Best Soul
Britain's greatest pop diva Dusty Springfield was the finest blue-eyed soul singer of her era, and this landmark Atlantic Records album from 1969 is a masterpiece, a perfect marriage of pop and soul.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Dusty made a debut in the. American South here, The music is exquisite and includes. every superb genre she is so noted for, including the sexy. "Breakfast in Bed", "I Don't Want to Hear It Anymore" with. its haunting back-up vocals, and the sensual dream of "The. Windmills of Your Mind"."
"I keep listening over and over."
"I really don't know how you don't give this album 5 stars!"
"O c ourse I heard it back then."
"On time and as described.."
"Having Dusty Springfield music playing is worth getting this wonderful compact disc or any of her music. She was truly a timeless voice of our times."
"I returned the lp and will search for a warmer more soothing sounding lp."
Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul, or simply Otis Blue, released September 15, 1965 on Stax Records, is the third studio album by soul singer Otis Redding. Otis Blue was critically acclaimed upon release and became one of Redding's most successful albums; it reached number 6 on the UK Albums Chart, and was his first to reach the top spot of the Billboard R&B chart.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Xmas gift but so far the packaging was great and came in one piece."
"As a big fan of Otis Redding since before "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay," I've come to appreciate the classic soul releases by Otis. Otis is the epitome of soul music."
"Not nearly as good as advertised."
"love Otis redding."
"This is my favor album on record."
"It's an essential addition to any soul library."
While they continued to make the charts (albeit sporadically) for another decade, the Stylistics' golden years had drawn to a close by the time this record hit the stands, so almost all of their key tracks are here. 2 and All-Time Classics cover different bases, while Greatest Love Hits is a theme compilation with some overlap.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"LISTENING TO THEM AGAIN TODAY BRINGS ME BACK TO A GREAT TIME IN MY LIFE AND THE MEMORIES I HAVE THAT WILL ALWAYS BE."
"This is a collection of stone soul classics in the very best tradition of love songs by harmony singing ensembles."
"Another oldie but goodie for all ages, this was when they still made good !"
"Their anthem, People Make The World Go Round, sounds as fresh, sweet, and relevant today as when it was released. Everybody likes to rock out and everybody likes to Wang Chung, but if there's a part of you that resonates with the gentle vulnerability of love offered up like a flower, you will find that this music wraps you like a warm coat in winter and a welcome breeze in summer."
"Sounds great, album is thick, seems like this pressing of the album was done with care."
"I would not have purchased this dvd if I had known that the full album was not recorded on this dvd."
Best Classic R&B
UK compilation for the most popular & influential soul singer of the early '70s.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"What talent!"
"Great music - has all of my favorites."
"When I listened to his songs, I realized that I knew a lot more songs."
"The man can still sing, and since my vinyl collection is in storage, I decided to get a cd."
"I'm not a music expert, but I do love and enjoy good music."
"Can't stop listening to it, love it, love it ."
Best General
Endtroducing... is the debut studio album of American music producer DJ Shadow, released on November 19, 1996 on the record label Mo' Wax.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I have not listened much to the bonus disc material but for a few spins, it's pretty good, but can't really judge it; it's an alternate version of the album basically, mostly alternate takes of the album songs."
"DJ Shadow's undeniable sampling masterpiece."
"I guarantee that if you do not get into it in the first listen, you will catch on with one song....then the next song......then you will figure out that you liked that one song....then you figure out that the album is meant to be listened to in one go."
"DJ Shadow's Endtroducing is without a doubt the crown achievement in sample based instrumental break beat music."
"My favorite tracks are: #2 "Building Steam with a Grain of Salt". #4 "Changeling". #6 "What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 4)". and, the best song on the album, (#13) "Midnight in a Perfect World"."
"Basically, anyone who's interested in turntablism ought to check this out along with Coldcut's "Journeys By DJ - 70 Minutes Of Madness" and Kid Koala's "Carpal Tunnel Syndrome" (though this one not as much)."
"This is the best album by DJ Shadow."
"You'll see certain comparisons pop up again and again: The Dust Brothers produced Beastie Boys' album Paul's Boutique, Tricky's Maxinquaye, Aphex Twin. Of course, it is also different than each of those albums--lacking vocals for the most part and much more musically lush and dense than the sparse and etheral Selected Ambient Works Volume 1. As late great British DJ John Peel said in his intro to the Diminishing Returns import, "you may find this hard to believe but you stand poised on the brink of hearing the mix of the year, fronted by command much given to frank and furious and usually accurate condemnation of the awful beings that inhabit the world of popular music--DJ Shadow--the celebrated San Franciscan weirdo.""
Best Funk
PRIMUS - FRIZZLE FRY (REMASTERED) - CD.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I really enjoy this album."
"A Christmas gift for my son, who has only just begun collecting vinyl recordings."
"One of the best albums ever!!!"
"How can any Primus fan not want this (I propose one of their greatest albums) LP on pink vinyl???"
"Great condition and as described."
"This is one accidental pick a long time ago.Remember Columbia house well I was down to the free picks with no selection and got this."
"This is a classic Primus album."
Best Contemporary R&B
The eagerly anticipated follow-up to The Colored Section, his new release heralds Donnie's foray into a new musical philosophy that mixes soul, funk, rock, hip-hop and the blues into a combustible scoio-political gumbo: The Daily News.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"You can play this while album while driving your grandmother or mother around and not feel embarrassed about the lyrical content."
"One listen, and you'll clearly hear his musical influences (Stevie Wonder and Donnie Hathaway), but unlike other artists whose claims to fame lay in exploiting those styles primarily in the "love music" genre (e.g., Glenn Lewis), Donnie has sought to capitalize on the complete canons of those great soul singers by using his amazing vocal and songwriting abilities to tell his experience as a Black man in this age and time. There is nothing in the way of the production that would mark it as "neo" or anywhere near the class of questionable R&B that runs the pop radio formats (e.g., programmed beats that drown out the other instruments and vocalist)."
"This album is one of my all-time favorites (TOP 5)."
"I gave it a couple listens and am really hooked on the cd from track to track, Donnie does what some have a hard time doing keeping folks interested throughout the whole cd. But you really, really need to have this cd in your music collection."
"This CD is phenomenal. I hope he does not become one of the lost ones who we hear from once and not hear anything again."