Classic Masters [Original recording remastered]

Sylvers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 29, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B00005V5Q4
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #165,083 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Fool's Paradise

2. Wish That I Could Talk to You

3. Boogie Fever

4. Free Style

5. Cotton Candy

6. Lovin' Me Back

7. Hot Line

8. That's What Love Is Made Of

9. High School Dance

10. New Horizons

11. Don't Stop, Get Off

12. Any Way You Want Me

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars MANY GOOD SONGS THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED, January 9, 2003

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TONY (FT. LAUD, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Classic Masters (Audio CD)

THE SYLVERS AS A GROUP WAS VERY UNDERATED. THEY WERE TALENTED SINGERS WITH TIGHT HARMONIES. THERE WERE SO MANY GOOD SONGS FROM ALBUMS LIKE "SHOWCASE", "SOMETHING SPECIAL", "NEW HORIZONS", "FOREVER YOURS" AND "CONCEPT" (EVEN THOUGH THE LAST TWO WERE RELEASED ON OTHER LABELS) THAT COULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED. SONGS LIKE "AIN'T NO DOUBT ABOUT IT", "I CAN BE FOR REAL", "GOT TO HAVE YOU", "SWEPT FOR YOU" AND "COME BACK LOVER COME BACK". THEY WERE SO MUCH MORE THAN A DISCO ACT. CAPITOL RECORDS SHOULD HAVE RELEASED MORE OF THE R&B FLAVORED SONGS THAT THEY RECORDED BACK IN THE DAY.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Many Sylvers classics missing from this CD!, April 10, 2002

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WayneInSF (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Classic Masters (Audio CD)

The third "Greatest Hits" package from the Sylvers in the past decade, "Classic Masters" leaves out many of the family's better soul tunes from the 70's and 80's. 1975's "Showcase" album is prominently represented with the #1 smash "Boogie Fever," along with "Free Style" (a new listen reaffirms this tune as an R&B classic) and "Cotton Candy," but what about "The Roulette Wheel of Love" or "I Can Be For Real?""Ain't No Doubt About It" (from "Something Special") in my opinion should have been released as a single by Capitol in 1976, and as such should have been included on this compilation. Putting the track on 45 would have went along way toward moving the group from the bubble gum category and could have delivered a solid R&B audience.Other tunes are missing as well. Notably absent: "Forever Yours," "Swept For You," "Just a Little Bit Longer," "Mahogany," "Come Back Lover, Come Back," and "Falling For Your Love."Patricia DeRuso hand a hand in writing the CD's liner notes. Perhaps Capitol Records should have included her in choosing the tunes included here. "Why," you ask? Because Ms. DeRuso is formely Patricia Sylvers .... of the Sylvers!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good, March 18, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Classic Masters (Audio CD)

Often overlooked, the Sylvers were a hot group in the '70s. They were overshadowed by the Jackson 5 (later the Jacksons), yet they made music just as good. They were given the ability to write and produce themselves. Check out Don't Stop Get Off, from the album "Forever Yours". It is included here in an extended form that has never appeared on a Sylvers album before. This also has all the hits from the era..Boogie Fever, Hotline, High School Dance. As well as pre-Boogie Fever songs. Hotline still gets me excited to this day. I love the intro with the piano. Boogie Fever is disco at it's best. They could have added a song or two from the Disco Fever album, but that's ok..I still have that on vinyl.