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The Best Of The Stylistics

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The only U.S. Top 40 hit missing is "Rockin' Roll Baby." That song, along with all the other hits, is included on another import called "The Greatest Hits Of The Stylistics" (subtitled "Let's Put It All Together"), which I found while visiting the U.K. recently. This disc is much cheaper, though, and has all the group's big ballads in nice clear sound. With the one "Rockin'" exception, this 18-track disc has almost everything the 2 (10-song) U.S. hits discs have. Of course, if you're reading this you already know what creamy delights await you on this disc. The Stylistics were the most elegant of all the '70's soul groups. If you don't get this CD, get something by them as soon as possible. This means you.

I'll keep this one short.
The Stylistics deserve 5 stars for this compilation of their great music, but I had to give this CD 4 stars. This is because I don't think the producers of this CD had access to all of the true master tapes. A few of the tracks have background hiss. I find this unacceptable with the technology that is out there today.
The Stylistics, one of the best and most influential R&B groups of the 70's, deserve a better presentation if you are going to make a "best of" CD.

I am one of the many fans out there that is tired of seeing there is not a complete, first rate, CD compilation out there representing the entire spectrum of their recording career.
If you can, I recommend you buy all of their individual releases on CD as opposed to one of the compilations.

1. Can't Give You Anything
2. You Make Me Feel Brand New
3. Let's Put It All Together
4. I'm Stone in Love With You
5. Funky Weekend
6. You'll Never Get to Heaven
7. Peek-a-Boo
8. Stop, Look, Listen
9. Betcha by Golly, Wow
10. Sing Baby Sing
11. Star on a TV Show
12. Na Na Is the Saddest Word
13. 7000 Dollars and You
14. Break up to Make Up
15. Love at First Sight
16. Only For the Children
17. You're a Big Girl Now
18. You Are Everything

What a great group from the 70's. This is REAL talent. Their arrangements are so beautifully orchestrated, lyrics so deep that this group transcends time. The lead singer's voice is timeless. So deeply sensitive and emotional. So sorely missed in this new day and age of meaningless noise and racket from so many of today's shallow pop performers.

thsi Set is missing a few cuts for me"Rock&Roll Baby"&Hurry up this way again" but overall this is the kind of Disc to have if you wanna recapture a time period when Vocals&words truly meant something.when Romance&Strings were a must."Stone in Love with you" is a Diamond to my ears.there Voices&Soulful Feelings still Hit Home.the Stylistics are one of the Baddest Vocal Groups I've ever heard.

My friends, when you get "You are Everything", "Betcha By Golly Wow", "Stop, Look and Listen", "Break Up to Make Up", "You'll Never Get To Heaven", "You Make Me Feel Brand New" and "I'm Stone in Love With You" on one package of Stylistics hits, count your blessings. Nobody is interested in reading your complaints about some favorite of YOURS which was left off. Obviously that was not one of the "best" as asserted in the title. The songs mentioned above are all charted hits. If you want an album cut, go seek it out elsewhere. Or maybe you just need a date. I highly recommend this compilation. I guaranteee most of you will love it.

Found a great CD, of a terrific group, THE STYLISTICS, at a very low price. The product arrived in new condition as advertised, from a reputable vendor.

This is truly the best of the best records the Stylistics recorded. Really enjoyed it... still do.

During the 60s and 70s we had our share of great r&b groups like The Moments,The Spinners and The Temptations just to name a few. And one of the best of the r&b groups was the Stylistics.With the smooth and mellow voice of lead singer Russell Thompkins the Stylistics shot to fame. Guided by the creative arrangments by Thom Bell.And the songwriting team of Mr.Bell and Ms Creed. A pairing that would come to an early end by the untimely death of Ms Creed.A Lot of the songs on this cd were written by Bell and Creed and is a testimony to their great work.Now back to the Stylistics.I've been a fan of the Stylistics very since high school.And I've been listening to their music for a lot of years.So I was happy to come across this cd.It as some of their best songs on it.My favorite tracks are 2,4,6,7,8,9 and 14.But their are some tracks I don't like these tracks are 10,12,13 and 15.There are a lot of Stylistics songs that are better than these but did not make the cd.That is why I'm giving this cd a four star review.I think these songs came out during the diso era. The Stylistics to me recorded their best work with Thom Bell.The Stylistics like so many other r&b groups didn't do all that well in the diso era.But the Stylistics still manage to record a few hits during that time.And some of them are on this cd like tracks 1,3 and 11.So in conclusion I highly recommend this cd for all Stylistics fans new and old.So if you are thinking about starting a Stylistics collection this cd is a good place to start.P.S.There's one Stylistics song that came out during the diso era.That I really want to hear again.The song is 'Frist Impression' I can't find it anywhere.And it's not on this cd.