Best of [Import]

Brothers Johnson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 27, 2000)
• Original Release Date: January 1, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Polygram UK
• ASIN: B000024ZAE
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #59,736 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #14 in Music > Indie Music > R&B > Funk
  • #38 in Music > Indie Music > R&B > Soul

Track Listings

1. I'll Be Good To You

2. Free And Single

3. Land Of Ladies

4. Get The Funk Out Ma Face

5. Tomorrow

6. Runnin' For Your Lovin'

7. Strawberry Letter

8. Right On Time

9. Q

10. Blam!

11. Ain't We Funkin' Now

12. Light Up The Night

13. Stomp

14. Treasure

15. The Real Thing

16. You Keep Me Comin' Back

17. I'm Giving You All Of My Love

18. Kick It To The Curb

Editorial Reviews

18 of the biggest & best the R&B/ funk duo cut for A&M in the '70s & early '80s, including the top 10 smashes 'I'll Be Good To You', 'Strawberry Letter 23' & 'Stomp!'. 1998 release.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The REAL Best of Brothers Johnson, February 8, 2006

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G. E. Williams "Nunah" (California) - See all my reviews
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Although there are several Best of / Greatest Hits, type of collections out there, this compilation probably (in my opinion) has the best selection of the hard core Funk that set Brothers Johnson apart from the pack of the day. These songs are full of hard Bass driven funky jazz cuts that were at once incredible music to drive, dance, or romance to. If you didn't hang with the kind of crowd that listened to The Brothers Johnson, Parlement, The Ohio players, or The Isley Brothers, chances are you never heard many of these songs. You should do yourself a favor. Unless, you are going to buy the entire catalogue of Brothers Johnson studio albums, this is the collection that you should own.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant quality, September 2, 2010

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Cyril - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Best of (Audio CD)

The recording quality of the CD was excellent. Still sounds as the original LP I had many years ago

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Value for money, December 9, 2006

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Olukayode Balogun (Leeds, England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best of (Audio CD)

I totally agree with earlier reviewers; this is a great retrospective from one of the best funk groups of the 70s and 80s. This compilation has their greatest hits from their best-selling albums with producer and mentor Quincy Jones, and a handful from albums they later released without him. Although it's clear (especially from "The Real Thing", their first non-Q produced single) that they learnt a lot from Jones, especially with regards to production, vocal, horn and string arrangement, some of the magic was clearly missing.

Most of the hits are here, notably the international 1980 hit "Stomp", "Strawberry Letter 23" with that barnstorming guitar solo from Lee Ritenour and "Q", their tribute to Quincy Jones, which earned them a Grammy for best instrumental in 1977. Also noteworthy is the fact that Jones later remade three of the hits here (written or co-written by the brothers) on his own albums: "I'll Be Good To You", with Ray Charles and Chaka Khan, "Tomorrow" with Tevin Campbell & The Children's Choir and "Stomp", with Mr X, Melle Mel, Coolio, Yo-Yo, Chaka Khan, Charlie Wilson, Shaquille O'Neal, Luniz and the cast of "Stomp", the Broadway musical.

My only gripes are that "Ride-O-Rocket", the Ashford & Simpson penned hit from the album "Blam!" Is not on here and at least three of the singles as far as I can tell - "Strawberry Letter 23", "Ain't We Funkin' Now" and "Stomp", are edited or radio versions. The full-length album versions would've been much better, thank you very much.

Brothers Johnson CDs have been difficult to come by in recent years and with "Blam!" (their only album still missing from my CD collection) currently selling on here from $59.99, this was the next best bet. At least I can play the title tune off that album, one of my favourites, in my car until the powers that be decide to re-release the album - hopefully a remastered version. I can also now hear all these hits on one CD, which is also great.

All said and done, this is big value for money.