Remixed Super Dance Hits - Sister Sledge

Advantages: Great songs, funky bass, great voices
Disadvantages: none

...Disco. You either love it or hate it. I am in the first category. I think there is something about 70’s disco that can not fail to make you smile and dance. After a backlash against disco in the early 80’s there has been a resurgence in the genre in the past 10 years or so and this has meant a lot of the old disco artists music being re-released onto CD. Sister Sledge are one of my all-time favourite groups, and We Are Family is one of the most played CD’s in my collection. They have great voices, and I think that this album is definitely a classic. There were four sisters in the group: Debbie, Joni, Kim and Kathy Sledge. They all share lead vocals and harmonies, but really Kathy was the main lead in the group, and was also the youngest member of the group, she was 19 when this album was recorded. This album... Read review

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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!

...ago - the same tracklisting, the same edits. Thankfully the original version of 'Long hot summer' is present - I have an inferior style council compilation bought for less than £3 a few years ago with the 1989 remix on, which was not a patch on the original. The Style Council was a different concept to the Jam, only the songwriting genius of Weller remained the same. If you listen to some of the Jam's later material (Beat Surrender, The Bitterest Pill) from Disc 1, it was easy to hear the change in direction Paul was taking. many ways, 'Speak like a child' (Style Council's first hit) would not sound out of place next to 'beat surrender' (The Jam's last.) The Style Council's major hits 'Speak like a child,' 'Long hot summer,' 'shout to the top,' the ballad 'you're the best thing,' 'walls come tumbling down' and 'my ever... Read review

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Advantages: A few really good tracks, some De La Soul tunes you have never heard before
Disadvantages: The album has no flow, a few weak remixes

...***Warning*** This review does contain some edited adult language and themes. The words have been changed but the meaning is plain. In the stacks of wax you can find the De La Mix: Remixes, Rarities & Classics, De La Soul's 2004 release on Tommy Boy/ Rhino. This is not so much a greatest hits as it is a revisiting in an alternate universe. Both commercial and critical successes are treated to a fresh dusting off, live performance or remix on this disk. Laying down the Knowledge For those of you that don't already know, De La Soul has been around since rap was just rap. Hip hop was just starting to take root as a music genre. There was just rap. When the boys from Long Island hit the scene there was the rap that played on the radio and the rap we listened to when our parents were out of ear shot. De La dropped 3 Feet High... Read review

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