The Best of B.T. Express

Track Listings

1. Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)

2. This House Is Smokin'

3. Express

4. If It Don't Turn You on (You Oughta' Leave It Alone)

5. Once You Get It

6. Mental Telepathy

7. Give It What You Got

8. Peace Pipe

9. (They Long to Be) Close to You

10. Can't Stop Groovin' Now, Wanna Do It Some More

11. Energy to Burn

12. Shout It Out

13. Give up the Funk (Let's Dance)

14. Does It Feel Good

15. Stretch

The Best of B.T. Express,B.T. Express,Rhino / Wea,Disco,Funk,Pop,Popular Music,R&B

Tracks:

Phantom Of The Opera
Take That Look Off Your Face
All I Ask Of You
Don't Cry For Me Argentina
Magical Mr. Mistoffeles
Variations 1-4
Superstar
Memory
Starlight Express
Tell Me On A Sunday
The Music Of The Night
Another Suitcase In Another Hall
I Don't Know How To Love Him
Pie Jesu

Amazon.com essential recording

There are many, many Andrew Lloyd Webber albums out there, including cut-and-paste compilations and songbooks from individual artists, most notably Sarah Brightman, Michael Crawford, and even Jose Carreras. The Premiere Collection is probably as authentic as you can get in a hits album, however. In addition to the most popular selections from the original casts of Evita, Cats, and Jesus Christ Superstar, the 57-minute album includes two selections from Tell Me on a Sunday (also recorded by Bernadette Peters as Song and Dance), the title tune from Starlight Express, the "Pie Jesu" from the Requiem, and a snippet from the Paganini Variations, thereby allowing you to hear the good stuff without having to spring for the complete albums. Note that the three selections from Phantom of the Opera are the 1986 pop singles instead of the cast recordings, meaning Steve Harley rather than Crawford sings with Brightman on the title tune and Cliff Richard subs for Steve Barton on "All I Ask of You." (Crawford does sing "The Music of the Night," of course.) This 1989 compilation was too early for Aspects of Love or Sunset Boulevard, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is ignored, but these omissions are rectified in the follow-up album The Premiere Collection Encore, and the American-slanted version, The Very Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Broadway Collection. --David Horiuchi

Customer Reviews:

Musical Pleasure.......2007-07-03

I enjoy all of this music, listening frequently. Some not original cast members, so less than 5 star. Product exactly as advertised.

The Premiere Collection.......2007-01-17

My sister had this and it got destroyed. She wanted an other, This was the only place I have found it!! Very hard to find! I have been to every music store in my area. She loved it!! And was so happy to have it again. Anyone who loves Andrew Lloyd Webber will love this. As it has many songs from some of his most famous plays with the original cast. Great item.

beautiful.......2006-12-21

This CD is a great compilation of some of Andrew Lloyd Webber's hits. If you are just looking for a "quick fix" for your Broadway craving, this is a great value.

Fair Album with 1 starlight and 0 aspects.......2004-07-09

I think this album is F-A-I-R because it has one starlight express song and zero aspects of love songs. This is why i liked the album The reason i said that this is a fair album is that I like Starlight Express better. Song i like are "The Phantom of the Opera", "Take That Look off Your Face", All I Ask of You", "Don't Cry For Me Argentina", "Mr. Mistofflees," "Superstar," "Memory", "Starlight Express", "Tell Me On A Sunday", "Music of the Night", "Another Suitcase in Another Hall", and "I Don't Know How To Love Him". I dislike the following songs:" Track 6" and the last one because the last one was hard to understand and track 6 is instrumental.

Superb collection.......2003-08-11

... It is a collection of the best of ALW's creative efforts, and a collection of great performances. Anyone who loves "Broadway" should have this disk in their collection.

Average customer rating:

The Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber

Manufacturer: Madacy Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music

General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music

General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0009VNBQK
Release Date: 2005-07-05

Tracks:

Phantom of the Opera [From Phantom of the Opera]
Music of the Night [From Phantom of the Opera]
Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again [From Phantom of the Opera]
Sunset Boulevard Entr'acte [From Sunset Boulevard]
With One Look [From Sunset Boulevard]
Memory [From Cats]
Tell Me on a Sunday [From Song and Dance]
Last Man in My Life [From Song and Dance]
Love Changes Everything [From Aspects of Love]
Anything But Lonely [From Aspects of Love]
Seeing Is Believing [From Aspects of Love]

Tracks:

Phantom Overture [From Phantom of the Opera]
Take That Look Off Your Face [From Song and Dance]
Another Suitcase in Another Hall [From Evita]
Rainbow High [From Evita]
Buenos Aires [From Evita]
Heaven on Their Minds [From Jesus Christ Superstar]
Everything's Alright [From Jesus Christ Superstar]
John 19: 41 [From Jesus Christ Superstar]
Aspects of Aspects [From Aspects of Love]
Too Much in Love to Care [From Sunset Boulevard]
Pharaoh's Story [From Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]

Tracks:

Don't Cry for Me Argentina [From Evita]
Sunset Boulevard [From Sunset Boulevard]
Overture [From Jesus Christ Superstar]
Think of Me [From Phantom of the Opera]
Last Supper [From Jesus Christ Superstar]
Memory [From Cats]
Starlight Sequence [From Starlight Express]
Peron's Latest Flame [From Evita]
King Herod's Song [From Jesus Christ Superstar]
Any Dream Will Do [From Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]

Average customer rating:

BOMPIN!!!!!
The Best of B.T. Express..
Do it (till you're satisfied ! )...
extremely funky
smokin

The Best of B.T. Express
B.T. Express
Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Disco | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

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Tracks:

Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)
This House Is Smokin'
Express
If It Don't Turn You On (You Oughta' Leave It Alone)
Once You Get It
Mental Telepathy
Give It What You Got
Peace Pipe
Close To You
Can't Stop Groovin' Now, Wanna Do It Some More
Energy To Burn
Shout It Out
Give Up The Funk (Let's Dance)
Does It Feel Good
Stretch

Customer Reviews:

BOMPIN!!!!!.......2007-01-25

b.t. express was that stone groove. check out every joint on here. i love almost everything on here. some of the later ones make me make faces and make wierd noises, but all in all, this is so funky sometimes it makes me shake.

The Best of B.T. Express.........2005-11-19

B.T. Express was a tight, tight band, from start to finish. They did it all themselves. "Do it 'till your satisfied" is their signature song (and sound). Get you copy and well, do it!
Five stars!

Do it (till you're satisfied ! )..........2005-10-21

In the 1970s, it wasn't uncommon to find a funk band that was entirely self-contained - all of the producing, writing, and arranging was done by actual bandmembers, not outsiders. This funk-disco group was formed by Jeff Lane in 1972 in Brooklyn NY. They started as David House Rockers in 1972 and later were called the Brooklyn Trucking Express. They were never totally self-contained; even its first major hit, "Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)," was written by someone who wasn't an official member: guitarist Billy Nichols. The group consisted keyboardist Michael Jones (later well known as Kashif). Nevertheless the Best of B.T has such a good track list and without them your funk collection is incomplete. On the whole this disc is something funksters should savor.

extremely funky.......2003-03-23

I always enjoyed listening to The BT Express on the radio but buying The best of was a listening experience."Do It,Express,Give It What You Got,Peace Pipe,etc...This is so funky,I can't stop bopping!

smokin.......2000-01-30

this group could be as funky as anybody.those horns and grooves are still tight to this day.Do It (til your'e satisfied),express.this cd bangs on the weekend.

Best Disco Album in the Universe, Vol. 2

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Second volume of a very good disco series

Best Disco Album in the Universe, Vol. 2
The Trammps , Jean Carn , B.T. Express , One Way featuring Al Hudson , Sylvester , Evelyn Champagne King , Ashford & Simpson , Chic , Sister Sledge , and Chaka Chan
Manufacturer: Essex
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000038NP
Release Date: 1997-08-12

Tracks:

Disco Inferno - The Trammps
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Express - B.T. Express
Music - One Way
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Message In Our Music - The O'Jays
The More I Get, The More I Want - Teddy Pendergrass
I Want Your Love - Chic
I'm Every Woman - Chaka Khan

Customer Reviews:

Second volume of a very good disco series.......2004-02-28

Volume 2 has at least 2 entries that are not in their extended (12" or LP) versions, though most are:

Trammps-Disco Inferno (hey, the liner notes to Vol. 1 said this was on Vol. 3) (10:51)
Ashford & Simpson-Found a Cure (3:46)(this is the 7" version; still excellent but most would prefer the 7+ minute version)
Evelyn "Champagne" King-I'm In Love (3:53) (another short version) (Actually, Evelyn wasn't using the "Champagne" nickname when this hit in 1981. I am so proud to be a font of useless music trivia...thank you Amazon, for providing me this outlet)
Jean Carn-Was That All There Was (3:53)
B.T. Express-Express (5:06)
One Way f/Al Hudson-Music (7:17)
Sister Sledge-He's The Greatest Dancer (6:13)
Sylvester-(You Make Me Feel) Mighty Real (6:34)
O'Jays-Message In Our Music (6:23)
Teddy Pendergrass-The More I Get, The More I Want (4:27)
Chic-I Want Your Love (6:56) (despite what I said about The Hustle on Vol. 1, something from Nile Rodgers & Bernard Edwards needs to be on every disco compilation)
Chaka Khan-I'm Every Woman (4:09)

I think I'm not giving these discs five stars because the song choices on each volume seem so random. A song from 1975 may follow one from 1982, and there is no reason why any particular group of songs are on any volume. ("Club Floor Classics-The 70's" and Hip-O's "Dance 54" collections work better, to me, because they are more cohesive.) And when you think about it, can each of eleven volumes of this really be THE "best in the universe?"

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