Chi-Lites - Greatest Hits

Chi-Lites | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 11, 1998)
• Original Release Date: December 3, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Brunswick Records
• ASIN: B00000DI18
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #177,026 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Oh Girl

2. Give It Away

3. We Are Neighbors

4. Let Me Be the Man My Daddy Was

5. Have You Seen Her?

6. 24 Hours of Sadness

7. (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People

8. The Coldest Days of My Life [Album Version]

9. I Like Your Lovin' (Do You Like Mine)

10. I Want to Pay You Back (For Loving Me)

11. Stoned Out of My Mind

12. A Letter to Myself

13. There Will Never Be Any Peace (Until God Is Seated at the Conference..)

14. I Found Sunshine

15. Toby

16. Homely Girl

17. We Need Order

18. Are You My Woman? (Tell Me So)

Editorial Reviews

18 tracks including, 'Oh Girl', 'Give It Away' and 'We Are Neighbors'. Standard jewelcase. 1998 release.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Are You Gonna Luv This...., August 8, 2001

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yygsgsdrassil "yygsgsdrassil" (Crossroads America) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chi-Lites - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

....Original Chi Lites jams from Brunswick/Warner Tamerlane.

Digitally reprocessed, they are awesome. One of the engineers used in the original recordings was the great Bruce Swedien--yeah, the man responsible for the Quincy Jones/Michael Jackson 'Acousonic Engineering' technique. Now imagine that technique compounded by digital remastering. It blows ya away!

Eugene's great supple tenor/soaring falsettoes abetted by those rich backgounds---the bass singer, Cradel "Red" Jones, you can hear clearly and succinctly--fabulous orchestrations, and a phunkay rhythm section like you never heard it! I've said this before--why be dissatisfied with a 35 minute CD of a hot new artist which only has one or two tracks you really dig when you can get great CDs of great artists literally jam packed with excellent, excellent good sounding music?

If I had one complaint, it would be that this omits the excellent tune "A Lonely Man": but that's okay, the Original Brunswick album of "A Lonely Man" has been issued on CD...plus, I think the tune is on the equally impressive CD "Inner City Blues".

Also, I agree with the reviewer below--"The Coldest Days of My Life" has got to be one of most stirring songs on a break-up ever. Never play that and Sade's "King of Sorrow" back-to- back. Just kidding.

My new fave cuts have gotta be "There Will Never Be Any Peace (Until God is Seated at the Conference Table)" and "Give it Away", but again, track to track this CD will have you humming, singing, dancing--and not just because it's considered "Ol' Skool"

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A terrific collection, March 8, 2006

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Brian C. Taylor "smug feldspar magnate" (Tallahassee, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chi-Lites - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

If you're like I was, you probably know "Oh Girl" and "Have You Seen Her" and have acknowledged that they're great songs, but you secretly suspect the Chi-Lites of being something of a one-hit wonder (okay, a two-hit wonder). Then you will be pleasantly surprised to discover that nothing could be further from the truth. This compilation is full of great songs, and not just in the "Oh Girl-Have You Seen Her" variety. There's also a good bit of early funk to go with the soul. Most importantly, it's all worthwhile. The Chi-Lites concentrated on the three most important things (as far as I'm concerned) in pop music: Melody, harmony and lyrics. They nail them all. "We Are Neighbors", "Let Me Be the Man My Daddy Was", "Stoned out of My Mind", "Homely Girl", "Give More Power to the People" are splendid examples, but I could include every song on this compilation. And, as other reviewers have noted, the sound quality is superb, crystal-clear. I frequently spin around to see if Eugene Record is standing behind me. No, it's just the CD. If you have any affection for the sweet sound of 60s and 70s soul, buy this record, and you'll be well rewarded.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Write a letter to yourself, January 15, 2002

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Andre M. "brnn64" (Mt. Pleasant, SC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chi-Lites - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

If you're having a bad and rough day, or if you are taking a nice peaceful drive on a sunny afternoon, I would suggest this, the Delfonics Greatest Hits, or any Five Stairstpes compilation. This particular collection contains songs that are so pleasant that you'll just melt when hearing them. Even songs with melancholy lyrics like "Toby," "Write a Letter to Myself," and "Have You Seen Her" sound so sweet to the Philly Sound arrangements and the Chi-Lites' harmonies cannot help but make you happy. So write a letter to yourself to pick this up.