Motown Classics: Gold
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- Remastered?
- There's a great selection of tunes, but they sound the same as they did on the radio 40 years ago. I fiddled with my stereo's tuners to make sure they were set properly, but couldn't get a crisp, clean sound.
- 2008-05-02, 1 of 3 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- motown magic
- This CD has all the songs you love. 2 discs for one low price. :)
- 2007-12-27, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Solid Gold with Motown Classics!
- If you love motown, this collection is a must have. It has all the favorites, with a great variety of artists.
- 2007-11-16, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- A Treasure Chest Of Artists And Their Classic Cuts
- Over the years Motown Records has repackaged its legendary artists and hits to varying degrees of commercial and critical success. And as with many labels it seemed at times that the retrospectives became more important to the company coffers than developing new talent or promoting new releases by existing artists.
Without investing in the pricey boxed CD sets, this collection is perhaps the best of the Motown bunch, with 40 songs that captures the true essence of what made the label great; artists who believed in their music, songs that told real stories and hooks that are as infectious today as they were when initially issued all those years ago.
Barrett Strong's Money (That's What I Want), the Four Tops' I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch), Going To A Go Go by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles and the Supremes' You Can't Hurry Love are great examples of complex themes that are wonderfully told within a commercial - Top 40 -radio format.
The juxtaposing of I Heard It Through The Grapevine by Gladys Knight & the Pips and Marvin Gaye is an especially nice touch. And though artists like Bruce Springsteen and Frankie Goes To Hollywood have recorded War, nothing beats the powerful vocals of Edwin Starr.
This is not a smorgasbord sampler that's tossed together with little thought; the two CDs are a treasure chest of legendary artists and the songs that defined a generation. - 2007-04-13, 7 of 7 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- I heard it through the grapevine ...
- ... that you might be considering this CD. Well, grab it! It pulls in lots of hits, even from the very beginning, you can hear how Motown seems to have started in a basement, to the empire it became.
- 2007-03-25, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
