Bill Withers - Lean on Me-Best of Bill Withers
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Free Music Review: Pretty sweet
Hit: 4 Stars
Not bad at all -- a great collection of Bill Withers. Most of the songs are very chill and soulful but one or two sound like something from an 80's romantic comedy (great if you're feeling nostalgic, otherwise, not so good).Free Music Review: Finally! This one has "Harlem"!!!
Hit: 5 Stars
The 2000 Sony compilation "The Best of Bill Withers: Lean On Me" is by far the best compilation to come down the pike (so far), after two other tries which weren't definitive enough, despite one from 1994 (the similarly titled "Lean On Me: The Best of Bill Withers") that had as many songs, but still hadn't quite hit all the right notes. Note the rearrangement of the title; it is important. Even though these two CDs share 13 tracks, the newer one trumps the older one because of the inclusion of just one song: "Harlem". The B-side to Bill's first charting single, "Ain't No Sunshine", I had the song on the vinyl of his "Just As I Am" lp, and the 45, but I would be hearing the song only on vinyl for almost 30 years until the release of this CD. For Bill IS a storyteller, and he spins stories of love, life, lust and suspicion, better than anyone in R&B/Soul music, then or now. Listen to the exquisite gospel styling in "Grandma's Hands", the brotherly Love inherent in "Lean On Me", the desperation of "Ain't No Sunshine" and "Who is He (And What Is He To You?)", the hyposcrisy of the church folks in "Harlem". These are stories of life lived, not from cliched imaginings. I've heard "Lean On me" more times than I can count in 36 years; I may cringe at the first notes, but ultimately it never fails to lift my mood. If it's a review of the disc and the music within that you want, here goes: Excellent music, thoughtful lyrics, superb production, flawless mastering (and the complete takes of all the songs, with the exception of "Just the Two of Us", which was licensed from Elektra; the complete take is on three Grover Washington albums: "Winelight", "Ultimate Grover Washington", and "Grover Washington: Gold"). Accept no substitutes (unless they are of Bill's original albums, most are criminally out of print). And Bill had a MUCH more substantial career than another reviewer would have you believe (ever heard of the R&B charts? The "gods" smiled on Bill quite well there; just because his music didn't cross over to the pop charts doesn't mean the man didn't sell records. I call 13 top 20 hits, with eight of them going top 10 substantial!!) Pay no heed to the naysayers, you WILL LOVE this CD.Free Music Review: Fantastic collection of hits
Hit: 5 Stars
So many great songs on one album that it should have cost a hell of a lot more.Free Music Review: GREAT GREAT MUSIC
Hit: 5 Stars
I THINK AFTER ALL THESE YEARS THAT MY MAN BILL WITHERS IS STARTING TO GET HIS JUST DUES. Bill has been one of the best song writers/singers of the modern times. His Lonely day,Grandma hands,Ain't no sunshine,Who is he and what is he to you to name a few is art at its best, art that can never be duplicated. Bill is to me what Elvis was to you.I can't began to tell you when I was sad and just put on one of his recordings and instantly I began to feel better. I constantly look for him to record another classic so I can say I knew him when. As a child I can remember my mother playing this guy music whom me and my siblings didn't know if he was black or white but he had this thing that was different from the norm,he wasn't talking sex,drugs or murder he was talking life and I truly appreciate his art,talent and mostly lending us his heart for the short time that he gave it to us. I have this album and is now buying the cd version to make my Bill Withers collection complete So in closing BIll WE NEED YOU more than ever give us one more dose of that magic that you hold.Free Music Review: bill withers
Hit: 2 Stars
The album seemed a little dull, still bill, but not as good as I remember him.