20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection [Extra tracks]

Jody Watley | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 19, 2000)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks
• Label: Mca
• ASIN: B000054OY0
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #118,813 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hits, but not all them, January 5, 2001

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SEC (NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection (Audio CD)

This second repackaging of Jody Watlety's hits is a fairly complete collection. With her smooth voice, Jody shoes she can still keep up with the R & B stars of today. Like her "Greatest Hits" album, it includes the key tracks, "Everything", "I'm The One You Need", and "Don't You Want Me". This disc however includes her neglected track "Off The Hook", but leaves out some of her better songs like "I Want You", and the sultry "When A Man Loves A Woman". If you are into dance/pop/R & B, this is a great album to have. If you are a Jody fan but don't have any of her stuff, stick with the more-complete "Greatest Hits".

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Collection, November 3, 2003

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Aaron (Ohio, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection (Audio CD)

20th Century Masters collections are infamous for always leaving out at least one or two vital songs from an artist, but Jody watley's collection is actually pretty complete. The only other one i can think of is Diana Ross's.

All of Ms Watley's top 10 hits are here which are "Looking For A New Love", "Real Love", "Everything" "Some Kind of Lover", "Don't You Want Me", and "Friends." Plus, it includes "Most of All" which i think is her best song but it never cracked the top 40. The only gripe is that the charting single "Still A Thrill" from her debut is not here, but its forgivable. If you want A Jody album with all of her biggest hits, this is your best bet. Her 1996 "Greatest Hits" is for some reason out of print. It's superior, but if you can't find it, this will do.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars All the Jody Watley you'll ever need., September 5, 2007

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M J Heilbron Jr. "Dr. Mo" (Long Beach, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection (Audio CD)

This is a nice collection of memorable dance-pop from Jody Watley, who had her fifteen minutes back in the mid to late 80's as a member of Shalamar, followed by a short run of singles that scampered up the charts.

If you are at all familiar with the 80's, you'll know most of these songs, and the remastering sounds just fine here.

"Lookin' For A New Love", "Don't You Want Me" and "Some Kind of Lover" are all stellar examples of that post-Madonna/Janet Jackson sound that gave us people like Karyn White, Paula Abdul, Pebbles and Miss Watley.

"Most of All" is an unjustly ignored gem, as sunny today as it was twenty years ago. Supreme pop.

Her second album (the first songs are all from her debut) didn't have the killer tunes, but "Real Love" , "Friends" and "Everything" made enough of an impact that you'll recognize them right away, even of you haven't heard the songs in two decades.

The rest of the collection falls flat...like many of the other minor chanteuses of the time, they couldn't "grow up" well, and the remaining songs are kinda boring. If you want some smoky, jazzy melodies, you are gonna put on Anita Baker, not Jody Watley.

Nevertheless, if you are interested in this, it's because you have fond memories of her initial success, and in that respect, this is a worthy purchase...