is Herbie Hancock's most memorable song and one could never go wrong buying a whole Herbie Hancock album. Ditto for Horace Silver ("Song For My Father").

So, these are all songs from groundbreaking albums that have stood the test of time. What more could you want in a compilation CD?

(One more thing that is good-- though trivial-- is that the CD has a track listing printed on the CD itself if you are not a person that likes to keep CD covers. I'm not.)

This CD is even worth the purchase price NEW.

Top of the Line Jazz (Even for the casual jazz fan).......2003-06-09

Though I've never been a big jazz fan, the intriguing title as well as the fact that I found this in the local library served to inspired me to give it a go. Basically I'd say that this is truly a great collection of vintage jazz from the Blue Note label. Whether it's the "greatest ever" I really couldn't say, but definitely top-notch in my book. Some of the highlight classics are Horace Silver's "Song For My Father", Herbie Hancocks's "Watermelon Man" and Jimmy Smith's "Back At the Chicken Shack" as well as a couple of excellent vocals by Cassandra Wilson and Lou Rawls. The only clunker is a ridiculous acapella by Bobby McFerrin called "Thinkin' About Your Body". Even if you somehow liked "Don't Worry, Be Happy", this one is sure to turn off all but the most fanatical McFerrin fan. In a nutshell, two thumbs up (As long as you skip over the McFerrin track)!

Just what I was looking for!.......2001-07-26

This is the answer to my prayers! I've always wanted an album that just had one great Blue Note hit after another and here it is! Silver, Coltrane, Blakey, Us3, and more make this the quintessential Blue Note compilation. This album captures the essence of Blue Note Records to a tee and keeps kicking away with the "Class A" jazz for which they are famous.

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Not the best ever...but still darn good
Classic In Every Way! You will FEEL the Blues!
The best ever?
Buy it!

The Best Blues Album in the World Ever
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us
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ASIN: B00004LMKJ
Release Date: 2000-02-29

Tracks:

Illustrated Man - Johnny Winter
Frosty - Albert Collins
I've Got Love If You Want It - John Hammond
Three O'Clock Blues - B.B. King
Can't Stay Away - Charlie Musselwhite
Don't Get Me Shook Up - Duke Robillard
Cold Sweat - The Boneshakers
Me And My Baby - Larry McCray
No More Doggin' - Colin James And The Little Big Band
Too Early To Tell - The Kinsey Report
I Shall Not Be Moved - Pops Staples
Get Your Lies Straight - Terry Evans
Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl - Hadda Brooks
Down Here In The Real Big Empty - Roy Rogers
Dust My Broom - Elmore James
Today Is Your Birthday - Solomon Burke
Tramp - Lowell Fulsom
So Good To My Baby - Big Maybelle

Tracks:

Mannish Boy - Muddy Waters
My Babe - Little Walter
Wang Dang Doodle - Koko Taylor
Little Red Rooster - Howlin' Wolf
Reelin' & Rockin' - Chuck Berry
I'd Rather Go Blind - Etta James
Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker
Still Got The Blues - Gary Moore
Shame Shame Shame - Johnny Winter
Help Me Somebody - Jon Cleary
Born Under A Bad Sign - Albert King
Chill Out (Things Gonna Change) - John Lee Hooker
Shotgun Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins
Me & My Guitar - Freddie King
Damn Right, I've Got The Blues - Buddy Guy
Ground On Down - Ben Harper
Low Down - JJ Cale
Spinning Coin - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

Customer Reviews:

Not the best ever...but still darn good.......2004-01-04

Although the title is totally hyperbole, this is an excellent collection of blues tunes of various eras and styles.

I am a relative newcomer to the blues, so a compilation like this is right up my alley. It lets me get a taste of different aspects of the blues, and to discover artists that I would not have otherwise been exposed to.

Represented here are some of the early delta bluesmen (Lightnin' Hopkins "Abilene", mislabeled as "Shotgun Blues"), the early electric blues (Muddy Waters' "Mannish Boy"), the '60's revival (B. B. King's "3 O'Clock Blues"), the great female blues singers (Koko Taylor's smokin' "Wang Dang Doodle"), the British blues bands (John Mayall's "Spinning Coin"), contemporary American blues rock (Johnny Winter's "Illustrated Man"), and lesser known contemporary artists (Colin James' infectious cover of "No More Doggin'").

Throw in selections by Albert Collins, Elmore James, Howlin' Wolf, Chuck Berry, John Lee Hooker, Albert King, Freddie King, Buddy Guy, J. J. Cale, and others, and you have a blues compilation CD that may not be "The Greatest in the World", but one that both novices and long time blues fans can enjoy. Highly recommended to anybody with ann interest in the blues.

Classic In Every Way! You will FEEL the Blues!.......2003-12-24

Calling your album the "best ever" takes balls, but this CD stands the test. From classics like Muddy Waters' 'Mannish Boy' or Little Walter's 'My Babe' to hot female singers like Etta James and the dynamic Koko Taylor to oldies radio station's staples like 'Reeling and Rockin'' by Chuck Berry and classic rock blues like Gary Moore's 'Still Got The Blues', this CD covers a lot of ground.

If you want an introduction to the blues and can only buy one CD, this should be it! If you already love the blues, you'll love hearing these songs again and remember them like your first kiss. Either way, this CD will put sadness in your heart or heat in your loins, sometimes in the same song!

The best ever?.......2001-05-14

Not even close to the best ever. The actual title should read: "The Best Blues Album For Which We Were Able To Get Rights To The Songs Quickly" or something like that. The fact is this double disc set is just a grab bag of songs with absolutely no thought put into it whatsoever. With a few exceptions, disc one is practically a throw away. Larry McCray, Kinsey Report, Gary Moore, and Terry Evans et. al. are all ok modern blues artists but hardly deserve to be on a blues album titled "The Best Ever" -especially one limited to only two discs.

This is a Virgin release, so poor understanding of the genre is to be expected. However, to boldly exclaim that this is the best ever compilation is a rather ostentatious position -even for the Virgin people. The best ever blues compilation would certainly be a difficult undertaking. However, this set completly ignores the likes of giants like Big Maceo, Tommy Johnson, Sonny Boy Williamson I & II, Robert Johnson, Tampa Red, Lowell Fulson, Big Bill Broonzy, Lonnie Johnson, Roosevelt Sykes, Robert Nighthawk, Jimmy Witherspoon, Floyd Dixon, and so many many more important and entertaining historical blues artists. The most shocking eversight is the absence of T-Bone Walker!

Really, I think this is a waste of your money. Even on its own level the flow is odd especially on disc one. Disc two has a better grouping and flow of great blues artists and songs, but still not worth the price. There has yet to be a true "best of" compilation to be released, so for now I suggest you may want to explore the best attempt to date. It is a four disc box set released on MCA in 1996 called "Mean Old World."

Buy it!.......2000-03-29

I really enjoyed these CDs. it gives a good mix of old school and new school blues so to speak. From todays best to the acoustic sounds of yesteryear, this CD entertained me for a very long time with some great blues.

The Best Jukebox Album in the World...Ever!

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A nice compilation...
Turns Your CD Player Into a Jukebox

The Best Jukebox Album in the World...Ever!
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Pure 60's: The #1 Hits

ASIN: B00004R8TX
Release Date: 2000-03-14

Tracks:

You Really Got Me - The Kinks
Gimme Some Lovin - Spencer Davis Group
I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
Runaway - Del Shannon
She's Not There - The Zombies
Pretty Flamingo - Manfred Mann
You Can't Sit Down, Part 2 - The Phil Upchurch Combo
Mony Mony - Tommy James & The Shondells
Rumble - Link Wray
Who Do You Love? - Bo Diddley
Soothe Me - Sam And Dave
Be-Bop-A-Lula - Gene Vincent
Got To Get You Into My Life - Cliff Bennett And The Rebel Rousers
Apache - The Shadows
(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley And His Comets
Wild Thing - The Troggs
Rebel Rouser - Duane Eddy
Jimmy Mack - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
I Fought The Law - Bobby Fuller Four
Green Onions - Booker T. And The MGs

Customer Reviews:

A nice compilation..........2004-12-28

...but somewhat limited.

It could have included a wider time span, and more music genres. In my opinion a jukebox should be more varied. Having said that it has some excellent songs, and the sound is good.

Turns Your CD Player Into a Jukebox.......2001-04-05

Judging from the title, I suppose this CD is designed to turn your home stereo into a jukebox. And in its own way it does -- that is, if you like smatterings of British Invasion, 50s rockabilly, 60s pop and a little vintage soul in your party.

It's a nice mix: the very best from Brits like the Kinks, Spencer Davis (with a young Steve Winwood doing the wailing), the Zombies and the Troggs. "Pretty Flamingo" is a decent left-field choice from Manfred Mann, but the Cliff Bennett version of the Beatles' "Got To Get You Into My Life" is horrid, maybe the only dud here.

It's also hard to quibble with most of the rest: "Heard It Through the Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye is just about the best Motown classic of the '60s, while "Jimmy Mack" and "Soothe Me" are nice surprises from Martha and the Vandellas and Sam and Dave, respectively.

The greasy 50's hits seem weirdly out of place on this mostly '60s vintage set, although "Runaway" and "Be-Bop-A-Lula" are classics, as is Bo Diddley's "Who Do You Love?". So are the rock instrumentals "Rumble" and "Rebel Rouser."

Perhaps the only down side to this CD is its length: it should'a been longer, much longer. And -- now this is purely a regional complaint -- no jukebox should be without a selection from Hank Williams, Patsy Cline or George Jones. It would have been tough to fit in the format, but there's enough great stuff here so you won't really notice.

Tracks:

I Feel Love - Donna Summer
Funkytown - Lipps, Inc., Lipps, Inc.
Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground) - The Jacksons
Boogie Wonderland - Earth, Wind & Fire, The Emotions
Upside Down - Diana Ross
Freak [Original Version] - Chic
Ladies Night - Kool & the Gang
Young Hearts Run Free - Candi Station
Jump to the Beat - Stacy Lattisaw
I'm Every Woman - Chaka Khan
He's the Greatest Dancer - Sister Sledge
Get Down Tonight - KC & the Sunshine Band
Disco Inferno - The Trammps
Use It up, Wear It Out - Odyssey
Lady Marmalade - LaBelle
Working My Way Back to You - The Detroit Spinners
Boogie Oogie Oogie - A Taste of Honey
Shame - Evelyn "Champagne" King
Boogie Nights - Heatwave
More Than a Woman - Tavares
Rock Your Baby - George McCrae
Never, Never Gonna Give You Up - Barry White

Tracks:

I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
Y.M.C.A. - Village People
Instant Replay - Dan Hartman
Best Disco in Town - The Ritchie Family
Stars on 45 ABBA Medley
Stayin' Alive - Ricardo Da Force, N-Trance
Get up and Boogie - Silver Convention
Shame, Shame, Shame - Shirley & Company
Feels Like I'm in Love - Kelly Marie
Black Is Black - La Belle Epoque
D.I.S.C.O. - Ottawans
Rasputin - Boney M.
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Love Sensation - Loleatta Holloway
Let's All Chant - Michael Zager Band
I Can Make You Feel Good - Shalamar
And the Beat Goes On - The Whispers
Car Wash - Rose Royce
I Shoulda Loved Ya - Narada Michael Walden
Can You Feel the Force - The Real Thing
You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) - Sylvester
Knock on Wood - Amii Stewart

Album Details

A Collection of the Very Finest Tracks from the Funkiest Dance Scene Ever to Hit 70's Clubland. Tracks: Diana Ross - Upside Down, the Village People - Ymca, Bee Gee's - Stayin Alive, Chic - Le Freak, Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive, and More.

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Volume One of the greatest disco album ever.......2003-10-30

Wow! I wouldn't dispute this album title, if considered together with volume 2. This double disc contains a lot of the most commercially successful tracks from the disco era and plenty of classics. Appropriately it kicks off with Donna Summer's eurodisco classic I Feel Love. Other hits from this genre include Funkytown, Get Up And Boogie, Black Is Black and Silver Convention's Get Up And Boogie.

The Chic family is also well represented by Le Freak and Sister Sledge's He's The Greatest Dancer, while the more soulful side of Disco comes in the form of Lady Marmalade by LaBelle, Shame by Evelyn Champagne King and Boogie Nights by Heatwave. Classic electrodisco is represented by Sylvester's unsurpassable You Make Me Feel Mighty Real, Amii Stewart's Knock On Wood and Dan Hartman's Instant Replay, while KC And The Sunshine Band, Shalamar and Kool And The Gang offer funky party style dance music.

Amongst the obscure classics here The Michael Zager Band's Let's All Chant and The Ritchie Family's Best Disco In Town are the most charming. A song like Candi Staton's Young Hearts Run Free has the most beautiful lyrics, whilst anthemic million sellers include I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor, YMCA by Village People and Disco Inferno by The Trammps.

Other favorites of mine are More Than A Woman by Tavares, Never Gonna Give You Up by the inimitable Barry White, Feels Like I'm In Love by Kelly Marie, Working My Way Back To You by The Detroit Spinners and the passionate and powerful Use It Up, Wear It Out by Odyssey.

This is essential listening for Disco fanatics but make sure you get Volume 2 as well, since it contains more great classics of the time like Hot Stuff, theme from Shaft, Ma baker and Native New Yorker. When you have both volumes, you can truly claim that you have the best disco albums in the world ever, even though the Bee Gees aren't directly represented.

Best Panpipes Album In the Wor
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Best Panpipes Album In the Wor

Manufacturer: Phantom Sound & Vision
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B00009YWB1
Release Date: 2004-09-07

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Get into the zone with 76 tracks of contemporary hits depicted by relaxing panpipes. Features 'Trouble', 'My Heart Will Go On', 'Candle In The Wind', 'When A Man Loves A Woman', & more. EMI. 2004.

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Best Blue Note Album in the World
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Blue Note Records
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Song for My Father

ASIN: B00094AT5I
Release Date: 2005-05-24

Tracks:

Song For My Father - Horace Silver
Blue Train - John Coltrane
Moanin' - Art Blakey
Blues Walk - Lou Donaldson
Autumn Leaves - Cannonball Adderley
Midnight Blue - Kenny Burrell
Back At The Chicken Shack - Jimmy Smith
The Sidewinder - Lee Morgan
Watermelon Man - Herbie Hancock

The Best Sixties Album in the World...Ever!

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Volume 4 of 4
Satisfaction

The Best Sixties Album in the World...Ever!
Various Artists
Manufacturer: EMI Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B00000G1J4
Release Date: 1999-08-03

Tracks:

Baby Love - The Supremes
Leader of the Pack - The Shangri-Las
Monday, Monday - The Mamas & the Papas
Don't Throw Your Love Away - The Searchers
Homeward Bound - Simon & Garfunkel
Crying in the Rain - The Everly Brothers
Up on the Roof - The Drifters
Walk Away Renee - The Four Tops
Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations
This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You) - The Isley Brothers
Sherry - The Four Seasons
Take Good Care of My Baby - Bobby Vee
I Like It - Gerry & the Pacemakers
Have I the Right? - The Honeycombs
Stay
Last Train to Clarksville - The Monkees
Oh! Carol - Neil Sedaka
Do You Wanna Dance - Cliff Richard
Poetry in Motion - Johnny Tillotson
Hello Mary Lou - Rick Nelson
Brown Eyed Handsome Man - Buddy Holly
You Were Made for Me - Freddie & the Dreamers
Telstar - The Tornadoes
Blue Moon - The Marcels
He's So Fine - The Chiffons

Tracks:

In Dreams - Roy Orbison
Where Do You Go to My Lovely - Peter Sarstedt
Lay Lady Lay - Bob Dylan
Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo) - Manfred Mann
Tired of Waiting for You - The Kinks
Sloop John B - The Beach Boys
It's Getting Better - Mama Cass
(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me - Sandie Shaw
Legend of Xanadu - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
I'm Gonna Make You Mine - Lou Christie
Too Busy Thinking About My Baby - Marvin Gaye
(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher - Jackie Wilson
Land of 1000 Dances - Wilson Pickett
Louie, Louie - The Kingsmen
No Particular Place to Go - Chuck Berry
All or Nothing - The Small Faces
For Your Love - The Yardbirds
Man of the World - Fleetwood Mac
Sunshine Superman - Donovan
Rhythm of the Rain - The Cascades
There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World) - Herman's Hermits
World Without Love - Peter & Gordon
Little Children - Billy J. Kramer
I'll Never Find Another You - The Seekers
Sealed With a Kiss - Brian Hyland

Customer Reviews:

Volume 4 of 4.......2005-03-03

I regard this as the best series of sixties compilations yet released on CD. Even with 200 tracks between four volumes, it would have been easy to continue the series. On compilations like this, I particularly look for classic tracks by artists who only had one or two big hits. Of course, most of the major names are here although you won't find Elvis, the Beatles or the Rolling Stones here due to licensing restrictions

As I expected, this volume maintained the standard of the first three. I was particularly pleased to get Telstar (Tornados) and Poetry in motion (Johnny Tillotson) on CD but there are many classic tracks here.

My favorites here include This old heart of mine (Isley brothers), Have I the right (Honeycombs), Last train to Clarksville (Monkees), You were made for me (Freddie and the dreamers), Where do you go to my lovely (Peter Sarstedt), Mighty Quinn (Manfred Mann), It's getting better (Mama Cass) and I'll never find another you.

As things turned out, this was the end of the series. There were other albums of a similar type but limited to love songs or summer songs - however, they included many of the same songs that appeared on these four volumes. I bought one of them (the best sixties summer party album in the world ever) but it can't count as a volume five.

Even with 200 tracks, this series is by no means definitive. It would have been easy to extend the series, but I suspect that further volumes would not have sold in such big quantities. All good things come to an end - this series ended with volume four.

If you can find them, buy this and the previous three volumes (see the UK site for those).

Satisfaction.......2000-10-29

If you like to enjoy 60's hits, containing different styles and emotions this is a great collection of that era. Commercial but very enjoyable indeed. Some of the LP's containing those hits are great just because of the particular song that you'll find here. Some superb others just ok. Worth it for any serious 60's collector.

Best Disco Album In The World...Ever! Vol. 2

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Volume Two of the greatest disco album ever

Best Disco Album In The World...Ever! Vol. 2
Various Artists
Manufacturer: EMI Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000898L
Release Date: 1999-12-28

Tracks:

Can You Feel It - The Jacksons
Hot Stuff - Donna Summer
Strut Your Funky Stuff - Frantique
Best of My Love - The Emotions
We Are Family - Sister Sledge
Good Times - Chic
I'm Coming Out - Diana Ross
Forget Me Nots - Patrice Rushen
Armed and Extremely Dangerous - First Choice
Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now - McFadden & Whitehead
Oops Upside Your Head - The Gap Band
Don't Stop the Music - Yarbrough & Peoples
Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine - James Brown
Pick Up the Pieces - The Average White Band
That's the Way (I Like It) - KC & the Sunshine Band
Celebration - Kool & the Gang
September - Earth, Wind & Fire
Love Machine, Pt. 1 - The Miracles
Bad Luck - Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
Movin' - Brass Construction
Do What You Wanna Do - T-Connection
Theme from Shaft - Isaac Hayes
T.S.O.P. (The Sound of Philadelphia) - MFSB

Tracks:

You Sexy Thing - Hot Chocolate
You to Me Are Everything - The Real Thing
Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas
In the Navy - Village People
Ma Baker - Boney M.
Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? - N-Trance, Rod Stewart
Relight My Fire - Dan Hartman
From East to West - Voyage
Keep on Jumpin - Musique
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - Santa Esmeralda, Leroy Gomez
Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel - Tavares
Never Can Say Goodbye - Gloria Gaynor
(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty - KC & the Sunshine Band
Is It Love You're After - Rose Royce
More More More - Andrea True
Native New Yorker - Odyssey
This Is It - Melba Moore
Rock Me Gently - Andy Kim
If I Can't Have You - Yvonne Elliman
Nights on Broadway - Candi Staton
Ain't Nobody - Rufus & Chaka Khan

Album Details

Second in this Very Successful Series, Best Disco Two Re-Creates the Disco Mania of the Era. This Double CD Collection features 44 Tracks from Partice Rushen, Andrea True Connection, Sister Sledge, Boney M, Frantique, and Loads More.

Customer Reviews:

Volume Two of the greatest disco album ever.......2003-10-30

This 2-disc is the second volume of the series and truly deserves its title. It is packed with the greatest hits of the Disco era in all its diversity, from Eurodisco to Party Funk and Dancepop. The Bee Gees may not directly contribute, but many of the Saturday Night Fever artists like Tavares and Yvonne Elliman are here.

Donna Summer's rock period is represented by Hot Stuff, while established rockers like Rod Stewart were also getting in on the disco act. Early classics like Theme From Shaft (1971) and TSOP (1974) predated disco but sounds just right next to late 1970s classics like Chic's Good Times and Sister Sledge's We Are Family. Amongst the more funky numbers are Oops Upside Your Head and Aint No Stopping Us Now, whilst the good-time party crowd like KC's Sunshine Band and Kool's Gang let rip with That's The Way I Like It and Celebration.

Ma Baker by Boney M and More More More by The Andrea True Connection are great examples of Eurodisco, whilst Odyssey's Native New Yorker, Gloria Gaynor's Never Can Say Goodbye and Yvonne Elliman's If I Can't Have You represent the more soulful side of the genre and Santa Esmeralda/Leroy Gomez infuse it with a Latin feel.

Together with the first volume, these discs provide a window on an era when dance music had lots of personality and ruled the charts in all its tuneful vatiety. It is certainly ironic that disco existed side by side with punk. A few artists like Blondie produced a successful synthesis (Heart Of Glass) although many rockers indulged a bit (Miss You by The Stones and Rod Stewart's track on this album).

Tracks:

Spice Up Your Life (performed by Spice Girls)
Le Freak (performed by Chic)
You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) (performed by Sylvester)
Instant Replay (performed by Dan Hartman)
I'm Too Sexy (performed by Right Said Fred)
Karma Chameleon (performed by Culture Club)
Girls on Film (performed by Duran Duran)
Rock This Town (performed by Stray Cats)
Come On Eileen (performed by Dexy's Midnight Runners)
One Step Beyond (performed by Madness)
We Are Family (performed by Sister Sledge)
Straight Up (performed by Paula Abdul)
I Will Survive (performed by Gloria Gaynor)
Call Me (performed by Blondie)
Celebration (performed by Kool & the Gang)
Wiggle It (performed by 2 In A Room)
Boombastic (performed by Shaggy)
Car Wash (performed by Rose Royce)

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Reggae Soul
Butch Helemano
Manufacturer: Neos Productions
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000899L9
Release Date: 2003-01-21

Tracks:

In The World
Once Bitten
You're The Only One
Your Love
Roots & Culture
Love Me Now
Give A Little
Come Along
One Jungle Night
It's Alright
Ride Da Riddom
Ain't It A Shame

Album Description

Butch Helemano, one of Hawai'i's most prolific reggae songwriters, 2001 Hawai'i Music Award winner for Best Reggae Album, multiple Na Hoku Nominee, and an international entertainer in his own right, rides in on a new wave with "Reggae Soul." Helemano's new music takes us from the smooth waters of lovers rock in "Once Bitten," and "In The World," to a reggae roots feel in the more traditional "Roots and Culture," and crests with the solid rhythms of "Your the Only One" and "Come Along."

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