Florence Ballard - The Supreme Florence Ballard: 18 Essential Original Recordings
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Artist: Florence BallardEdition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2001-07-02
Music Label: Polygram UK
Soundtracks:
- Like You Babe - Florence Ballard, Thomas
- Yesterday - Florence Ballard, Lennon, John
- Yours Until Tomorrow - Florence Ballard, Goffin, Gerry
- It's Not Unusual - Florence Ballard, Mills, Gordon
- The Impossible Dream - Florence Ballard, Leigh, Mitch
- It Doesn't Matter How I Say It (It's What I Say That Matters) - Florence Ballard, Hollon, Drake
- Stay in Love - Florence Ballard,
- Walk on By - Florence Ballard, Bacharach, Burt
- Goin' Out of My Head - Florence Ballard, Randazzo, Teddy
- You Bring Out the Sweetness in Me - Florence Ballard, Harris, Gerald
- Everything Wonderful - Florence Ballard, Hollon, Drake
- Love Ain't Love - Florence Ballard, McCoy, Van
- Forever Faithful - Florence Ballard, Bateman, Robert
- My Heart - Florence Ballard,
- Buttered Popcorn - Florence Ballard, Gordy, Berry Jr.
- Ain't That Good News - Florence Ballard, Cooke, Sam
- Hey Baby - Florence Ballard, Gordy, Berry
- Heavenly Father - Florence Ballard,
Free Music Notes for The Supreme Florence Ballard: 18 Essential Original Recordings
Free Music Review: Flo-ridians rejoice, others should try repeated listening
Hit: 4 Stars
Flo-ridians (my world for the cult of Florence Ballard fanatics) will truly enjoy this lost album that was shelved from release (aside from two singles with their b-sides) in 1968. Others will require repeated listenings as it is an acquired taste.
This lost album (as is the case with the "Smile" followers of Brian Wilson and the cult of Lon Chaney's "London After Midnight," etc) has iconic and legendary status among the Flo-ridians due largley to her tragic ending a few years later (already covered elsewhere) and that these are among her last known post-Supreme recordings largely unheard aside from bootlegs.
Well, I heard 'em last week. I was underwhelemed at first. Flo's voice was good, but lacked distinction. In other words, while you can tell right away when you hear Diana, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Nat King Cole, etc. this is not the case with Florence Ballard. Her octaves and keys tend to change according to record and she didn't have the chance to develop her own style.
After giving it a chance through repeated listening, I really began to like it. "Yours Until Tomorrow" is a nice torchy ballad (no pun intended) where our heroine gives it her all. One can picture a nightclub audience applauding as she belts out this one. Some of the covers such as her version of "It's Not Unusual" are pure camp, and her "The Impossible Dream" is done 1968 supper-club style, with added poignancy to those familiar with her story.
The songs that actually were released as singles are really appealing upon second or third listen. "It Doesn't Matter How You Say it" is a really sweet, girlish, boppy number with our heroine singing in an almost Diana-like higher register. But it's pretty catchy and one can see this being a hit in 1968 (shame that it wasn't). It's follow up "Love Ain't Love" b/w "Forever Faithful" showed that sistergirl still had the goods to make wonderful records-had her life been under better control. One can picture her singing "Love Ain't Love" on a television show of the era with some go-go dancers shimmying in the background.
The CD is completed by 4 Flo leads with the Supremes. "Buttered Popcorn" (1961) is a really stupid double-entendre tune of Flo's beau liking it "salty," sticky, and gooey" like Buttered Popcorn. Ooookay. But her rendition of Sam Cooke's "Ain't That Good News" shows her as an undistinguished, but good belter who needed to record more solos. Her wonderful version of "People" is not included here, but on the Supremes' "There's a Place for Us" Cd.
Overall, give it a chance. You'll probably like it.
The Supreme Florence Ballard: 18 Essential Original Recordings Poster
The first ever collection of recordings by one of the founding members of Motown legends The Supremes. 18 tracks that were unearthed from the Motown/ABC vaults & are issued here for the first time. Tracks, 'Like You Babe', 'Yesterday', 'Yours Until Tomorrow', 'It's Not Unusual', 'Impossible Dream', 'It Doesn't Matter How I Say It', 'Let's Stay In Love', 'Walk On By', 'Going Out Of My Head', 'Sweetness', 'Everything Wonderful', 'Love Ain't Love', 'Forever Faithful', 'My Heart', 'Buttered Popcorn', 'Ain't That Good News', 'Hey Baby' & 'Heavenly Father'. 2001 release.R&B Music CDs
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