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Average customer rating: Disappointed Awesome music Have to have it Jack's Worst Short and sweet

Some Live Songs Jack Johnson , G Love , and Donavon Frankenreiter Manufacturer: Umvd Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Lemonade Donavon Frankenreiter Move by Yourself Thicker Than Water Sing-A-Longs & Lullabies for the Film Curious George (Jack Johnson) ASIN: B00076AGHO Release Date: 2005-06-13

Tracks:

1. Rodeo Clowns
2. Free
3. Sunshine
4. Heading Home
5. Mud Football
6. Girl I Wanna Lay You Down (Plus Bonus Hidden Track: Superhero Brother)

Product Description

WOW! Whotta groovy collection of live tracks by these fantastic musicians, put together on this limited edition EP -- which you will only find at select indie record stores nationwide! Also available: ON AND ON by Jack Johnson, THE HUSTLE by G Love, and Donovan Frankenreiters self-titled debut. 1) Rodeo Clowns - Performed by J Johnson, G. Love and D Frankenreiter 2) Free - Performed by D Frankenreiter, J Johnson and Zach Gill 3) Sunshine - Performed By G. Love, J Johnson and Zach Gill 4) Heading Home - Performed by D Frankenreiter, J Johnson, G. Love, Zach Gill 5) Mud Football - Performed by J Johnson, G. Love, D Frankenreiter and Zach Gill 6) Girl I Wanna Lay You Down - Performed by J Johnson and Zach Gill 7) Bonus Hidden Track: Superhero Brother ­ Performed by G. Love

Customer Reviews:

Disappointed.......2007-05-04

Somehow I hoped for more. I really like the Jack Johnson albumns I own, and had hoped that a live performance with these other two musicians would impress. It did not. Don't waste your money or time.

Awesome music.......2007-03-21

This CD is a great mix of music. Although a little short, the songs are great to jam to while riding in the car. I especially love the last track-the hidden one is so funny! Gotta check it out!

Have to have it.......2007-01-31

If you really enjoy Jack and friends for what they are, and the way the music makes you feel...this is a MUST have. If you play(even just a little bit) GREAT CD to jam along with. Nothing fancy, just the roots of all that is good. To call yourself a Jack fan and not enjoy this, I guess you just don't get it .

Jack's Worst.......2007-01-18

Being a fan of Jack Johnson, I thought this one would be as good as the others. I wasn't impressed at all. It sounds like a few guys pickin' around in the basement. The recording quality has very little production value. At best, these are okay live versions of usually great songs. This is an unnecessary piece for your Jack Johnson collection.

Short and sweet.......2007-01-10

Excellent selection of some of the best from these three friends (and a little Zach Gill, too!). Gives you the feeling you're sneaking into a weekend jam session at Jack's house. Fans of these guys will want to add this CD to their library. Seems to me, though, they could have easily added a few more songs and make this a full length effort.

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Because I Love It Amerie Manufacturer: Sony / Bmg Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Contemporary Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Contemporary R&B | R&B | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music R&B | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Good Girl Gone Bad Animalistic So Much Better I Am Epiphany ASIN: B000PKG4SM Release Date: 2007-05-21

Tracks:

1. Forecast Intro
2. Hate 2 Love U
3. Some Like It
4. Make Me Believe
5. Take Control
6. Gotta Work
7. Crush
8. Crazy Wonderful
9. That's What U R
10. When Loving U Was Easy
11. Paint Me Over
12. Somebody Up There
13. All Roads
14. 1 Thing [*]
15. Losing U [*]
16. Take Control [*] - Amerie,

Album Description

Asian pressing of her 2007 album features three bonus tracks, '1 Thing', 'Losing U' and 'Take Control (feat. Seven)'. Sony / BMG. 2007.

Average customer rating: Great rhythms and melodies, but not the best lyrics. What a treat! Surprised melodic and mellow Ziggy is a singer and a guitar player, he's just not a great writer, he

Love Is My Religion (Import) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Reggae | International | Styles | Music General | Reggae | Compilations | International | Styles | Music Similar Items: Dragonfly Mind Control The Spirit of Music Welcome to Jamrock The Best Of Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers ASIN: B000FORBLC Release Date: 2006-05-23

Album Description

2006 release and second solo album by Bob Marley's son, the follow-up to the successful Dragonfly album from 2003. Features 12 tracks total including 10 new songs plus an Acoustic Version of the title track and 'Be Free' (Dub). Tuff Gong.

Customer Reviews:

Great rhythms and melodies, but not the best lyrics........2007-05-19

Of course, I really don't care too much about lyrics, but "I don't want to fight, hey let's go fly a kite" is pretty corny. Still I love that song and the acoustic version and his message is nothing to laugh at. His voice is great too, so that makes up for the corny lyrics. The African influence in this CD is pretty evident, you can really hear some of that South African Mbaqanga sound in "Into the Groove" ziggy defintely knew what he was doing when we put the african sounds into this CD.. again I just wish his lyrics were as good as his dad's because this CD would go down as a modern reggae masterpiece if they were. It still doesn't fall very short.

What a treat!.......2007-02-28

Fair warning: this isn't exactly a well-informed review. This is CD is the first Ziggy Marley I've heard. I picked it up in a used music shop on a whim, and wow -- I'm so glad I did! While I can't yet compare this to Ziggy's other albums, I will definitely be picking up more of his music on the strength of this offering.

This is a fun, highly listenable album. There's a distinct reggae flavor, but strong blues and pop influences as well, smoothly integrated into a distinctive sound that's easy to love. This CD is a great mood-lifter -- it's just tough not to be upbeat while listening to this!

Surprised.......2006-10-08

I did not care for Dragon Fly so I was not expecting much, however this cd is very melodic and cool to listen to.I really like it.Keep on dreaming and Into the groove are my favorites.

melodic and mellow.......2006-09-28

Great CD - mellow understated playing. Beach in Hawaii and Be Free (dub) are highlights.

Ziggy is a singer and a guitar player, he's just not a great writer, he .......2006-09-10

needs to collaborate. I've been following him/them since the first Melody Makers albums and they were better, sometimes backed by The Wailers, Stephens contributions, whatever.etc, His solo stuff is thin and he's being left behind which is a shame, he's surruonded by tallent. The fire and hunger are sorely lacking and withuot them can you make Reggae?

Average customer rating: Awesome music! Wonderful More new stuff, please! Great Compilation!

Love of My Life: The Best of Dan Hill Dan Hill Manufacturer: Sbme Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Dan Hill - Greatest Hits & More Dance of Love Longer Fuse Frozen in the Night I'm Doing Fine ASIN: B00003OTEO Release Date: 2003-05-26

Tracks:

1. Seduces Me
2. Never Thought (That I Could Love)(Single Remix
3. All I Ses Is Your Face
4. Carmelia
5. You Make Me Want To Be
6. Once Upon A Time
7. All I Want Is You
8. Can't We Try (Duet With Vonda Shepard)
9. Hold On
10. Wishful Thinking (Duet With Celine Dion)
11. The Healing Power Of Love (Additional Vocals By
12. Love Of My Life
13. My Love For You
14. Somewhere In The Distance
15. In Your Eyes (Duet With Rique Franks)
16. Unborn Heart
17. Sometimes When We Touch
18. Daddy's Song

Album Description

18 of the gentle Canadian pop singer/ songwriter's absolute greatest in the '70s & '80s, including all of his biggest U.S. chart hits. Features the #3 smash 'Sometimes When We Touch', the top 10 duet 'Can't We Try' with Vonda Sheppard (of 'Ally McBeal' fame), plus 'All I See Is Your Face', 'Never Thought' and much more. 1999 release.

Customer Reviews:

Awesome music!.......2002-02-13

I first heard the song Unborn Heart on the radio the day I heard my second child's heart beat for the first time! It was so touching! It was great to hear from the fathers perspective!

Wonderful.......2000-05-18

A great treat! Dan includes history and inspirations for each song.

More new stuff, please!.......2000-05-12

This great collection just proves that Dan Hill is not only one of Canada's great songwriters (for those of you who hadn't heard of him before: he sort of disovered Celine Dion and later penned her classic "Seduces Me") but also a wonderful singer with a truly recognizable voice.

His tunes are very romantic, intense and personal - to say the least - but they really shine if you're affected by this sort of music.

A brilliant collection that leaves you wanting for more of Dan Hill whose recent releases have been very rare, unfortunately - even though this new collection does include the odd as yet unreleased track.

Great Compilation!.......2000-03-27

This is the ultimate collection of Dan Hill, very nice compilation of his greatest hits, I will recommand any fan to buy this CD.

Average customer rating: Sheer class A WONDERFUL "TWO-FER" BY JACK JONES! Incredible Singing! Incredible Singing! Two Master Disks from a Vocal Master on 1 CD: Big Deal!

She Loves Me / There's Love & There's Love & There's Love [2 on 1] Jack Jones Manufacturer: Mca Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Imports | Stores | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Wives and Lovers/Dear Heart & Other Great Songs of Love Where Love Has Gone & My Kind of Town All the Things You Are: The Love Collection Sings The Best of Jack Jones ASIN: B00000B9FX Release Date: 1998-03-31

Tracks:

1. She Loves Me
2. Real Live Girl
3. Our Language of Love
4. Close Your Eyes
5. When I'm Not Near the Girl I Love
6. I Believe in You
7. Lamp Is Low
8. On the Other Side of the Tracks
9. Wouldn't It Be Loverly
10. My Mood Is You
11. Hit the Road to Dreamland
12. I Get Along Without You Very Well
13. Night Is Young and You're So Beautiful
14. I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me
15. Young at Heart
16. And I Love Her
17. Lovely Way to Spend an Evening
18. You Do Something to Me
19. Embraceable You
20. You Made Me Love You
21. While We're Young
22. There's Love and There's Love and There's Love
23. Tenderly
24. True Love

Album Details

Two Original LPs on One CD. Part of MCA'S 'Two on One' Series. Digitally Remastered.

Customer Reviews:

Sheer class.......2003-11-13

Back in the seventies, I learned the hard way that you never lend out your Jack albums. While I will never see some of that vinyl again, I welcome the chance to catch up on that and more with the hopefully ever-increasing CD back catalog.

There was something almost mystical about Jack's earlier recordings, and if I had to pick out one album that I would consider my favorite, it would be There's Love... which gave us the Jack anthem And I Love Her.

I know we're all going to disagree over his 'best' work, but with an artist of his caliber, you can only really talk about your favorite albums - another classic being Sings Michel Legrand.

Last I heard the man is still going strong, and still doing sold-out world tours, and from the last recent photo I saw, he's still outrageously handsome, dang it.

A superb double Jack set and from the look of Amazon's excellent database, one of several paired sets. Now I just have to catch up on the rest.

Brilliant.

A WONDERFUL "TWO-FER" BY JACK JONES!.......2002-08-15

This coupling of two of Jack's best albums offers the music lover immeasurable nostalgia, enjoyment and collectability all in one great CD. The first half of this CD latches on to the (then) recent bossa-nova craze and takes a handful of standards and lets Jack 'bossa-nova' his way through them. It's inspiring the way the arrangements sound so tailor made to old chestnuts like THE LAMP IS LOW, the underappreciated Hoagy Carmichael-penned torch song I GET ALONG WITHOUT YOU VERY WELL and the recent broadway hits of the 60's SHE LOVES ME and ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACKS. But the real beauty here is the second half of this CD, the album THERE'S LOVE AND THERE'S LOVE, the charts contributed by Nelson Riddle (the only time he and Jack had the opportunity to work together) Nelson's work with Jack is much like any other work he's done with any other singer - flawless. A Riddle chart always got the best out of the singer, and this is more than evident as Nels and Jack put their indelible stamp on the Beatles' classic ballad, AND I LOVE HER. Other geniune treasures to be found are the old Al Jolson standard, YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU and the lilting WHILE WE'RE YOUNG. You'll find the title track with its lyric from the able hands of Sammy Cahn, THERE'S LOVE AND THERE'S LOVE a cute tune that may border on commercial, but it never comes off that way with Jack's tender reading and Nelson's thoughful chart behind him. A really wonderful "two-fer" to have in your collection!

Incredible Singing!.......2000-04-28

These two Jack Jones albums on the Kapp label from the mid '60's are long overdue on cd! The first album "She Loves Me" features songs with a latin beat, done superbly by Jones. The second album "There's Love & There's Love & There's Love" is a classic, which features the only time that Jack collaborated with the great legendary arranger Nelson Riddle. The songs are sung beautifully and smoothly by Jones, and the arrangements are incredibly lush. The album is an absolute classic. This cd is a must have for any Jack Jones fan and fan of the great popular standards!

Incredible Singing!.......2000-04-27

These two albums by Jack Jones from the mid '60's are a perfect example of what makes Jack Jones so great! "She Loves Me" features songs with a latin beat, done superbly by Jones. "There's Love & There's Love & There's Love" is a classic album featuring the only time that Jack collaborated with the great and legendary arranger Nelson Riddle. The songs are romantic and lush, the singing is silky smooth and top notch. The arrangements are unbelieveable. This cd is a definite must have for any Jack Jones fan!

Two Master Disks from a Vocal Master on 1 CD: Big Deal!.......1999-10-28

Incredible but MCA United Kingdom has done a better work on Jack Jones' Kapp originals than MCA America has. An entire album with arrangements by Nelson Riddle would be enough to enchant our hearts. So imagine one more excellent album in the same CD package.

Average customer rating: Big disappointment NOT THE MOVIE DVD SOUNDTRACK AT ALL All the songs are on my CD--but still disappointed missing something Loved it

Love Actually Various Artists Manufacturer: Umvd Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Soundtracks | Imports | Stores | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Love Actually (Widescreen Edition) Both Sides Now Love Actually Bridget Jones's Diary, Vol. 2 Bridget Jones's Diary ASIN: B00012QKSI Release Date: 2003-12-08

Tracks:

1. Jump (For My Love) - Girls Aloud
2. Too Lost In You - Sugababes
3. The Trouble With Love Is - Kelly Clarkson
4. Here With Me - Dido
5. Christmas Is All Around - Billy Mack
6. Turn Me On - Norah Jones
7. Songbird - Eva Cassidy
8. Sweetest Goodbye - Maroon
9. I'll See It Through - Texas
10. Both Sides Now - Joni Mitchell
11. White Christmas - Otis Redding
12. Take Me As I Am - Wyclef Jean
13. All I Want For Christmas Is you - Olivia Olson
14. God Only Knows - The Beach Boys
15. All You Need Is Love - Lynden David Hall
16. Glasgow Love Theme - Craig Armstrong
17. PM's Love Theme - Craig Armstrong
18. Sometimes - Gabrielle

Album Description

Asian pressing of 2003 soundtrack for the US box office hit starring Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson and Emma Thompson. 18 tracks from the likes of Sugababes, Dido, Joni Mitchell, Maroon 5, The Beach Boys and Norah Jones. Universal. 2003.

Album Details

Asian Version featuring Four Bonus Tracks: "Christmas is all Around" by Billy Mack, "White Christmas" by Otis Redding, "All I Want for Christmas is You" by Olivia Olson, and "pm's Love Theme" by Craig Armstrong, and Two Alternate Tracks Not Found on the USA Version: "Jump" by Girls Aloud (In Place of the Pointer Sisters Version), and "Sometimes" by Gabrielle (In Place of the Calling's "Whenever You Will Go").

Customer Reviews:

Big disappointment.......2007-02-15

I returned this CD unopened. It had a sticker on it saying it had been made in Colombia or someplace else in S. America! The song, "Jump", by the Pointer Sisters in the movie, wasn't even BY the Pointer Sisters on the CD. If it's a soundtrack, what is THAT about?!?

NOT THE MOVIE DVD SOUNDTRACK AT ALL.......2007-01-23

You will be disappointed if buy this thinking it will be as good or JUST LIKE the DVD/Movie soundtrack, SORRY.

By far the best song on the CD is the best one in the movie, Olivia Olson singing All I want for Christmas. It is nearly as good as the movie and BETTER than mariah carey.

There may be some issues between the USA and import versions reported in other reviews.

Jump, All you need is love, Christmas is all around....NOT THE SAME and disappointing.

All the songs are on my CD--but still disappointed.......2006-11-06

Not sure about the complaints below about PM's Love Theme missing--my import soundtrack has it. (There seem to be at least three differnt love actually souncrtacks, so it might be possible to buy one that doesn't have the tracks you want!). Mine matches the track listing shown above for this item. However, Jump is not the Pointer Sister's version that was in the movie (it is some rather hollow faux disco number), the Billy Mack cut is not well-mixed nor is All You Need is Love, where the instrumental additions in the chruch scene seem to have been cut out, giving a monotonous and repetitive chorus that goes on and on. I LOVE the film and have watched it far too many times, but the soundtrack doesn't meet my expectations. Were I you, I'd save my money.

missing something.......2006-02-24

Ok! I am not slamming this CD. It is a great CD. But, where is Craig Armstrong's Portugese Love Theme? I tried ordering this CD and was continually getting the Amazon.com is sorry but there is a delay in your order email. I googled the soundtrack and it came up on amazon.com/uk. Very happy to see the extra tracks included (Wherever You Will Go by The Calling is also included.) My main reason for the soundtrack was for PM's Love Theme which is not available on the domestic release. Never knew you could get a soundtrack with Portugese Love Theme on it as well. I was pleasantly surprised and bought it on the spot. Was actually less expensive to purchase and ship airmail then to purchase domestically as an import. Needless to say but will say anyway, I cancelled my amazon.com order and received my import directly from amazon/uk. My advice...if you are interested in this soundtrack, try amazon.com/uk.

Loved it.......2006-02-23

I bought this version mostly for track 18 which is not on the American version. I love the movie and love the music in it. I plan on having the last song play as the recession song in my wedding.

Average customer rating: Folk-soul-R&B-jazz masterpiece, sadly unheard-of in USA The Lady On The Cover This man is good! Terry Callier testifies..................................... this album i have never forgoten

What Color Is Love Terry Callier Manufacturer: Umvd Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Folk | Imports | Stores | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Occasional Rain Essential: The Very Best of Terry Callier I Just Can't Help Myself Speak Your Peace Timepeace ASIN: B000026HWR Release Date: 1999-10-18

Tracks:

1. Dancing Girl
2. What Color Is Love
3. You're Goin' Miss Your Candyman
4. Just As Long As We're In Love
5. Ho Tsing Mee (A Song Of The Sun)
6. I'd Rather Be With You
7. You Don't Care

Customer Reviews:

Folk-soul-R&B-jazz masterpiece, sadly unheard-of in USA.......2007-05-19

Thanks to the wonderful institution of Amazon's "Listmania" and my relentless search thereof for great 'lost' 60's and 70's rock, folk, country and soul music, I was recently helped into discovering this unique genre-bender of a classic album from Terry Callier. After researching him a bit, I found that this is one of his three most highly-recommended 70's albums, sandwiched in between 1972's Occasional Rain and 1975's I Just Can't Help Myself. Since What Color Is Love was the first I heard about, and has such a classic, evocative cover (yeah, occasionally you CAN judge an album by its cover art), I decided to pick it up first. What a great purchase--I can confidently recommend this album to fans of jazzier folk, more "out-there" folk that is influenced by more wide ranging musical styles than just American roots and blues, as well as more adventurous fans of R&B legends like Marvin Gaye and Al Green who don't mind if their soul is cut with a bit of folk and jazz.

The album opens with the spacey "Dancing Girl," in which Callier displays his novel combination of acoustic folk guitar with his soulful, yearning voice that seems to evoke all the best characteristics of 60's/70's black soul, but at the same time transcend the structural trappings of the genre. On first listen, I was immediately impressed with Callier's lyrics--meaningful, mysterious, and thought provoking, on "Dancing Girl," he lays out some mind-blowers ("You'll surely come to harm/With that needle all up in your arm") and some lines that, combined with the power of the music, transcend the words alone ("Anyway you want to do/Boogie, bop, or boogaloo" is priceless in Callier's husky whisper). The song's structure is pretty progressive, with multiple movements and clocking in at over 9 glorious minutes.

"What Color is Love" and "Just As Long As We're In Love" showcase Callier's strengths as an interpretive singer and his gentle side, backed by female background singers, horns and strings in a delightful blend. "You Goin' To Miss Your Candyman" is one of the album's greatest tracks, with the funkiest soul bassline since Marvin Gaye's "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)," and showcasing Callier's uniformly tight, gnarly rhythm section, which often includes some sick bass lines and bongo drums. "Ho Tsing Mee" is a contemplative protest song, deceptively gentle at the beginning, building to a barnstorming climax with Callier's plaintive scat/howl elevating the song to great heights. "I'd Rather Be With You" is the album's closest thing to a typical "on the road" folksong, and the closer is a groovy Bacharach-like blend of horns and background singers repeating "You Don't Care" for a tranquil, meditative end to a real trip of an album.

Terry Callier is one of the greatest relatively unknown artists I've discovered lately, and I can't help but recommend him as highly as I can. I'm looking forward to checking out his other classics, and maybe some of his newer music, which I heard is also excellent. Take a chance--I think you'll find Callier rewarding.

The Lady On The Cover.......2004-11-21

One day about thirty-five years ago.I was browsing in a record store.Not looking for anything in particular.When my eyes hit upon this ablum cover.Partly because I guess the woman was naked (Yeah).Now I must admit I did not know a thing about Terry Callier,and had never heard of him.But the album caught my attention so I brought it. Once I got the album home I begin to wonder what the woman was thinking about.She had the most thoughtful look on her face.As she sat in the chair in a almost fetal position with a cigarette in her hand.Was she thinking about a current lover or an ex-lover or maybe a love that will never be.As Terry Callier says"A heart cannot live if a heart isn't giving".And that statement really does apply to love,and the lady on the cover.What Color Is Love a 1972 effort by Terry Callier is one of the best albums I've ever brought.Terry Callier is not only a great singer but he is also a great songwriter.He wrote songs in the 70s for the Dells on the old Cadet label.On What Color Is Love Terry Callier with the help of a few friends like his long time songwriting partner Larry Wade and arranger,producer Charles Stepney have put together a classic album.The musical journey begins with Dancing Girl-With a great arrangment,the song takes you on a dream trip that ends with a hard look at drugs and prostition.The title track What Color Is Love-Is not a love song,but a song about love.The song tells us that love can be wrong or right,can be as simple as black and white but it can also be complicated it can be strong,deep,giving,rise to great heights,can be hard to find and when it's over it can leave you with feelings that may last a lifetime."Yougoin"Miss Your Candyman-Is like a folk and blues song.And maybe the best arrangment on the album.Just As Long As We're In Love-I love the words to this song and the female background voices sound great.HotsingMee(A Song Of The Sun)-Another good song dealing with war and it's aftermath and the human conition.I'd Rather Be With You-I really love this song.A great love song,and I just love the harmonica playing in the background.You Don't Care-Is a little instrumental and a little vocal,and a very pleasurable tune.With this song the musical journey comes to an end.I highly recommend this album. '

This man is good!.......2003-05-29

This was my first taste of Mr Terry Callier. I remember putting the CD on and being mesmorised for nearly 9 minutes listened to the majestic 'Dancing Girl'. This is a truly epic piece of music which takes you on a musical journey into the sublime. The CD is worth buying just for this one track.

Then comes another Terry Callier classic 'What Color is Love'. These two tracks have become 2 of Terry's most played during his musical pilgrimage around the world.

This man is a true talent, buy this CD and try to go and see him live. This CD will never leave your collection

Terry Callier testifies............................................2001-12-31

WELLLLLLLLLL,

Another WONDERFUL talent "rescued" from the scrapheap of obscurity by the English acid jazz/ dusty soul fans, TERRY CALLIER, Chicago's finest, seems to be enjoying the same career revival as Brasilians Marcos Valle and Joyce, and more recently here in USA, Shuggie Otis-------- izza 'bout time-a, ya thinks??

I used to see Mr Callier at the old QUIET KNIGHT club at the Belmont Ave "EL" train stop lightyears ago, and was always taken by his incredible vocal frasing, syncopated jazz time over his alternately folk/soul and post doowop compositions (TC composed many doowop soul tunes as a staff writer at Brunswick records, if I remember clearly............

TC's more stripped down accompaniment on the live dates was augmented on these older Cadet record recordings by the wonderful arrangements of Charles Stepney(Earth Wind & Fire) and the great jazz arranger Richard Evans, and featured alla the stalwart Chicago soul/ jazz session "cats" of the time, "What Color is Love " and the even better"Just Cant Help Myself" were for me , Mr Callier's finest recorded moments until his recent "Time Peace" cd, which is only BRILLIANT .

Only 7 tracks here, but each is of a very reasonable length.

The sound of the recording will satisfy the novice fan to Mr Callier, as it compares to the jazz folk sounds of Shawn Phillips and the recently cannonized Nick Drake both in conception and the EXCELLENT quality of lyrics.

Re; Tc's lyric conception,I feel most lyricists here in the USA lack the poetic flow -the "jeitinho"(knack??) to spin a nice melodic lyric that both sounds good AND means something. (maybe Jimi Hendrix, I think....). Mr Callier uses words in the same way a soloist chooses frases from the scales he's gonna run on the changes, Pure poesia, not "Baybee I Loves ya BS........"
There's no Vinicius de Moraes, Cae Veloso or Aldir Blanc here in USA as lyricwriting goes.(Im not a Dylan fan, so I must keep him out of the mix.......)

Mr Callier's folkier sounds were never my favorites, I always dug the jazzy and the doowop stuff. The doowops are fabulously represented with "Just as Long as We are in Love" and "You Dont Care"--straight up "Brunswick records " sound.
"Dancing Girl" is that dreamy quality that the Drake and Phillips sounds represent-
it is a lovely "suite".
What Color is Love title track simply a jazzy ballad, with the feel of all the timeless "standards". A lovely arrangement for sure!

The record hardly sounds dated, it's as fresh as anything recorded these days.........

And TC's vocals just soar, he frases like a jazz horn!

I'd review ALLA Tc's cds, ya have to say the same words for all of them-------- the word of gypsy origin, "duende" applies....DEEP PROFOUND "SOUL" from a fine musico, BRAVISSIMO < Terry Callier!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this album i have never forgoten.......2001-07-11

When i first heard this music many year's ago, it left a lasting impression. i have not forgotten it. believe it or not, i was in love with a woman at the time. the day i walked away, i left this album on her door step. it was my only copy. i am new to this internet searching, for the hell of it, i looked this up. i was shocked when i found it. this man can sing with the best of them. for all the music that is offered today, very few artist's can really get to the inner soul of a song. if you want to hear a man sing a love song, i highly reccommend terry callier.

Average customer rating: Best Italian Artist in a LONG TIME!!!!

Vicky Love Biagio Antonacci Manufacturer: Umvd Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Italy | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Rock | International | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Italian | Euro Pop | Pop | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Musica La Vita E'strana Passeggeri Distratti Io Canto Made in Italy ASIN: B000O75HGG Release Date: 2007-04-23

Tracks:

1. Soffocamento
2. Lascia Stare
3. C'Silenzio
4. Sognami
5. Impossibile
6. Coccinella
7. Vicky Love
8. Non Sei Pi
9. GiMani Capo
10. Non Eri Tu "Quel Brivido di Libert
11. Volte

Album Details

Biagio Antonacci's Return after Two Years of Silence. The First Single "Lascia Stare" Declares the World of Biagio: Pop, Rock and Magic, Biagio Sings About Intimism, Passion and Love. The Endless and Faithful Fan Base is Already Advised and Ready to Welcome Him Again with a Big Hug.

Customer Reviews:

Best Italian Artist in a LONG TIME!!!!.......2007-05-23

When I think of an Italian male artist, there are several that come to mind...but the one that stands out beyond all of them is Biagio Antonacci! His vocals and songs are a real treat to listen to. For those that don't speak Italian (and I recommend that you learn), the music is equally as moving, but understanding the lyrics add to the enjoyment. Biagio Antonacci should be on everyone's ipod, and if he's not....what are you all waiting for???!!!!

Average customer rating: Great Album Unprecedented, but not the first! REMASTERED AGAIN another happy return

Lexicon Of Love (Deluxe Edition +20 Bonus Tracks) ABC Manufacturer: Umvd Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music | Vinyl Records | American Punk | British Punk | Emo | Garage Punk | Hardcore | Post Hardcore | Proto Punk | Punk | Punk Revival | Punk-Pop | Riot Grrl | Ska Punk | Straight Edge New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Post-Punk | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Dance Pop | Compilations | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music General | Dance & DJ | Box Sets | Stores | Music General | Pop | Box Sets | Stores | Music General | Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music Alternative Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: How to Be A...Zillionaire! Up Alphabet City Beauty Stab Beauty Stab ASIN: B00042YL4A Release Date: 2004-11-22

Tracks:

1. Show Me
2. Poison Arrow
3. Many Happy Returns
4. Tears Are Not Enough
5. Valentine's Day
6. Look of Love, Pt. 1
7. Date Stamp
8. All of My Heart
9. 4 Ever 2 Gether
10. Look of Love, Pt. 4
11. Overture
12. Tears Are No Enough [7"]
13. Alphabet Soup [12" Mix]
14. Theme from Man Trap
15. Poison Arrow [Jazz Mix]
16. Into the Valley of the Heathen Go [Outtake]
17. Alphabet Soul [BBC Swapshop Version]

Tracks:

1. Tears Are Not Enough [Demo Version]
2. Show Me [Demo Version]
3. Surrender [Demo Version]
4. Overture [Live]
5. Show Me [Live]
6. Many Happy Returns [Live]
7. Tears Are Not Enough [Live]
8. Date Stamp [Live]
9. Look of Love [Live]
10. All of My Heart [Live]
11. Valentine's Day [Live]
12. 4 Ever 2 Gether [Live]
13. Alphabet Soup [Live]
14. Poison Arrow [Encore][Live]

Album Description

Deluxe remastered reissue of the new wave act's classic 1982 album includes ten bonus tracks ('The original Singles') 'Tears Are Not Enough' (7-inch), 'Alphabet Soup' (12-inch), ''Theme From 'Man Trap''. & 'Poison Arrow' (Jazz Mix), (An Out-Take & An Oddity) 'Into The Valley Of The Heathen Go' ('Lexicon Of Love Out-take, 5/82), 'Alphabet Soup' (BBC Swap Shop Version 29/11/81), (The Route To Lexicon) 'Tears Are Not Enough' (Phonogram Demo 20/07/81), 'Show Me' (Phonogram Demo 20/07/81), & 'Surrender' (Phonogram Demo 20/07/81), & a bonus disc ('The Lexicon Of Love Live At The Hammersmith Odeon, Nov 1982') with an additional 11 tracks. Mercury. 2004.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Edition of the Abc's Stunning Debut Album Augmented with Previously Unreleased Demos and Remixes and the Full, Live Glory of the Band on their Debut "Lexicon of Love" Tour.. From their Gig at the Hammersmith Odeon Where David Bowie was Watching from the Wings. The Package Comes with Extensive Sleevenotes Including New Interviews with Martin Fry and Trevor Horn as Well as Memorabilia from Fry's Personal Archive.

Customer Reviews:

Great Album.......2007-02-06

What else can i say about this album that hasn't already been said brilliant piece of music, this remaster has improved sound over the last remaster.

Unprecedented, but not the first!.......2004-12-11

Before I even knew what a "trevor horn" was, i was in awe of this album and Frankie's "Pleasuredome" within the same year. "Lexicon" set the standard for my pop/rock ears. It was truly the very first album i would obsessively listen to over and over without skipping a single track and all the while wondering "Why aren't all albums made this way??". Later, I would discover "Avalon" by Roxy Music (which actually came first, but not to my ears). ABC's original killer lineup (Fry, White, Singleton, Lickley, and, most of all, Palmer) had hammered out (with Horn) the ulitmate distillation of what HAD been great 70*s music to form the pinnacle of New Romanticism for the 80*s.

The songs are an endless stream of witty couplets, like Satan himself had possesed your average dictionary of qoutations and was using it to sing the evils of love! The lowbrow take on highbrow lyricism all the while laughs at it's own haughty pretension, and Fry's ever-straining (though succeeding!) vocal delivery is emotive and leavening all at once! Tessa Niles (then Webb) made her mark as the angel of the New Romantic bands with her cameo parts here. Duran Duran would allude to her spots on Lexicon with their "Come Undone" single (that record seeming to mourn a bygone era).

Trevor Horn (I know what one is now!) assembled the core army that would march forth as ZTT (and the before-mentioned Frankie) around this effort, and the collective genius of all concerned, coupled with an exacting attention to recorded sonics (predicting the digital era to come...) would rise to heights unimagined. This record is every bit as engaging and lofty as any classical symphony or suite. Horn even managed to "tart up' and incorporate a track produced by someone else (Steve Brown on "Tears Are Not Enough") seemlessly. Fortunately for listeners, the original 7 inch single version is here for comparison. Also of note is the FABULOUS jazz mix of "Poison Arrow" (which i long treasured on vinyl) that proves Trevor's chops as an ombudsman arranger and mixer! Some of you may like to know that a "scratch" mix of 'Look of Love" is out there (part 5), it has it's moments, really, but I can see why it missed the cut here...

ABC's graphic sensibility PRE dated Pet Shop Boys and was in no small measure responsible for their success first time out. The Deluxe version exquistitely re-tailors the original graphics (Universal/Polygram in-house art has long been a leader in tasteful treatments, even when assigning such work to outside firms). Lots of Goodies for the eyeballs here, as well. The Live and Demo cuts are great, academically speaking. I only wish disc one had incorporated "overture" and "look parts 2 and 3" and left all else to disc two, it would have been less jarring. The sound has a certain "punched and compressed" quality in the percussion parts that was (like vintage Motown singles) a big part of it's vinyl success. It has obviously been decided to not mess with perfection in the audio approach, and the oddness of this approach is preserved (wise choice in my book!).

I sincerely hope this album is one day given the 5.1 surround mix it so desperately deserves. It would definitely pose a challenge to Mr. Horn, and he may well feel it is too risky to mess with perfection. This album deserves that extra detail every bit as much as Roxy's "Avalon" did, and "Avalon" succeeded as such, so please Trevor, give a try for the old guard! THANK GOD THIS ALBUM HAS GOTTEN IT'S DUE HONOR AT LAST! You will proudly own the very best if you buy it, even the original vanity "Neutron" label is used! Purveyors of Supa-Fine Product, indeed!

REMASTERED AGAIN another happy return.......2004-11-27

When I found out the Deluxe Edition series was adding The Lexicon Of Love to their catalog, I was very excited. Since there was already a remaster, I was more interested in the bonus tracks. Well, both discs are brilliant. This time, The Lexicon Of Love was truly remastered - it sounds better than the first round - you can tell immediately on Show Me. It was a much better job from the master.

The bonus stuff is worth it's weight in gold. The demos are my favorite as the songs are stripped down an a little undeveloped. It's cool to hear the genesis of song without the added production

I have a live show from Germany (same tour) which is excellent. This one is from the Hammersmith 1982. If you have not heard the full live set from this tour - you are in for complete treat. Very classy.

OH - pretty important if you want to save some cash. I bought mine from Amazon UK. For everything, the price was under $30.00. For some reason, our Amazon could not get the price lower. So, go there and save $10.00

Average customer rating: Party time Offensive LOVE CHILD ALBUM REALLY SHINES--ESSENTIAL LATE '60s SUPREMES ESSENTIAL DIANA ROSS AND THE SUPREMES truth from motown historian on the excellent love child ablu

Love Child/Supremes A-Go-Go The Supremes Manufacturer: Umvd Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Classic R&B | R&B | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music Motown | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Girl Groups | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music R&B | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: More Hits/Supremes Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland Where Did Our Love Go/I Hear a Symphony Let the Sunshine in//Cream of the Crop A Bit of Liverpool/T.C.B. There's a Place for Us: The Unreleased LP + Much More ASIN: B00004WZ5R Release Date: 2004-08-09

Tracks:

1. Love Child
2. Keep an Eye
3. How Long Has the Evening Train Been Gone
4. Does Your Mama Know About Me
5. Honey Bee (Keep Stinging Me)
6. Some Things You Never Get Used To
7. He's My Sunny Boy
8. You've Been So Wonderful to Me
9. (Don't Break These) Chains of Love
10. You Ain't Livin' Till You're Lovin'
11. I'll Set You Free
12. I Can't Shake It Loose
13. Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart
14. This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)
15. You Can't Hurry Love
16. Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)
17. Baby I Need Your Loving
18. These Boots Are Made for Walkin'
19. I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
20. Get Ready
21. Put Yourself in My Place
22. Money (That's What I Want)
23. Come and Get These Memories
24. Hang on Sloopy

Album Description

UK version of Motown's '2 Classic Albums On 1 CD Series'. Reissue of 'Love Child' (1968) and 'Supremes A-Go-Go' (1966) together on 1 CD. Packaged in a full color slipcase with original artwork and 8 page booklet. The former LP reached #14; the latter topp

Album Details

Digitally Remastered 2on1 CD with their Landmark LP that Saw them Eschew their Formal Gowns for Ghetto Rags and Relied More on Ashford and Simpson for their Hits. Along Side is 'supremes A-go-go', with their Hit 'you Can't Hurry Love' Fleshed Up Withmore Cover Versions of the Time.

Customer Reviews:

Party time.......2006-07-06

Since a number of Supremes albums have long been unavailable on CD, re-issues such as can be found on the excellent 2 Classic Albums 1 CD series are to be warmly encouraged. This is a slightly unexpected pairing of albums, with Love Child the more recent of the two, by the time they had become Diana Ross and the Supremes, followed by The Supremes A' Go-Go dating from a couple of years earlier, and featuring the classic line-up of Diana, Flo and Mary.
Love Child followed the departure of Holland/Dozier/Holland from the fold and the policy at Motown of encouraging a new lyrical realism, addressing issues of the day, hence the downbeat album cover with Diana cast in the role of the "Love child" (you can tell by the T-shirt emblazoned with the words "Love child"), seemingly ostracized by Cindy and Mary. Some of the tracks were produced by rising stars Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson, including the single Some Things You Never Get Used To and a new version of Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell's You Ain't Livin' Till You're Lovin', with other production duties shared by The Clan, Frank Wilson, Deke Richards and other relatively new blood, and including Smokey Robinson on his song He's My Sunny Boy. All reflect Motown's new found sophistication and a move towards the mainstream, but there is diversity and funkiness throughout the grooves. Cindy and Mary do not appear on the singles Love Child or Some Things You Never Get Used To, and are augmented throughout the album by the Andantes, in preparation for Diana's solo career which was launched around eighteen months later.
The Supremes A' Go-Go was hurriedly put together to capitalize on the hits Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart and You Can't Hurry Love, and these classics are among the strongest tracks, as runs-through of recent hits for Motown acts the Four Tops, the Isley Brothers and the Temptations, though efficient and enjoyable, can sound rushed. The album is further fleshed out with novelties such as a version of Nancy Sinatra's Boots, the McCoys' Hang On Sloopy, a rare Mary Wilson lead vocal on Martha and the Vandellas' Come And Get These Memories, and a stomping version of the Barrett Strong hit Money, which had by then become a standard thanks to covers by the Beatles and the Stones amongst others. The Supremes had previously recorded a whole album in tribute to the Beatles and other British acts, inaccurately named A Bit Of Liverpool, and it's possible that this track's origins date from then.
Apart from the two A-sides, there are no original songs on the album, unless Put Yourself In My Place is included. The Supremes had been the first to record this back in 1964, but their attempt had been shelved and the song assigned to the Elgins, and later to the Isley Brothers and to Chris Clark. This re-working was also the flipside of You Can't Hurry Love and is one of the highlights of this unpretentious and lively party album.

Offensive.......2006-04-02

I for one hate the 1968 song "Love Child" because I think it sends out a very bad message. Saying that a person is "never meant to be" is not only damaging; it is cruel and hurtful.

On an impersonal level I understand that the girl of song story is saying she wants to wait prior to having a sexual relationship as she is not ready to take on the responsibility. Well and good. However, I take issue with the lyrics "...before end up hating the child we may be be creating...Love Child! Never meant to be!" Saying that suggests that only those born within marriages are valid people and meant to be.

Humanity predates marriage, so there was a time when all people were conceived and born ex wedlock. I hate the song and find it very offensive.

LOVE CHILD ALBUM REALLY SHINES--ESSENTIAL LATE '60s SUPREMES.......2005-05-03

While Diana Ross is clearly the "star" of LOVE CHILD, The Album, this set has a very strong group feel. And yes, the background vocals, except for the 2 singles ["Love Child," and "Some Things You Never Get Used To," the latter a very good Motown effort, but strange choice for single release] prominently feature founding member Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard's replacement Cindy Birdsong, from Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles. In fact, in Mary Wilson's autobiography DREAMGIRL, she lists the recording (and re-recording) dates for many of the selections that ended up on this album. The executive producer made sure that the Supremes' sound was re-invigorated for this album. The tunes are well-written, beautifully arranged, produced and performed. "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone," a late 60's soul masterpiece, features a killer (and much studied) James Jamerson bass line, and lyrically, tells a compelling story. "I'll Set You Free," is so dramatic, and features CLASSIC "Supreme" background vocals, including well-placed "baby-baby's." You will get chills! Besides these and the excellent title tune, there are many other standouts, including "(Don't Break These) Chains of Love," which has BIG HIT written all over it, the lilting "You've Been So Wonderful To Me," and the very good (and very fun) "Honey Bee (Keep on Stinging Me)," "Can't Shake It Loose," and Ashford and Simpson's "You Ain't Livin' Till You're Lovin' (a cover of Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell's original). "He's My Sunny Boy" is a minor Smokey Robinson tune that is punched up by it's horn arrangement and sparkling performance by Ross, whose performance on "Does Your Mama Know About Me" equally sparkles. This album climbed into the top 20 pop chart, and, thus, was one of the group's biggest late 60's successes.

SUPREMES A' GO-GO was the first album by a girl group to reach #1 pop. A great accomplishment, especially since this is, for the greater part, a so-so effort. The album certainly benefitted from featuring the classic "You Can't Hurry Love," and one of Holland-Dozier-Holland's best rocking dance grooves, "Love Is Like An Itching in My Heart." This album includes 8 Motown covers, the best, by far, of which are the Four Tops' "Shake Me, Wake Me," and the Elgins' "Put Yourself in My Place" (the latter which was recorded prior to virtually all of this material, and features strong backing by Wilson and Ballard). The non-Motown covers, "Hang on Sloopy" and "These Boots Are Made for Walking," are always hard for me to listen to, as Ms. Ross' lead vocal is mismatched. Reportedly, the latter was slated to be lead by Ms. Ballard. Pity that didn't happen. And, speaking of alternate lead vocals, Mary Wilson's on "Come and Get These Memories" is fairly subdued in the recording, if not in the performance. Her voice actually WAS perfectly matched to this tune. Overall, aside from the hits and 1 or 2 other selections, this is not a terribly satisfying mid-sixties effort by Motown and the Supremes though, clearly, it should have been. It comes across as a rushed effort to capitalize on a hot streak.
While all of the Supremes' hits are well anthologized, this collection is still absolutely essential, although primarily for LOVE CHILD.

ESSENTIAL DIANA ROSS AND THE SUPREMES.......2005-03-30

Diana Ross and the Supremes continued their classic run of mega hits into 1966 where that nifty Motown classic You Can't Hurry Love became their SEVENTH chart-topping single. You Can't Hurry Love is one of The Supremes definitive classics. Lead singer Diana Ross whips along the verses with conviction, surfboarding along the upbeat musical arrangements. You Can't Hurry Love bounced to No.3 on the U.K charts though Phil Collins managed to take his (inferior) version to the top of the British charts seventeen years later in 1983. You Can't Hurry Love was the only chart-topping single originally by The Supremes to be found on the accompanying album, The Supremes A Go Go (1966).

Even more exciting was the rip-roaring, sassy and evocative Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart. Those jamming musical arrangements courtesy of Motowns in house band known as The Funk Brothers, great lyrics from Holland-Dozier-Holland, a soulful, sexually-charged tour de force vocal performance from Diana Ross to some strong and highly effective backing vocals from Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson make this yet another perfect Supremes classic and was scores ahead of the light Pop/R&B ballads of their earlier phenomenon. All the more surprisingly Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart only got as far as No.9 on the U.S billboard charts and didn't even chart in the U.K though it certainly had all the momentum and fire to have cracked the top spot.

(Incidentally Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart went on to become a big Northern Soul hit in the 1970's)

The remainder of The Supremes A Go Go (1966) were crammed with impressive, dynamic cover versions of familiar hits of the day all of which were mostly songs by other Motown artists such as The Four Tops, The Temptations, The Isley Brothers, The Elgins and Martha Reeves And The Vandellas.

Diana Ross puts in a fine, easy-going performance on their cover version of The Isley Brothers, This Old Heart Of Mine (Is weak For You) though it does admitedly lack the punch of the original.

There are a total of three cover versions of The Four Tops classic hits. Ross' sweet, sensual voice may have not have that bite and edge of Levi Stubbs rocketing vocal style but she remarkably manages to make any song she sing completely her own. Though quite lightweight their take on The Four Tops classic 1965 chart-topper I Can't Help Myself is contagious from its fantastically arranged orchestrations and comes complete with a super fine performance from Ross. This could have easily been a hit for The Supremes had it not already been for The Four Tops.

The sweeping arrangements on their dynamic take on Baby I Need Your Loving are sensational and Ross packs in another cracking vocal performance gliding along with ease and style.

What does manage to even better the original is their far more effective version of Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over). If anything these cover versions proved a great experiment for the developing Diana Ross sound even if it did subsequently leave Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson lurking bitterly in the shadows.

I must admit I was quite cynical on seeing that on the track list there was a cover version of Nancy Sinatras' chart-topper These Boots Are Made For Walking but soon ate humble pie on just one listen to Ross' cool, sassy delivery.

Ross does a stellar job on their version of The Temptations Get Ready which she performs with verve and style (even if it doesn't place no great threat to the original). They actually improve The Elgins, Put Yourself In My Place. Ross delivers a nice, intricate performance whilst there are soothing backing vocals from Ballard and Wilson.

Motowns pioneering hit was Barrett Strongs superb Money (That's What I Want), a song that echoed the perils of the restrictions of the ghetto (to which they were no strangers to). It's quite clear that Diana and the girls were forced to do some of these numbers in just a few takes, especially on this track, but they do manage to do an adequate job even if it does pale next to the original.

Mary Wilson, the only surviving memeber of The Supremes to remain right to the groups bitter end in 1977 when they quietly disbanded years after their peak, heads up front on a moderate cover version of Martha Reeves and the Vandellas classic Come And Get These Memories. Though Wilson has a nice, breathy soprano, it clearly lacks the depth and range of Ross' more distinct and unique style.

Completing the track line up is their fabulous and unique version of Hang On Sloopy where Ross' performance is strong, assertive and passionate sounding magnificent as do the great backing harmonies of Wilson and Ballard.

Motowns obvious marketing ploy was that in getting The Supremes to do a series of famous cover versions of hits from around that era, this would instantly sell the album in big proportions as well as also showing how adept and versatile a vocalist Ross had become (her solo career was under discussion now even though she wouldn't fly from the group until early 1970). Well, Motowns strategy worked as The Supremes A Go Go (1966) raced to the top of the album charts elbowing off The Beatles, Revolver from the top spot. Though highly commercial and formulaic, The Supremes A Go Go proves compelling and indeed a classic album.

Love Child became Diana Ross and the Supremes eleventh chart-topper in late 1968. This song was actually something of a comeback for Ross and the Supremes as their previous singles Somethings You Never Get Used To and Forever Came Today didn't even manage to break into the Top 20 charts.

It's true that a lot of Motown acts suffered from the loss of the genius songwriting and production team Holland-Dozier-Holland. Holland-Dozier-Holland take credit for creating and defining that magical phenomenon that became commonly known as "The Motown sound - the sound of young America". Holland-Dozier-Holland had left Motown in early 1968 following a bitter dispute with head boss Berry Gordy over royalty payments (many other Motown acts also sued the company over back royalty payments as most felt they were exploited).

Anxious to keep the "motown sound" alive and thriving, Berry Gordy appointed some remarkably talented new in-house songwriters and producers with the cream of the crop including the likes of Ashford and Simpson, Norman Whitfield, Deke Richards, Frank Wilson to name but a few.

Love Child had been penned by Frank Wilson, Deke Richards and R.Dean Taylor (one of Motowns few white acts that scored hits with the classic There's A Ghost In My House and Gotta See Jane). This was Diana Ross and the Supremes first real contemporary musical offering that made any form of political statement and to explore relevant social issues of that of a baby born out of wedlock. Love Child was deemed controversial at the time though is tame by todays standards.

Love Child was perharps Ross and the Supremes most compelling and powerful recording. Ross puts in a power-house performance sounding untypically raw and earthy across the dramatic orchestrations thats given a sharp, soulful edge. Whilst hitting No.1 in the States it also enjoyed success in the U.K (renewing their popularity there where they had also struggled with their last two singles) where it became a Top 20 hit gliding in at No.15.

The Love Child album steers away from their earlier sound and if anything you could argue this does sound more like a showcase for Ross' talents (which was the case pretty much from their first hit and as neither Mary Wilson or Cindy Birdsong hardly appear on any of these tracks as backing duties were provided by The Andantes). This does lack the group-oriented sound of their earlier phenomenon but still its a credible album and showed The Supremes comfortably changing with the ever-changing musical tastes of the 1960s.

Motown had by now fully recognised the potential in albums being used as pieces of musical art and not just a mere dumping ground for routine "filler" (as mostly the case with studio albums by any Motown artist in the 60's with all acts covering each others hits).

Ashford and Simpsons Keep An Eye has a slow, mellow arrangement thats ignited by Ross' strikingly husky delivery. Keep An Eye tells the tale of betrayal, bitterness and paranoya and really has that urban feel which was the intentional tone of the album (one look at the front cover with Ross, Wilson and Birdsong sporting afro hairstyles, dressed in cut off jeans and sweatshirts standing somewhere down some isolated back alley in the heart of Detroit really conveys that this album was going to be pure street).

How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone continues the mellow mood where Ross lets go and puts in a strong, assertive performance which compliments the complex musical arrangements consisting of that pounding percussion and glorious saxophone interludes courtesy of Motowns legendary in-house band known as The Funk Brothers.

More reminiscent of their showbiz persona was their commendable take on Does Your Mama Know About Me where Ross' voice shines too full effect revealing the real depth and essence in her soft, unique voice whilst moe familiar but ultimately an unexpected highlight of the album is the totally infectious Honey Bee Keep On Stinging Me. This track really was more reminiscent of their earlier sound with a contemporary twist. Ross sings in an engaging lower throat register which proves quite effective for her unusual, unique sound.

Somethings You Never Get Used To was Ross and the Supremes first single since 1963 not to have been written and produced by Holland-Dozier-Holland. They were immediately teamed with the multi-talented duo Ashford and Simpson that brought to Motown their own brand of chic, New York kind of sound that was fresh and exciting. The rolling Somethings You Never Get Used To was a concious effort by Ashford and Simpson to keep up the momentum of Holland-Dozier-Holland and it partially succeeds in its mission even though this became their first single since 1963 not to hit the Top 20.

He's My Sunny Boy is utterly fabulous from its fantastically assembled musical arrangements to the gorgeous, yearning sounds of Ross' slightly angelic vocals where as that showbizzy sound they delved into at their live concerts, creeps in on You've Been So Wonderful To Me though is still a catchy affair at that with Ross putting in a warm, exuberant vocal performance.

Even better was the upbeat, feel-good Chains Of Love where Ross' stirring performance is impressive whilst they make their version of Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrells' You Ain't Livin Till Your Lovin' compelling with Ross putting in a commendable intepretation.

Ross' delicate voice enhances to great effect on the soulful I'll Set You Free whilst they move into funkier terriotry on the fun, bouncy I Can't Shake Loose where Ross' soulful performance ignites the stirring arrangements.

Love Child (1969) remains one of Diana Ross and the Supremes most popular studio albums. It was a big seller jumping into the Top 10 album charts on both sides of the Atlantic as well as winning many favourable reviews from critics that had previously predicted that Ross and the Supremes would sink following the departure of Holand Dozier Holland.

Love Child (1969) captures Diana Ross and the Supremes - the worlds biggest girl group of all time - at their swinging prime. For any lover of Motown or indeed Ross this album is pure gold!

Ian Phillips

truth from motown historian on the excellent love child ablu.......2005-02-01

any one truely familiar with mary wilsons voice can easily tell that she is definitly in hes my sunny boy, honey bee, ill set you free and how long has the evening train. the most noticiable is ill set you free. Most people dont realise that back in 64 she is the only one doing the baby babys in where did are love go. again the are exactly the same in ill set you free. all of the andetes had medieocre voices which together made a pleasent sound. ex diana in love child is excellent but the backrounds are just ok. If you notice in late sixties live performances or early seventies combinded mary and cindy had a real nice smooth sound, real light and airy. so unless you are shore stop saying all of their late sixties ablums are diana solos because they are not! Just the singlesa are minus the temps duets. if you believe ll those ablums are diana solos then it goes to show you really do not know the voices of the supremes. note... for the record cindy has a very similar voice to diana in some aspects, then in others its similar to marys.

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9. Radio Cuba, Vol. 1 [Import]
10. Radio Cuba, Vol. 2 [Import]

International Music

International Music