Smooth

Track Listings

1. Mind Blowin'

2. It's Summertime (Let It Get into U)

3. Way Back When

4. Blowin' up My Pager

5. P.Y.T. (Playa Young Thugs) - Smooth, 2Pac

6. Swing It to the Left Side

7. Good Stuff

8. Love Groove (Groove With You)

9. Jeeps 'N' Benzos

10. Ghetto Style

11. Undercover Lover

12. Let It Go

13. Mind Blowin' [Non-Rap, All-Singing Version][*]

Smooth,Smooth,Jive,Club/Dance,Pop,Rap & Hip-Hop,Soul/Reggae/Rhythm & Blues

Smooth

Tracks:

Shining Star
That's The Way Of The World
September
Can't Hide Love
Got To Get You Into My Life
Sing A Song
Gratitude
Serpentine Fire
Fantasy
Kalimba Story
Mighty Mighty
Reasons
Saturday Nite
Let's Groove
Boogie Wonderland - (with The Emotions)
After The Love Is Gone
Getaway

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It's the most complete single-disc collection of EWF chart rockers, and Greatest Hits' splendid remastering makes one of the major exponents of '70s funk positivity sound sparkling. From the driving "Shining Star" to the syncopated mastery of "September" and "Boogie Wonderland" to the slow-jam heaven of "After the Love Is Gone," this is a reminder of what made the group so special. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

Great CD.......2007-05-25

If you're an EWF devotee, you have to purchase this CD. It is fabulous! I'm buying a second one for my husband for father's day.

(4.5 stars) Probably their best comp, but STILL missing key songs.......2007-03-29

I'm gonna complain a bit here - the live Devotion (off Gratitude, killer studio version made furtherly killer live) and Keep Your Head to the Sky are still missing. Why? Is this one of those stupid cross-label things? Because those are really annoying. And this contains Boogie Wonderland, most likely their worst hit, either that or Let's Groove. Both are disco. Not a coincidence. And they drop All About Love, as well as I'll Write a Song for You. Give me a break! Four of their greatest songs, dropped off a cliff. Splat. Why? Saturday Night's an OK song, but I don't see it as the Best of Earth Wind and Fire. But if you swap those three off, put the four I mentioned on, and keep the rest, you've got the real best of Earth, Wind and Fire. Unlike the 1978 Greatest Hits release, this DOES contain Mighty Mighty, Kalimba Story AND Serpentine Fire, three essentials. Plus it adds After the Love is Gone, a worthy addition to any self-respecting EWF hits collection (or at least any one released after 1978), and their greatest song ever maybe. I'd bet on it. Plus nine of the ten tracks on the '78 release, not coincidentially the nine classics (Got to Get You Into My Life, Fantasy, Can't Hide Love, Getaway, That's the Way of the World, Shining Star, September, Reasons, Sing a Song) - note how they dropped Love Music, which is cool by me because it's just an average song and average songs don't belong on best-ofs, even if they were huge hits (*cough cough Saturday Nite*).
Yes, this is a great intro, but don't stop here. Why? All in All, Spirit, Gratitude, That's the Way of the World and Open Our Eyes are all good picks, that's why. But this is the compilation the band deserved.

That Boogie Woogie Beat!.......2007-03-14

This album is soooo hot! Makes you wanna just jump up on a table and start dancing. (I tried it at work, but they yelled at me!). I am LOUSY at remembering song names, but I recognized a bunch of them. "September" is so hot! and one of my favorites. So is "Boogie Wonderland" (Dance, Ooo ooo oo, Dance, ooo ooo ooo!) (STOP ME! QUICK!) Like I said, most of the album is hot dance-to-me music. There are a few slow songs, like "After the Love Has Gone". 17 tracks at a total running time of a hair over 1 hour 7 minutes.

Don't put this on in the car and get behind a school bus! Torture!

Greatest Hits.......2007-01-04

My sister is a very hard person to buy gifts at Christmas, but last September she mentioned she would like a CD by Earth Wind & Fire. She opened the CD on Christmas eve and insisted we listen to "September" for the next 15 minutes. She was very happy and so was I. I have to admit the CD is a good one and I am ordering a copy for myself.

Old School.......2007-01-04

Bring back the old school music with soul. Great songs and good memories.

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Sound is not as good as I had hoped for, but it has everything I wanted on it
Poor
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Oldies But Goodies
The best of the best

The Ultimate Collection
Temptations
Manufacturer: Motown
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ASIN: B000001AMZ
Release Date: 1997-03-25

Tracks:

The Way You Do The Things You Do
My Girl
It's Growing
Since I Lost My Baby
Don't Look Back
Get Ready
Ain't Too Proud To Beg
(I Know) I'm Losing You
All I Need
You're My Everything
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Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today)
Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
Papa Was A Rollin' Stone
Shakey Ground
Treat Her Like A Lady
Error Of Our Ways
My Girl (A Cappella) (Excerpt)

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A brave effort at cramming one disc full of Temptations classics, The Ultimate Collection nevertheless makes a couple of puzzling choices. Why, for instance, include "Error of Our Ways," a very minor mid-'90s hit, and ignore "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" or "I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)," both number ones from their classic period? Still, for the price, it's hard to argue with. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

Sound is not as good as I had hoped for, but it has everything I wanted on it.......2007-07-05

I dislike any title "Ultimate" because ultimate really is in the ear of the listener, but this CD had everything I wanted from the Temptations on it. It only lost one star because it's touchy working in my MacIntosh and the sound quality in general is not as good as I hoped for.

Poor .......2007-06-01

I'm only a passing fan of The Temps, but wanted at least a "Greatest Hits" CD in my collection so they would have some representation.

While (most) of the songs I know and like are on the disc, the sound quality is abysmal... unless you want to hear it like it was on that mono transister radio you had back in 1971. As far as I can tell, there was no remastering done whatsoever. A disappointment.

hearing is believing.......2007-05-12

customers lose faith in vendors when they deliver defective merchandise. The CD would not perform in any player used. Vendors must earn a customer's trust by supplying reliable quality in the first place or standing up with ready replacements when they don't. This vendor did neither.

Oldies But Goodies.......2007-01-09

This CD is awesome! It contains most of their hit songs from back in the day! I recommend this CD to anyone who likes The Temptations.

The best of the best.......2006-11-10

The Temptations were Motown and this CD has their biggest hits and some that I had never heard before. Now I can say that I love everything the Temps did. The talent and voices are like majic. Otis Williams sure knew what he was doing when he put this group together.

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Drifting away?
Not one of Acoustic Alchemy's best albums
Great from beginning to end
Come This Way
Who are Acoustic Alchemy?

This Way
Acoustic Alchemy
Manufacturer: Narada
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000PHX55K
Release Date: 2007-06-05

Tracks:

Love Is All There Is
Ernie
Who Knows
Slampop
Out Of Nowhere
This Way
Tied Up With String
Only In My Dreams
Carlos the King
Egg
Now I'm On My Way

Album Description

Acoustic Alchemy are the British acoustic guitar duo of Greg Carmichael and Miles Gilderdale, and with "This Way" they are celebrating a remarkable two decades since their debut with 1987's Red Dust. For all this time they have been a quiet phenomenom, constantly topping the jazz charts in the USA, being nominated for GRAMMY's and touring the world. Following the pop-soul vibe of 2005's "American English", the duo have delivered their most aggressive and swinging, hard rocking and artfully jazzy disc to date. The regular touring/recording band of Terry Disley, Snake Davis, Fred White, Julian Crampton and Greg Grainger are joined by guests such as the buzz-of-today pianist Neil Cowley, trumpeter Rick Braun, saxman Jeff Kashiwa and, on the reggae-tinged Ernie, the great Specials Trombonist, Dennis Rollins. Just two tracks, "Out of Nowhere" and "This Way" feature only the duo - the rest are a fine mix of old-school soul/jazz, funk, reggae, and rock with a mixture of electric guitars, acoustic guitars and the horn section all combining to create a smooth but completely passionate album of classy jazzy guitar music.

Customer Reviews:

Drifting away? .......2007-07-25

Ever since "Red Dust and Spanish Lace" and "Reference Point", Acoustic Alchemy has long been dominating my acoustic guitar jazz collection. Greg Carmichael has fine-tuned their sound since Nick Webb's passing but this album seems to have lost their signature sound even more (I think it kinda started from "American/English" already). There's hardly any track to remember, or even impress from the whole CD. The guitar sound is almost like background music overshadowed by other instuments among quite a few tracks. CDs like "The Beautiful Game", "AArt" are great through their reorg, but this one is losing their depth and clearly drifting away from their core style.
Real Acoustic Alchemy, WANTED!!!

Not one of Acoustic Alchemy's best albums.......2007-07-15

I bought and listened to This Way, and also went to Acoustic Alchemy concert in Phoenix on June 23rd, which mainly promoted this album. It's very listenable, but it's fair-to-middling alongside the rest of AA's 20-year oeuvre. More significantly, it's not very much like the Nick Webb-era material, except possibly for the title track. Other good tracks are "Love Is All There Is," "Ernie," and "Carlos the King" (named that because, according to Greg Carmichael, it was influenced by Carlos Santana). They played "Ernie" and "Carlos the King" at the concert, but "Carlos" wasn't so great live, because the album version has a substantial trumpet part and they didn't bring a trumpeter on the tour. The worst tracks are probably "Slampop" and "Egg."
The current state of AA is like what an Amazon reviewer said about Pierce Brosnan's last 007 movie--that it bore little resemblance to the original Bond. I'm disappointed, although this album is decent enough that I'll probably keep it. Look at the first review of this album; I agree with it.

Great from beginning to end.......2007-07-09

When was the last time you enjoyed every song on a CD? Acoustic Alchemy is about
to change your mind about CD purchases! From beginning to end, every track grabs your
attention and excites one emotion or the other. Well versed, well timed, well written and
very well executed.

In listening to this work of art, it is clear that this troupe had a great time producing this.
Everyone whom I have shared this with has fallen for it, and I suspect - no - predict you will too!!

I gave it 4 out of 5, only because I wanted more! Another 3-4 tracks like these would have been
perfect! I just have to wait for their next compilation!

Come This Way.......2007-07-03

This Way has been a long time coming. It is fabulous, and has alot of older Alchemy sounds plus great new tunes. Fantastic guest artists. Bought 2 so I don't have to share. We knew it would be great when we heard them play Ernie in concert. Been waiting since then for its release. Thanks to Amazon, received it within 6 day to my front door. You did it again, AA and so did you Amazon.

Who are Acoustic Alchemy?.......2007-07-03

Acoustic Alchemy is, or was based on the foundation of two acoustic guitarists with a simple standard format around their playing. Drums, Bass guitar, and some keys. Contrary to an earlier review, when AA bought their flight to the States from England by winning a talent competition to play aboard American Airlines(also AA...cute~), they did so as Greg Carmichael and the late Nick Webb... not Miles Gilderdale. Nick actually recruited Greg to form AA. Gilderdale did not enter until after 1997's Positive Thinking (which Nick contributed some song-writing to help in the transition that Greg would continue forward and keep AA alive). Nothing against Miles, and not to nit-pic about detail, but one cannot mention Acoustic Alchemy in the same breath without Nick Webb...but the fact is, the music that was truly AA unfortunately died in Nick's absence.
I've loved these guys since I bought the 1987 MCA Sampler LP that also included Larry Carlton and other up and coming instrumentalists. The element that made AA was the 'focus' on the acoustic guitars through the fresh, infectious melodies of Nick and Greg. They fused many styles, but always with a catchy hook and melody. I was fortunate enough to see these guys live in 1993 prior to their release of 'The New Edge'and also met them after the show(as they often met with fans for autographs) & was a definite highlight as far as live shows go. Really nice English lads! ((Get the 'Best Kept Secret' DVD!~and the counterpart CD, 'Arcanum'! ie: a nice moment when they were in Florida for a gig, and visited the launch of the Columbia Space Shuttle, inspiring them to dedicate a song to the awe that is 'Columbia')).
Since Nick passed on however, it appears to me that the formula that created AA was lost and to cover up for it, the acoustics that would grab you, draw you in and not let go, suddenly became mulit-layered, multi-instrumental, I-hate-to-say-typical, pop-Jazz that only leaves me wondering. Sounds good, and I'm glad that Greg's getting recognition through awards and all, but only pales in comparison to the years prior to the wishfully optomistic 'Positive Thinking'. I applaud Greg for continuing the dream, and I certainly wish him the best, but I'm sad to say, AA has left behind it's 'Natural Elements' for a more safe and formulaic environment.

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Smooth jazz fan
to consume without moderation
Another impressive outing by Mr. Taylor
ANOTHER ONE FOR THE COLLECTION
SIMPLY THE BEST

Ladies' Choice
Paul Taylor
Manufacturer: Peak Records
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ASIN: B000PA9Q3W
Release Date: 2007-05-22

Tracks:

Ladies' Choice
I Want To Be Loved (By You)
Here We Go
How Did You Know
Streamline
Long Distance Relationship
Summer's End
A Love Of Your Own
Open Your Eyes
Overdrive
Point Of View

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In fact, four ladies have chosen to sing on have chosen to sing on Ladies' Choice, smooth jazz saxist Paul Taylor's latest. In order of appearance, they are LaToya London, Regina Belle, Terry Dexter, and Belle again. It makes sense that Belle gets two features: Her pop-soulful vocals bring a kind of Anita Baker intensity to the proceedings. On "How Did You Know" and "Open Your Eyes," both of which she co-wrote with the album's hitmaking producer, keyboardist Barry Eastmond (who has worked with Baker), she manages the feat of adding background vocals that contrast nicely with the lead ones. There's nothing particularly distinctive about Taylor's silky sound on alto and soprano, but the doubled-horn effects provide pop and he comes up with some distinctive effects on Vocoder. Guitarist Phil Hamilton's romantic wah-wah effects also deserve mention. --Lloyd Sachs

Customer Reviews:

Smooth jazz fan.......2007-07-16

All I have to say is that Paul came PHAT on this one. I have all his cd's but I do beleive this one is my favorite. Terry Dexter and LoToya London just picked up a new fan, they have beautiful voices and I can't leave out Ms. Regina Belle. Wow is all I have to say. Tha sisthaz are definitley loving this cd.

to consume without moderation.......2007-06-28

simply the best smooth jazz album of the year,even if we're just on the 1st half. sound silky, smooth, joyous,rythmic .According to me, one of the best saxophonic album over many years. guests: Regina belle,terry dexter,lauren evans,latoya London.... with their voices brings a delicious R&B touch to the album.
the whole album is a real masterpiece . In your car, like in your bedroom, you will enjoy .The album is #1 in jazz charts ,nothing surprising. So get this cd soon as possible!!

my top 5

1-open your eyes
2-here we go
3-point of view
4-ladie's choice
5-i want to be loved by you

Another impressive outing by Mr. Taylor.......2007-06-11

Some may find the mixture of both instrumentals and ballads troubling; however, those that contribute to this remarkable CD make any critique a moot point.

ANOTHER ONE FOR THE COLLECTION.......2007-06-09

ALWAYS CONSISTENT MR TAYLOR PROVIDES YET ANOTHER SMOOTH JAZZ GOODY

SIMPLY THE BEST.......2007-06-05

Ladies' choice-another classical cd from paul...all cuts on this cd could be #1 hits.Paul gives his fans a taste of alto and soprano sax that requires a standing ovation.On this project he went more vocals compare to his others projects,it's no wonder that LADIES CHOICE is at #1 on the billboards charts...I can't say that i was suprised Paul take his time and he is a humble guy and he delivers top notch music everytime.There are songs on this cd that would make you hit replay...some favorites are
1.LADIES CHOICE
2.HERE WE GO
3.HOW DID YOU KNOW
4.STREAM LINE
5.I WANT TO BE LOVED BY YOU
6.LOVE OF YOUR OWN
7.SUMMER'S END
8.POINT OF VIEW
there is even a bonus track "PARADISE VALLEY"
To those who don't have this cd i strongly recommened this one...wouldn't be disappointed.

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great collection
Best-kept secret in popular music
Decent pick
Good product...timely delivery
Review of Lean on Me-Best of Bill Withers

Lean on Me-Best of Bill Withers
Bill Withers
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Al Green - Greatest Hits
Live at Carnegie Hall
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The Ultimate Collection

ASIN: B00004THKR
Release Date: 2000-05-30

Tracks:

Lovely Day
I Want To Spend The Night
Let Me Be The One You Need
Hello Like Before
Tender Things
I Wish You Well
Ain't No Sunshine
Grandma's Hands
The Same Love That Made Me Laugh
Lean On Me
Harlem
Use Me
Who Is He (And What Is He To You)?
You Just Can't Smile It Away
Just The Two Of Us
Steppin' Right Along
You Try To Find A Love
My Imagination

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Not to be mistaken with Bill Withers's Greatest Hits or even the 1994 best-of with which it shares its name, Lean on Me nevertheless shares much with those two earlier retrospectives--notably the likes of such '70s soul-pop gems as the title track, "Ain't No Sunshine," "Lovely Day," and "Use Me." Like the earlier Lean on Me, this remastered selection includes 18 tracks, 13 of which overlap with the '94 set. Withers's oeuvre is something less than expansive: he recorded 10 albums for Sussex and Columbia between 1971 and 1985, then gracefully exited the business with three top 10 hits to his credit. The singer's warm vocals and wise lyrics have held up splendidly through the years, making him a likely candidate for periodic rediscovery. This anthology stands as the title of choice for the next wave of soul fans Withers wins over. --Steven Stolder

Customer Reviews:

great collection.......2007-07-12

there were a couple CD's i found of withers music, but this one had the best list of his songs.

Best-kept secret in popular music.......2007-07-09

Bill Withers must be the best-kept secret in popular music in the last 50 years. You've heard virtually every song on this album -- many are absolute classics -- even if you've never heard of Bill Withers. This is a must-have addition to your music collection. Uplifting, moving rhythms with harmonious lyrics. From blues to jazz to R&B to mellow ballads -- great music, beautifully delivered.

Decent pick.......2007-03-15

I got the CD for one song, but there are several nice songs on the CD.

Good product...timely delivery.......2007-01-10

This item is available at few places. Needed to gift someone! Our friend loved it!

Review of Lean on Me-Best of Bill Withers.......2007-01-04

Wanted the classic track "Ain't no sunshine" and hoped naively for more of the same on this album but got only dated soul as honestly expected. 5 Stars are deserved just for that one track.

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People amaze me.....and oneday hopefully..they WON'T
Chris Botti - Great Date CD
Soothing and relaxing
beautifully romanic
Great music for that special relaxing mood !

When I Fall In Love
Chris Botti
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To Love Again
A Thousand Kisses Deep
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To Love Again
December

ASIN: B0002VL0K6
Release Date: 2004-09-28

Tracks:

When I Fall In Love
What'll I Do?
No Ordinary Love
My Romance
Let's Fall In Love
Cinema Paradiso
Someone To Watch Over Me
La Belle Dame Sans Regrets
Nearness Of You
How Love Should Be
Make Someone Happy
One For My Baby And One More For The Road
Time To Say Goodbye (Con te Partiro)

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This is not the typical example of an artist from another genre jumping on the crowded standards-and-ballads bandwagon. When I Fall in Love instead represents an instrumental stylist busting out of a box to find a much more suitable platform for his craft. These tracks are the fruits of an obvious labor of love for everyone from the featured musicians to the arrangers to the engineers. The arrangers, particularly Billy Childs and Gil Goldstein, give Botti's trumpet a broad-brushed orchestral backdrop that allows him to emerge from the swirling strings and bouncy horns with bold strokes of creative improvising. Some tracks are obvious nods to Gil Evans and the lush arrangements of 1970s CTI recordings. Even the guest vocalists, Sting and Paula Cole, let his trumpet sing first before their respective cues on "La Belle Dame Sans Regrets" and "What'll I Do." The only blemish here is the obvious attempt at smooth jazz airplay with Sade's "No Ordinary Love." --Mark Ruffin

Customer Reviews:

People amaze me.....and oneday hopefully..they WON'T.......2007-08-05

This guy is awesome..I need not say more, but I'm gunna. I'm totally laughing at the reviews, particualry because Chris added a rendition of Sade's "No Ordinary Love". OMG, the song is so beautiful, just as "Ever Since We Met" is on ATKD. I understand how and why artist get jaded, when their efforts aren't well recieved when they do great work...example (Chante Moore), but I digress. Their really isn't in my awesome opinion to much critque about this Chris Botti's work. I'm pretty sure these are the same people that hate the company APPPLE and their products..Well guess what ," The intelligent crowd is always smaller than the mainstream" My question is..Where do you land? All you psudeo critics I compare to the "Holier Than Thou" crowd, whom make me shout "Let's here it for SIN!". Chris is awesome, although his first cd "First Wish" was tad on the SNUZ side. However, the day I find fault in one of his new cd's.... call me and I'll eat my words as we do lunch on the moon.

Chris Botti - Great Date CD.......2007-07-15

Spin this CD next time you have a hot date - It's the best to set the mood!

Soothing and relaxing.......2007-06-16

Beautiful music to soothe the soul...highly recommended!

beautifully romanic.......2007-06-13

Chris Botti is spectacular. What a great talent. This CD is so far my favorite, but then I still have not heard all of his. It is so romantic, peaceful, and happy. I love it.

Great music for that special relaxing mood !.......2007-06-13

I bought this CD for my husband (he is a big Smooth Jazz lover). After I heard it I thought the CD was so romantic and it just set the mood for a fine relaxing evening for the two of us. Guess I'm now a Smooth Jazz lover.

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Stevie's Wonderous Opus
I Love Stevie
My first choice for a desert island
The definition of music at its best.
You Can't NOT Give This Album 5 Stars

Songs in the Key of Life
Stevie Wonder
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ASIN: B00004SZWD
Release Date: 2000-05-02

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Love's In Need Of Love Today
Have A Talk With God
Village Ghetto Land
Contusion
Sir Duke
I Wish
Knocks Me Off My Feet
Pastime Paradise
Summer Soft
Ordinary Pain

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Isn't She Lovely
Joy Inside My Tears
Black Man
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As
Another Star
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All Day Sucker
Easy Goin' Evening (My Mama's Call)

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Songs in the Key of Life (1976) was the highest high point of Stevie Wonder's career. More sprawling than Innervisions and Talking Book, this two-LP-plus-EP was also less of a consistent stunner than either of those masterworks. That Songs retains an enormous amount of visionary relevance, though, is demonstrated not only in Coolio's borrowing of "Pastime Paradise" as a template for "Gangsta's Paradise," but in the cold-as-ice synthesized string quartet of "Village Ghetto Land." This is Stevie, so naturally that cut's anger is balanced by the ultra-buoyant "I Wish," "Sir Duke," and "Another Star." The 2000 reissue boasts radically improved remastered sound. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

Stevie's Wonderous Opus.......2007-08-06

I'm not gonna bore you with another long review,but if I was stranded on a desert island and I had only a few discs with me,Stevie Wonder's "Songs In The Key In The Life" would my top choices.So many great songs(Sir Duke,I Wish,Knocks Me Off My Feet,Summer Soft,Isn't She Lovely,As,Another Star,Love's In Need Of Love Today,Ebony Eyes,If It's Magic etc.)with no filler whatsoever.Plus the updated version(supervised by Harry Weinger and remastered by Kevin Reeves at Universial Mastering East)is excellent,with punchy,spacious,vibrant sound and all the original artwork,liner notes and lyrics included.Truly a must-have in every sense of the word!

I Love Stevie.......2007-07-27

I am loving rediscovering this beautiful work of love and art with my children. I LOVE STEVIE.

My first choice for a desert island.......2007-07-08

Undeniably classic Stevie Wonder. If you're a fan you have to have this one; if you're new to Stevie this is the place to start. Unlike some of his sugar sweet music from the 1980s, Songs In The Key Of Life has some melodies that can only be described as "haunting" -- they stay with you a lifetime. Some believe that a great meal should be paired with a great wine. Here, each melody is paired with the right lyrics. It's perfect and it's also the one album I would take if I could take only one to a desert island banishment.

The definition of music at its best........2007-06-17

If you check your local music store and looked through the Stevie Wonder CDs, you are likely to find this album more than the other albums (aside from "A Time To Love.") Though this album is over 30 years old, it's still in demand, and with a good reason: the 21 songs on this album are some of the greatest works to ever enter the music industry.

Most artists these days stick to one type of music, rarely trying something different. Wonder, on the other hand, has mastered not only his usual R&B and funk songs such as "I Wish," but on this album he also throws in some Latin, classical and funk/rock fusion twists, and he delivers them just as well as his usual genre.

Wonder without a doubt has talent in songwriting. He sings about almost everything that you can sing about, such as world peace ("Love's In Need Of Love Today"), love ("Knocks Me Off My Feet"), heartbreak ("Another Star"), world problems ("Village Ghetto Land") and equality ("Black Man") to name a few. No matter what he sings about he delivers some of the best vocals, lyrics and composing of all time. Most of his songs are upbeat and danceable, such as "Ngiculela" and "Sir Duke." "As" and "Summer Soft" are the most beautiful, poetic songs on the album and the music accompanying them are just as extraordinary. The funk songs Wonder is known for are also here. "I Wish" and "All Day Sucker" are funkier than "Superstition" from the album "Talking Book." "Ebony Eyes" is a very fun song that has a slight Beatles feel to it.

Wonder also includes two instrumentals: "Contusion" and "Easy Goin' Evening." Both of them show Wonder's skill with instruments, especially the harmonica (in "Easy Goin' Evening") which he is very well known for. "Contusion" is a great display of R&B/rock fusion and is very fun to dance to.

With twenty-one songs on this album, each of them some of the greatest songs ever, it's difficult to not like the album. This is music at its absolute best.

You Can't NOT Give This Album 5 Stars.......2007-06-08

I never really considered myself a Stevie Wonder fan, but after listening to this album, I realize why people love him so much. The songs off this album have been sampled and re-recorded by so many other artists it's scary! His R&B songwriting was second to none during the mid 70s.

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Let's do it again.
More Great music
Energy, sparkle, chops, and great grooves
The Lyrics Say It All...
Best CD in years

Good to Go-Go
Spyro Gyra
Manufacturer: Heads Up
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000P28KXW
Release Date: 2007-06-12

Tracks:

Simple Pleasures
Get Busy
Jam Up
The Left Bank
Funkyard Dog
Along For The Ride
Island Time
Wassup!
Easy Street
A Winter Tale
Good To Go-Go
Newroses

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Spyro Gyra leader Jay Beckenstein credits the addition of Trinidadian drummer Bonny B with juicing the long-running contemporary jazz band's sound, making it more "live-sounding." Wherever the stimulus came from, Good to Go-Go is one of the more forceful albums by Beckenstein and company. The drummer's Caribbean-style "Jam Up," featuring Andy Narell on steel drums and Bonny B on vocals, is infectious in a tightly wound way and melodically flavorful. With its modern harmonies, "The Left Band," with Christian Howe's guesting on violin, has an edge most such music lacks. Elsewhere, Spyro Gyra's funk-based sound is boosted by Julio Fernandez's wired guitar and lyrically colored by Tom Schuman's unplugged piano. This is the band's 26th album. Three decades on, it would seem, it is entering a promising new phase. --Lloyd Sachs

Customer Reviews:

Let's do it again........2007-08-05

Spyro Gyra has done it again. This album is great! It felt like I was on vacation listening to live music.

More Great music.......2007-07-03

I buy Spyro as soon as it hits the stores and have never been disappointed. Good to Go-GO is just another in a long line of Great work. Jay changes his support crew but the basics don't change. He lets his new members put their own touches to the history and evolution of the Band.
My favorite cut on this album has to be A Winter Tale. The growling base work and the light airy piano along with the Sax makes this premire music. I listened to the cut three time in a row the very fisrt time and picked up new nuances everytime.

Energy, sparkle, chops, and great grooves.......2007-06-20

I've been listening to SG since 1981 - had all their early years stuff on vinyl and have seen/heard them several times in concert. They've always been jaw-droppingly amazing live and most of their studio sessions in the last few years have failed to capture the magic that is Spyro Gyra. Not this CD. Cut 1 with Tom Schuman growling on the Rhodes and Julio cruising out on guitar is well-worth the price of admiission alone. No group, and I mean no group, has the raw talent and musicianship that these guys do. This CD allows them all to stretch out and develop their solos and boy does this CD groove. Run, don't walk. . . . . Jay B and Co. have proven, once again, that they are the king of the contemporary jazz genre.

The Lyrics Say It All..........2007-06-13

After the low-key "Wrapped In A Dream", "Good To Go-Go" is a breath of fresh air in my opinion. I am an avid Contemporary Jazz genre fan, and love upbeat jazz. This certainly fits the bill, plus it has a cool calypso sound in a couple of the tracks. I was happy to hear that they are going back to a few tracks that contain lyrics, making it easier to remember what track/song you are listening to. This is/was certainly an entertaining CD and I would easily buy it for a friend or family member.

Best CD in years.......2007-06-12

This is the best of Spyro Gyra's in years. After some average CD's like Original Cinema, The Deep End and Wrapped in a Dream they came with this one. The couldn't find a better tittle for this album because is really GOOD TO GO-GO. If you are a fan you will love this one but if you never heard them this is a good time to start doing it. Island time is the best track.

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Imaginative Coupling
Classic Movie Music at Its Best...
Growth and Change with At the Movies
Dave Koz at The Movies
Great Memories

At the Movies
Dave Koz
Manufacturer: Capitol
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000JJ4P9O
Release Date: 2007-01-30

Tracks:

Over The Rainbow - The Wizard Of Oz
Moon River featuring Barry Manilow - Breakfast At Tiffany's
As Time Goes By - Casablanca
Somewhere featuring Anita Baker - West Side Story
The Shadow Of Your Smile (Love Theme From "The Sandpiper") featuring Johnny Mathis and Chris Botti - The Sandpiper
The Pink Panther - The Pink Panther
The Way We Were featuring Vanessa Williams - The Way We Were
The Summer Knows (Theme From "Summer Of '42") - Summer Of `42
It Might Be You featuring India.Arie - Tootsie
Cinema Paradiso Suite - Cinema Paradiso
A Whole New World featuring Donna Summer - Aladdin
Schindler's List (Main Theme) - Schindler's List

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Concept discs tend to go one of two ways--they dance around a theme, causing listeners to draw their own conclusions about how well the album hangs together, or they come on strong. Sax man Dave Koz's At the Movies floats mellifluously into the second category. From the moment Judy Garland's voice comes keening through the crackle of "Over the Rainbow," we're transported directly into the cinema alongside Koz and a handful of high-wattage friends. Only in Koz's theater, the music is at times more heart-tuggingly pretty than we remember. "Moon River," from Breakfast at Tiffany's meanders gracefully before Barry Manilow surfaces to lend a languid, signature-smooth vocal. "The Shadow of Your Smile" from The Sandpiper sends ripples of bittersweetness down the spine straight through the soul. In a surprising standout track, India.Arie snakes her vocal to Tootsie's "It Might Be You" around Koz's sax so winningly you half-wish she had sung the original. Koz himself is no slouch here, either: six instrumentals belong to him exclusively, some so lush it seems a shame do-overs aren't on Oscar's radar. --Tammy La Gorce

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Imaginative Coupling.......2007-07-27

The artists with whom Dave Koz chose to collaborate made this a 5 stars, plus album.

Classic Movie Music at Its Best..........2007-07-07

Dave Koz has a real winner with this album of revisited movie music.
A great collection songs and done so well with super talented vocal artists.
If you're a movie fan, you gotta have this one.

Hope he'll do another with more movie themes; are you reading this Dave??

Growth and Change with At the Movies.......2007-07-06

At the Movies is a way of Dave expressing himself along with stretching and growing as a person and a fabulous musician. Ever since he came out he's been happy to be accepted for himself and has become more creative and daring. I believe At the Movies is an example of an artist who isn't happy just with the same ole, same ole.

I can't say this album is my favorite and I find I hardly ever listen to it even though the songs are incredibly beautiful. Everything Dave ever does elicits a different mood or touches one's heart or soul.

I would have to say my favorite songs would be The Pink Panther, Somewhere with Anita Baker singing as only she can, and Johnny Mathis sings The Shadow of Your Smile so that you think you're actually there with him. Eventually I'm sure I'll find others I like as well except for Over the Rainbow. I truly hate that song, but Dave plays it so well I can listen to it. I think the lead ins from the old songs add to the authenticity of the songs.

Hopefully next time Dave will give us smooth jazz people another jazzy album. I'm guessing he'll most likely surprise us again!

Dave Koz at The Movies.......2007-07-05

Dave Koz at The Movies is an enjoyable C.D. to listen to if you are a jazz fan as I have been since the late 1950s. Now that my favorite sax player, Gerry Mulligan, has passed on to that "jazz club in the sky" I have elected Dave Koz as his replacement. His sounds are clear, and he blows a sax with what seems no effort at all based on having seen him on T.V. when the artists on this C.D. performed. I would recommend this with a "High-5."
Bob of Gainesville, Virginia

Great Memories.......2007-07-04

This is a wonderful CD that causes me to reflect on some pretty good memories. I love Dave Koz and this is Dave at his creative best.

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Barry White all time greatest!
What a great CD....
Loved it!

Barry White - All-Time Greatest Hits
Barry White
Manufacturer: Island / Mercury
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001E58
Release Date: 1994-06-07

Tracks:

Love's Theme
I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More, Baby
I've Got So Much To Give
Never, Never Gonna Give You Up
Honey Please, Can't Ya See
Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe
You're The First, The Last, My Everything
What Am I Gonna Do With You
I'll Do For You Anything You Want Me To
Let The Music Play
You See The Trouble With Me
Baby, We Better Try To Get It Together
Don't Make Me Wait Too Long
I'm Qualified To Satisfy You
It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me
Playing Your Game, Baby
Oh, What A Night For Dancing
Your Sweetness Is My Weakness
Just The Way You Are
Satin Soul

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For those music buyers who have enjoyed Barry White's music since the early 1970s but may not be devoted enough for the three-CD box set Just for You, this 20-track compilation brings together all of White's major chart hits between 1973 and 1979, along with a couple of entries from his Love Unlimited Orchestra. White's distinctive vocal style--a deep, resonant baritone-bass that oozes sex appeal--was the icing on the cake for those hits; superlative string arrangements (courtesy of the late Gene Page) encased White in a lush setting, while White's hand-picked rhythm section (which included many of Los Angeles's top session players) created a groove that was hard to beat. The combination was lethal: hits like "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up," "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe," and "You're My First, My Last, My Everything" made White a chart staple and an early king of disco; his skill as a vocal interpreter was fully evident on a 1979 reading of Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are," another standout on this collection. On the evidence of that track alone, it's hard to believe that, according to legend, White never planned to be a recording artist in his own right and would have been happy to remain in the background as producer and songwriter! --David Nathan

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The most hot-buttered of all soul singers, Barry White is an artist whose CDs come with a purpose. To say what that purpose is, is not for a family Web site--but it involves that thing that Mommy and Daddy do at night with the bedroom door closed. All-Time Greatest Hits collects the essential White and Love Unlimited Orchestra tracks onto a packed CD. Are 20 cuts too much? Not with Viagra. That's a kind of medicine that grownups take. --Gavin McNett

Customer Reviews:

I Like It.......2007-07-12

This is a very good albun. It has a lot of the songs he does that I love. I think the sound could be a little better but it is probably from earlier recordings. I still am glad I got it.

Mary

Excellent.......2007-06-12

I was very happy with the quick shipment. Originally I had purchased this item for a last minute mother's day gift and it actually arrived a day early.

Barry White all time greatest!.......2007-05-14

If you like Barry White, even if you have most of his records this is a Siper compilation!

What a great CD...........2007-05-14

All of his greatest hits on one CD and every one is solid gold! This is truly a favorite of mine!

Loved it!.......2007-03-26

All our favourites, all his originals and his re-makes. This CD tops all its predecesors. Easy to listen, energizing, soothing and exciting. Perfect!

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