Best of

Softones | Format: Audio Cassette

Product Details

• Audio Cassette (September 10, 1996)
• Label: Amherst Records
• ASIN: B000001O73
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,764,322 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. My Dream

2. Can't Help Falling in Love

3. I'm Gonna Prove It

4. The First Day

5. Silly Billy

6. Hey There Lonely Girl [*]

7. Any Street [*]

8. Maybe Tomorrow

9. That Old Black Magic

10. Laundromat

11. And I Remember Your Face

12. I Played the Fool [*]

13. Extra Ordinary People

14. That's What Love Can Do

15. Sweet Dreamer [*]

16. I'm Gonna Make the Score

17. You Go Your Way, I'll Go Mine [Live in Japan][*]

Editorial Reviews

Includes the hits That Old Black Magic; I'm Gonna Prove It; Can't Help Falling in Love , and The First Day . --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I grew up with the Softones, December 27, 2001

By 

Miriam Johnson (Baltimore, Md.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Very Best of the Softones (Audio CD)

The Softones rehearsed down the street from my house. We would go down and listen to them all the time. I love their music.

I agree with the first reviewer, Carla my Love was not included on this CD. What I did was downloaded "Carla" and added to "The Very Best of The Softones" for my own listing enjoyment!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars the dynamic Softones, July 20, 2005

By 

Gilbert H. Richards - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Very Best of the Softones (Audio CD)

Being a Balimore boy I particularly remember the early Softones' hits like Silly Billy, My Dream and I'm Gonna Prove It. They were untouchable. You can stand those songs against any of the '70s soul groups--Delfonics, Blue Magic , Dramatics, the Moments and the like.
Marvin Brown's falsetto is the most dynamic voice I heard prior to Philip Bailey of Earth Wind and Fire. And they are still performing , sounding just as great.
I gave it four stars instead of five because of the disco and show tunes. But understand--the body of work is what counts. Then the bonus live cut came "You Go Your Way" and I shouted "Now that's the Softones I remember."
Surely, to say the Softones were underrated was an understatement.
And like everyone else noted, "Carla My Love" would have been icing on the cake!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This is music for lovers or people in LOVE., March 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Very Best of the Softones (Audio CD)

The Softones has a smooth pleasing sound that the more mature music lovers like. If you like to sing, you can sing along. Although it will be difficult to match the sound of lead singer Marvin, you can fool youself.