Michael McDonald - Motown
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Artist: Michael McDonaldEdition: Music CD
Format: Enhanced
CD Release Date: 2003-06-24
Music Label: Motown
Soundtracks:
- I Heard It Thorugh The Grapevine
- You Are Everything
- Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours
- I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
- Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing
- Reflections
- How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
- Ain't No Mountain High Enough
- All In Love Is Fair
- I Want You
- Distant Lover
- I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)
- Since I Lost My Baby
- Too High
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Free Music Review: MICHAEL McDONALD AND THE MOTOWN SOUND ! (it works)
Hit: 4 Stars
As a child growing up in the 1960s, I have memories of us kids sitting in the back seat of the family car and listening to "The Motown Sound" on the car's AM radio. Berry Gordy, Jr.'s Motown Records empire dominated AM radio playlists in the sixties, and you didn't have to wait very long to hear a Motown song. Dad always drove, Mom rode shotgun and us kids were all in the backseat. We had a lot of fun back in those days, and the world seemed dependable and carefree. The sweet and soulful "Motown Sound" made it all that much better.
Michael McDonald takes us back to Motown's glory days and the 1960s and 70s with his excellant album, Motown (2003). Not every singer could do a Motown tribute album like this, but Michael not only does a respectable job here, he gives a lot of these songs a lift right into the 21st century. It's a wonderful tribute! Now, some of you will say that the original versions are better, and I'll be the first to admit that in most cases that's true, but that's not really "what's going on" here. This is Michael McDonald doing an album of updated versions of Motown songs (although most of the arrangements are true to the originals). The production is pristine, full of pop orchestration and soulful female backing vocals just like the original Motown, and in most instances the only difference between the songs on this album and the originals is Michael is doing the singing. Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell's Ain't No Mountain High Enough and Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing are both notable, but certainly not the only highlights here. Stevie Wonder's All In Love Is Fair gets an emotionally soulful interpretation from Michael and sounds great, even rivaling the original. The cover of Marvin Gaye's I heard It Through The Grapevine is excellant, and I like this heartfelt version of The Temptations' Since I Lost My Baby, too.
No, these aren't the originals, but if you like Michael McDonald and you like Motown, you get both with "Motown". Plus a trip back to a magical time in popular music history.
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