Commodores - Anthology
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Artist: CommodoresEdition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2001-09-25
Music Label: Motown
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Machine Gun
- I Feel Sanctified
- Are You Happy
- The Bump
- Slippery When Wet
- This Is Your Life
- Gimme My Mule
- Sweet Love
- Cebu
- Fancy Dancer
- High On Sunshine
- Just To Be Close To You
- Brick House (12in Version)
- Zoom
- Easy
- Come Inside (Live)
- Too Hot Ta Trot
- Flying High
- Say Yeah
- Three Times A Lady
- Sail On
- Still
- Old-Fashion Love
- Heroes
- Jesus Is Love
- Lady (You Bring Me Up)
- Oh No
- Painted Picture
- Lay Back
- Nightshift
Free Music Notes for Anthology
Free Music Review: Yeahhhh...I feel sanctified!!!
Hit: 5 Stars
Kudos to Motown/Universal for putting together this outstanding 2 CD anthology!! This far outdoes anything that company has put out over the years in regards to greatest hits collections and the like for this band.
Long before Lionel Richie became one of the biggest pop solo stars of the '80s, he was a member of this group, once dubbed "The Funkiest Band In The Land" and one of Motown's most successful acts during the 1970s. Richie wasn't even the central figure of the Commodores - not in the beginning, anyway. That was extraordinary drummer Walter "Clyde" Orange, who was their first lead singer (that's his voice you hear on the smashes "Brickhouse" and "Too Hot Ta Trot"). But since Walter was WAAAAYYY in the back during their concerts and Lionel was up in the front on piano or the sax, he was encouraged to take the lead more. The rest is history, as they say.
I grew up listening to the Commodores - I loved them - and I am so glad I recently rediscovered just how good they really were. They were certainly one of R&B's most versatile bands, cutting material that ranged from hot funk to romantic, heartfelt country-influenced pop. What a walk down memory lane!! This collection not only has the group's biggest hits, like the aforementioned two and the down-and-dirty booty-shakers like "Machine Gun" (their first hit), "The Bump", "Gimme My Mule", "Fancy Dancer" (This song is OFF THE HINGES! Now THIS is the Lionel I love! Lionel, come back home, all is forgiven!), "Slippery When Wet" and "I Feel Sanctified" and the soulful funk ballads like "This Is Your Life" (love this, love this, LOVE THIS!!), "Sweet Love", "Just To Be Close to You" and the country-soul of "Easy"...but popular cuts AND the extended versions from their albums like "Cebu", "Zoom", "Say Yeah", "Heroes" and "Jesus Is Love" are also included. There is also a rare gem included on this set, an early Commodores single that didn't do anything - but is nonetheless worth having, "Are You Happy?"
The first CD, like most reviewers have said, is better than the second...shows without a doubt these brothas could hang with the Ohio Players, Earth, Wind and Fire and Funkadelic any day of the week. The second CD concentrates more on the years where Lionel became the dominant force in the group (1977-'81), and the Funkiest Band In The Land lost their funk edge after 1977 (their last big certifiable funk hit was "Too Hot Ta Trot" from late '77), which was unfortunate, because they could still throw down with any of the other deep funk bands of the day. But now they were being viewed mostly as a pop act because of Motown and the media's overwhelming concentration on the Richie material ("Three Times A Lady", "Sail On", "Still", for example). The success of those tunes and his associations with country singer Kenny Rogers and Diana Ross led to his inevitable departure from the band in late 1982. After Lionel left, the Commodores struggled for a while until they came up with the Grammy-winning smash "Nightshift", that closes out this set. Short of having the actual albums, this anthology is well worth the money! Only flaw I could find is the omission of two of my favorite Commodores songs: "Wonderland" and "Saturday Night". But other than that, it's an excellent collection. If you have more than a passing interest in these guys, then snatch this up right now.
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