Best of Thelma Houston [Import]

Thelma Houston | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 25, 2000)
• Original Release Date: 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Polygram UK
• ASIN: B00000DB4N
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #133,042 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Don't Leave Me This Way

2. If It's The Last Thing I

3. Saturday Night, Sunday Mo

4. Love's Comin'on

5. Midnight Mona

6. I Wanna Be Back In Love A

7. Can't We Try

8. Jumpin'jack Flash

9. I'm Here Again

10. It's Just Me Feeling Good

11. Memories

12. I've Got The Devil In Me

13. Cheap Lovin'

14. Am I Expecting Too Much

15. If This Was The Last Song

16. Baby, I Love You Too Much

Editorial Reviews

16 Great Tracks from the Singer who Hit it Biggest in the Disco Era with her No. One Remake of Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes' 'don't Leave Me this Way', which Years Later is a True, Bonafide Disco and Pop Classic. Though She Never Quite Hit that Height Again, Houston's Recording Career Has Been Fruitful Nonetheless, Having the Distinction of Recording the First Direct-to-disc Record with the Band Pressure Cooker. That Record Practically Started the Modern Audiophile Vinyl Craze in the 70's.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars This one should have been better., June 17, 2003

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SeanLau99 (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Best of Thelma Houston (Audio CD)

I really wish record companies would stop putting out disco compilations that consist of short versions or radio edits. They just don't get it. True disco fans are after extended or 12 inch versions. Houston's classic "Don't Leave Me This Way" and the house music standard "I'm Here Again" end during the best parts of each song. I was so disappointed that I gave my copy of this cd away for a ride to work.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars First Class Singer, January 24, 2001

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Malridge Mace, IV (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best of Thelma Houston (Audio CD)

Miss Houston displays her formidable pipes on a varied set of soul, pop and disco tunes. Best known for her 1976 Grammy-winning smash "Don't Leave Me This Way," the talented lady has unfortunately and unfairly been labeled as a disco singer. Thelma Houston is a SOUL singer who came to prominence during the height of disco and any listen to this body of work or others by her will attest to her soulful and gospel-fired handling of even the most mediocre material. This set features some cuts not found on other increasingly hard-to-find compilations, including personal favorites, "Midnight Mona" and "Am I Expecting Too Much." Also included is the 1940's- styled hit "If It's The Last Thing I Do;" as well as a few prime cuts from her "Sunshower" lp produced by the notable Jimmy Webb. Also noteworthy is her version of "Can't We Try" -- a ballad covered more popularly by veteran soul singer Teddy Pendergrass. All in all, a good representation of her work; however, with numerous lps under her belt -- including subsequent work on the RCA and MCA labels, a major career retrospective is long overdue.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, May 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Best of Thelma Houston (Audio CD)

Miss Houston is a classic disco queen in every sense of the word. She displays such soulful grit on her tunes. Who can forget the classic "Don't Leave Me This Way". You can definetly hear her gospel roots on this cut. But unfortunatly, one of my personel favorites; which was released as a single in the late seventies is the ever groovy "Saturday Night'Sunday Morning". The tune is not on this collection of sure hits. If record companies are going to put together a collection of greatest hits, then I think the public deserves to hear all the greatest hits! Don't you?