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Reflections of the way life used to be..

Advantages: Wonderful music
Disadvantages: None

...it cost me £10.50. 40 Golden Motown Greats Diana Ross and The Supremes (although there are other artists as well) Compiled in 1998 I really do not know how I missed this one. When I looked at the songs on this CD it brought back a funny memory of my 10th Wedding Anniversary when we had a huge party it was a hot day way back in the 1980's and at that time we used tapes and long playing records. I had Diana Ross on a long player it was my favourite ...
...a low wall outside in the garden to be played next - the sun decided it should not be a record anymore but a nice black bowl. It was never replaced because I could never quite replace all the songs on one disc. This little gem has at last done that for me. There are two discs - disc one has 24 tunes and disc two 16. Listed on disc one - Where Did Our Love Go -Diana Ross and The Supremes -1964 (First number 1) Baby Love -Diana Ross and The Supremes ...

teacherofhooch 31.10.2005 · Read full review
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Review of 40 Golden Motown Greats - Diana Ross & The Supremes

WHEN YOU KNOW THAT YOUR'E REALLY BLIND

Advantages: GREAT MUSIC,GREAT LYRICS
Disadvantages: NOT ENOUGH RECENT PRODUCTIONS

IT IS WHEN YOU HEAR ALBUMS OF THIS GENRE, THAT YOU REALISE THAT DETAILS OF THE ARTIST ARE WELL AND TRUELY TRUE. HAVING SEEN STEVIE PERFORM AMNY TIMES... I ONCE TRIED TO CON MYSELF INTO BELIEVING THAT STEVIE COULD ACTUALLY SEE... AND THAT HIS BLINDNESS WAS ALL A CON... BUT ITS WHEN I LISTEN TO THIS ALBUM THAT I REALISE THAT ONLY A BLIND ARTIST COULD POSSIBLY HAVE PRODUCED IT. I AM NOT TRYING TO BE FECECIOUS, ITS JUST THAT EVERYONE HAS A TALLENT ...

JHPRUSHTON 17.07.2000 · Read full review
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Review of In Square Circle - Stevie Wonder

A Song Review

Advantages: Good music which shows Stevie Wonder’s different styles.
Disadvantages: Differences of opinion about greatest hits.

...to think that if a song is commercially good, it probably isn’t musically good.) Instead, I want to tell you about the tracks on this album and let you decide whether it is worth buying. One thing I am sure about is that there is no rubbish on this album. The tracks, to me, are either good or brilliant, therefore, I give the album 5 stars. A wide range of music influenced Stevie as he grew up including Gospel, Jazz, Reggae, and Motown. All of these ...
...Ivory (Paul McCartney) and Redemption Song (Bob Marley). The album starts off with the ballad ISN’T SHE LOVELY, where as an obviously very proud father, Stevie thanks God for the birth of his baby. When Stevie isn’t singing on this track, he is playing the harmonica. I JUST CALLED TO SAY I LOVE YOU, a good ballad for smooching to, is Motown's biggest selling single in the UK. I find the strong beat of SUPERSTITION haunting, while Stevie sings, ...

luckyarchers 24.08.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Song Review (The Very Best Of Stevie Wonder) - Stevie Wonder

One of the best albums ever

Advantages: Groundbreaking soul album full of conscience and beauty
Disadvantages: None

...Track Listing What's Going On This is a classic soul standard, this song has a fantastic moral conscience, talking about whats going on, why can't people live together regardless of colour, religion, sex or class. The music is smooth and flows so well, Marvin's voice transcends from sensitive to soulful to pleadingly beautiful, this is one of the most amazing anti-war, pro-unity songs ever created and definitely the coolest. Marvin's voice is peerless, ...
...What's happening Brother This song flows in perfectly from the first with the same beat and flow that the last song ended on, it has wonderful backing vocals, great use of drums and brass instruments, this is almost freestyle, again its talking about the hell of war and people needing to get together again. This song talks about being unemployed and having no money and feeling disillusion (something many of us can relate to right now), Marvin is ...

paulie1975 24.05.2009 · Read full review
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Review of What's Going On - Marvin Gaye

Cool Sounds

Advantages: Variety, great songs
Disadvantages: None

...I heard about the new Motown 50 album to celebrate 50 years of Motown I just had to buy it. My husband loves that type of music too so it was a great present for him. Motown has a great history in music. It is the name of a record company founded in Detroit, Michigan in 1959. I never knew this but apparently the name comes from joining the two words, Motor and Town as Detroit is where motor cars are predominately made in the United States. I think ...
...to an article I read Motown played an important role in the racial integration of popular music, as it was the first record label owned by anAfrican American to primarily feature African-American artists who achieved crossover success. This CD collection was released in 2008 to celebrate 50 years of Motown. On the front of the CD the tag line is Motown 50 - yesterday - Today - Forever. Inside the sleeve they write, "Motown celebrates its half-century ...

Spottydog11 11.06.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Motown 50 (Yesterday Today Forever) [Digipak] - Various Artists