20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection [Original recording remastered]

Switch | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 19, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Motown
• ASIN: B00005LMK5
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,380 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #16 in Music > R&B > Motown
  • #19 in Music > R&B > Quiet Storm
  • #22 in Music > R&B > Funk > General

Editorial Reviews

The 20th Century Masters series is the best-selling single-artist line in music history and is being re-released by Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) in its ground-breaking, environmentally-friendly packaging format. A first for the music industry, the standard package (both sleeve and tray) will be completely paper-recyclable, continuing the company's long-standing commitment to being "green."

To further reduce the amount of paper in the Eco-Pack, the CD booklet will no longer be offered. Official liner notes are easily accessible on the Internet at http://www.ilovethatsong.com/green.

UMe is the first North American music company to replace the traditional jewel case with recycled paperboard sleeves and the plastic tray with trays made from PaperFoam®, a new packaging technology from Shorewood Packaging, a business of International Paper, that is paper-recyclable and biodegradable. Shorewood Packaging is the first North American packaging supplier to produce disc trays from PaperFoam®. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

41 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Could Be MUCH Better..., August 21, 2003

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chakasworld "chakasworld" (Atlanta, GA United States) - See all my reviews

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

This 20th Century Masters CD is nothing but an incomplete version of 'The Best Of Switch' CD from 1991 (which also included 'Next To You'). Even with the 'remastered' tag, this CD still loses points for not including additional tracks. I added the following songs for an IMPROVED 'Best Of Switch' CD (now clocking in at 79:57).....

12. Calling On All Girls
13. It's So Real
14. Next To You
15. We Like To Party..Come On
16. I Wanna Be With You
17. You're The One For Me

Instead of releasing a comprehensive collection, or even better, all of Switch's albums on CD format, Motown/Uni insists on selling fans short. Well, since they refuse to do the right thing, I remastered 'The Best Of Switch' with the bonus tracks listed above, and I also created my own 2 on 1 CD featuring BOTH 'Switch'(1978) & 'Switch II'(1979) together like they should be. If you own mint vinyl copies of these albums, you should get them mastered onto CD ASAP...you'll love the end result! In closing, this 'Best Of Switch' CD is nice, but long time fans deserve much more!

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very underrated R&B group at their finest, April 8, 2005

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Derrick Dunn "The Realest DJ" (Woodbridge,VA) - See all my reviews

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

The Debarge family was Motown's big family act after the Jacksons left, and spawned two groups Debarge and Switch. Switch had a string ful of hits but in my opinion there ballads were what really made stand the group stand out. Tracks like They'll Never Be, I Call Your Name, Love Over & Over Again are seventies R&B at their finest. But the track that really does it for me is I Wanna Be Closer. Courtesy of Jermaine Jackson's writing and producing talents , I Wanna Be Closer is a song that's silky smooth and overflowing with romanticism. Bobby Debarge's searing falsetto countered by Philip Ingram's tenor/baritone made this a quiet storm staple and is serious need of a remake. My only complaint about the CD is it lacks Caling On All Girls but for $9.99 you get your money's worth.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "Are you gonna call me like you said you would?", August 24, 2003

By A Customer

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

Switch was a very talented group of musicians, and they are apparently fondly remembered by a small (but perceptive) number of Old School R&B fans like me. There are a lot of good songs on here--"There'll Never Be", "Friend in the Sky", "Call on Me", etc. but none comes close to "I Call Your Name", one of the all-time great slow jams, presented here in all its 7 minutes-plus glory. The opening rap is sweet, funny and completely endearing, and Bobby DeBarge proceeds to sing like an exalted angel throughout the rest of the song. Everyone I've played this for has fallen in love with it: "I'm a man now, baby, a grown man!" It should have been a monster hit.....just typing about it now makes me wanna slip it back on the cd player.