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I love this CD. I'm surprised there are not more reviews about this CD. I bought 'The Best of Junior' a few years ago because I wanted the song 'Mama Used To Say' and I knew there was also another song that I liked of his and that song is 'Too Late'. These songs came out when I was in 2nd grade. I have a child that is now in the 2nd grade and that is what made me decide to now write this review.

When I first bought this CD I had no idea what to expect, except for 'Mama Used To Say' and then 'Too Late'. Those are two great songs with great music and heart felt, thought provoking lyrics. Even better is that these are the 12" versions of the songs so you can groove to them even longer. I recently got the music videos for these two songs and that brought back memories.

The rest of the CD is great too. Other song highlights for me are 'Oh Louise', 'I Can't Help It' and 'Somebody'. You can groove and relax to this CD at home or while driving.

Junior has some timeless jams&grooves.mama used to say is still slamming after all of these years.too late is also tight.the British Brother has soul.check out his grooves.

Junior is one of the greatest black britsh artists of the 1980's (along with 52nd Street, Loose Ends, and Five Star) that was heavily marketed toward American R&B/Soul fans, but still underated. Since he deserved that much, I have a small bone to pick with this compilation cd....and I promise that the review is not as crucial as his American counterpart's, O'Bryan's compilation.

I was just about to purchase this cd, until I looked at the track listing and I noticed that "Is This Love" from his 1982 debut album was missing. That is my favorite song by Junior and should have been included on the Best Of cd. I may be 24 years old, but I know my old school and I know what I like. Ok, it was'nt a single, but it should have been on there. If time contraints was an issue, then the 12 inch longer versions on all the songs (except for "Mama Use To Say" cause that version was the best) should have been replaced with album/7 inch versions. That is why I took away a star from this cd. I will just have to download this song and include that with "Mama Use To Say", "Too Late", "Do You Really Want My Love", "Unison", and "Oh Lousie" on my ipod.

"Mama used to say" was the reason I bought the CD. I found the rest of the disc above-average. For Junior fans - get it at a good price and enjoy it. For others, borrow the disk from someone and give it a chance, you may end up buying it for yourself! Four stars!!

I should've just downloaded the mp3 file of "Mama Used To Say" for 99 cents. My bad.

It's great to have some classics from Junior on CD but unfortunately some of his other 12" classics have to sit this one out. Let Me Know and I Can't Help It were two other songs that were remixed by the Legendary Tee Scott and were the only versions I was familiar with. I never heard them on the radio. Communication Breakdown was yet another song that was a 12" remix but only the LP version makes it here. A song that did not make it at all was Tell Me which came from Inside Lookin' Out.

i really do like junior because his used to be my numberone favor singelstart back in the day the only two song that i like on his album was toolate mama used to say.and i want everybody to know that young men can sing yall need to buy this album this is the best album that his ever had.