Good Times (The Very Best Of Chic & Sister Sledge/The Hits And The Remixes) - Chic/Sister Sledge
Main specs
Title: Good Times (The Very Best Of Chic & Sister Sledge/The Hits And The Remixes)
Performer: Chic/Sister Sledge
Genre: R&B
Sub Genre: Dance
Release Date: 22/08/2005
Recomended Retail Price: 14.99 GBP
Label / Distributor: WSM / Cinram Logistics
Guest Artist(s): Chic/Sister Sledge
Pieces in Set: 2
Studio / Live: Studio
Stereo: Stereo
Format: Performer
EAN: 81227323325
Catalogue Number: 8122732332
Additional notes
Album Notes: As the overlords of Chic, Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers created a body of work that at once defined and transcended the unfairly maligned disco era. This essential collection includes the massive hits "We Are Family," "Le Freak," "Good Times," and "Dance Dance Dance," as well as 10 remixes.
Titles on disc 1
1.: We Are Family - Sister Sledge
2.: Le Freak
3.: Good Times
4.: Lost In Music - Sister Sledge
5.: Everybody Dance
6.: I Want Your Love
7.: He's The Greatest Dancer - Sister Sledge
8.: Chic Cheer
9.: Dance Dance Dance (Yowsah Yowsah Yowsah)
10.: My Forbidden Lover
11.: Thinking Of You - Sister Sledge
12.: Hangin'
13.: All American Girls - Sister Sledge
14.: Mama Never Told Me - Sister Sledge
15.: My Feet Keep Dancing
16.: Dancing On The Jagged Edge
17.: Got To Love Somebody - Sister Sledge
18.: Frankie - Sister Sledge
Titles on disc 2
1.: We Are Family (Sure Is Pure remix) - Sister Sledge
2.: I Want Your Love (Stonebridge remix)
3.: Thinking Of You (ramp remix) - Sister Sledge
4.: Hangin' (12" version)
5.: We Are Family (Steve Anderson DMC remix) - Sister Sledge
6.: Lost In Music (Sure Is Pure remix) - Sister Sledge
7.: He's The Greatest Dancer (Brutal Bill remix) - Sister Sledge
8.: Good Times (A Touch Of Jazz remix)
9.: Jack Le Freak
10.: Megachic Medley (Le Freak/Everybody Dance/Good Times/I Want Your Love)
Advantages: Great songs, funky bass, great voices Disadvantages: none
...is written and produced by Chic’s guitarist and bassist (Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards) and Chic’s female vocalists also lend a hand on some of the background vocals for this album. So, you would be right to expect Chic style funky baselines and guitar riffs from this album, but with the added bonus of the gospel-style vocals from the four sisters. This album was first released in 1979 and re-released with added remixes in 1995.
Track
1. The Greatest Dancer. Will Smith sampled the guitar and bass line of this track on ‘getting jiggy wit it’ in 98. However, as they say ‘it’s never as good as the first time’ and Will Smith’s song was really appalling in comparison to this track. With the fantastic funky guitar and the use of strings in the background this would be a great track even without...
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Advantages: Fully comprehensive - Jam/Style Council included; great music; well packaged; available for bargain prices Disadvantages: does not include the original version of 'that's entertainment.' A real shame!
...'t use the alternative or demo versions a few years ago for their TV campaign - they used the original single version. Why it was decided to put this inferior version on the boxset I don't know.
The original version of 'That's entertainment' can be found on the Jam boxset 'Direction, Reaction, Creation,' the original album 'sound effects' and the other singles compilation 'theverybest of the Jam,' in case anybody is struggling to find it.
CD 1 - 9/10 overall. Would be 10/10 if the original version of "That's entertainment" were present.
CD 2 - The Style Council era. Fairly comprehensive, though it doesn't include 'Paris Match' the double A-side to 'Long hot summer', but every other hit released by the Council from 1983 - 1989 is present. CD 2 is essentially a replication of the 'Greatest Hits' compilation released several years...
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Advantages: Eight Good tracks. Disadvantages: Twenty naff tracks.
...State Human (Chamber's Reporduced Mix)
Laughable.
7.The Things That Dreams Are Made Of (Jimmy 19 The A509 PWC Remix)
Oh why? Ring my Bell, Anita Ward comes to mind.
8.The Sound Of The Crowd (Freaksblamredo)
Okay, too many whistles and squeaks though, not unpleasant but not a hit either.
9.Open Your Heart (The Strand Remix)
Another mix of this song, gawd knows why.
10.The Sound Of The Crowd (Riton Re-Rub)
Alright, bit more edgy than the original.
11.Love Action (Fluk's Dub Action Remix)
Another remix of a remix, oh dear.
#####Final thoughts#####
The 2nd disc, or 2nd half of downloads apart from the first one, are really not worth bothering with unless you are a diehard Human League fan, I'm not. In fact, that EMI/Virgin had the cheek to call the last 10 tracks 'TheVeryBest of' is almost a crime under the trade...
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