Commodores, Lionel Richie - Gold
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Free Music Review: Another fantastic Gold collection
Hit: 5 Stars
I am continually impressed by Universal Music's "Gold" series. I have at least 12 collections so far, my favorites being Marvin Gaye, Donna Summer, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Olivia Newton John and Billie Holiday. Each collection has a good overview of each artist's career, complete with fine tracklistings, good sound, liner notes and photographs.
The Lionel Richie/Commodores compilation is no exception. This collection covers Richie's entire career very well, including the Commodore years ("Machine Gun", "Still", "Three Times a Lady"), the early solo years ("Truly", "Endless Love"), the peak years ("All Night Long", "Hello", "Say You, Say Me") and the radio comeback ("Angel").
I don't agree with the previous complaint about including the album length tracks -- I am glad to have the original songs in remastered form. I don't like songs being heavily edited or fading too early.
There are beginning to be a number of Lionel Richie compilations on the market, but this one is by far the best. Well done Universal.
Free Music Review: Warning: All songs are album length
Hit: 2 Stars
Lionel Richie's solo albums were always plagued by the same problem - great songs that simply went on waaaaaay too long. (I have always been afraid to count just how many times "All Night Long" is actually sung during the album length version of that song!) It was almost as if this was done so that fewer songs could be put on each album. After all, there would have been simply no room back in the vinyl/cassette era to squeeze on more tunes which explains why his early solo albums generally averaged only a scant eight songs. This was particularly frustrating when you heard the far superior edited version of his hits on the radio.
Richie's hits collections have addressed this by including the single edits ... until now. All of the songs on this collection - both solo and with the Commodores - are album length. CDs may permit more music per disc than an album or cassette. But, look at how many solo singles were STILL (no pun intended!) omitted:
* Deep River Woman (# 71 Pop, # 10 Country, # 28 A/C)
* Se La (# 20 Pop, # 5 A/C)
* Ordinary Girl (# 101 Pop, # 9 A/C)
* Still In Love (# 10 A/C)
* Time (# 7 A/C)
* I Hear Your Voice (# 15 A/C)
* How Long
* Just For You (# 6 A/C)
* Long Long Way To Go (# 20 A/C)
So, if you purchase this, be prepared for songs that are much longer than what you are accustomed to hearing on the radio ... and wishing they had been able to make this collection more comprehensive than it already is.