Cooley High (1975 Film) [Extra tracks, Original recording remastered, Soundtrack]

Various Artists - Soundtrakcs (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 13, 2000)
• Original Release Date: June 13, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered, Soundtrack
• Label: Motown
• ASIN: B00004TRS2
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #120,180 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Baby Love - Diana Ross & The Supremes

2. Fingertips - Stevie Wonder

3. I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) - Four Tops

4. Stop! In The Name Of Love - Diana Ross & The Supremes

5. Luther's Blues - Luther Allison

6. Dancing In The Street - Martha & The Vandellas

7. Beechwood 45789 - The Marvelettes

8. OOO Baby Baby - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

9. (You Can) Depend On Me - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

10. Cleo's Mood - Jr. Walker & The All Stars

11. Money (That's What I Want) - Barrett Strong

12. You Beat Me To The Punch - Mary Wells

13. 2 Pigs And A Hog - Freddie Perren

14. My Girl - The Temptations

15. Sweet First Love - Freddie Perren

16. Three AM...I Love You Mama - Freddie Perren

17. (I'm A) Road Runner - Jr. Walker & The All Stars

18. Mickey's Monkey - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

19. Haulin' - Freddie Perren

20. Cold Blooded - Freddie Perren

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The M&M of music collections, i.e., Melodious and Marvellous, July 6, 2000

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Eswar Sivaraman (Fairfax, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cooley High (1975 Film) (Audio CD)

This is a CD that will literally make your senses beg you to play it over and over again. You cannot go wrong with this CD - it sweeps you with its buoyant tunes right from the opening notes of Diana Ross' Baby Love - its playing right now ;); next comes Stevie's Fingertips - at first glance this song may be dismissed as being a confused medley, but, it simply grows on you. My favorite is #3 (I can't help myself), and #12 (You beat me to the punch); hmm....thinking about it, I simply enjoy all the songs - for a hard core Pink Floyd fan like me, this album was a sweet shock/surprise - it's really hard to classify this album, except that I get the same thrill from this album as I do, when I listen to Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon (at full volume, of course).

In the parlance of teen vocabulary, this album doesn't rock, but, instead, makes you wish you could join in the music, the moods, and the sheer enthusiasm that permeates through all the tunes.

This album completely, and thoroughly, exemplifies the adage, "Old is Gold." In no small measure, this album is also a fabulous value for its price - 22 superb songs for so little - the price knocks you down first, and then, of course, the music....

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Essential Motown Album, April 10, 2006

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Caesar M. Warrington (Lansdowne, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cooley High (1975 Film) (Audio CD)

This is a great soundtrack to one great movie.

Although nowadays many of the songs here are also on dozens of other Motown comps, this still remains an essential collection for two very good reasons:

1/Freddie Perren (The Corporation) laid down one fine score.
2/This is the only single disc collection to include G.C. Cameron's magnificent "It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday," otherwise only available on the 4-CD boxset, HITSVILLE USA VOL.2: MOTOWN SINGLES 1972-1992.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Groovy Soundtrack to a Groovy Movie!!!, February 16, 2006

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Matt Tawesson (Macomb, IL, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cooley High (1975 Film) (Audio CD)

This soundtrack to the 1975 movie Cooley High is a real gem as well as a wonderful album to have. This title is filled to the brim with unforgettable 60s Motown classics. You name the groups, their material is on the album. From Diana Ross and the Supremes' "Baby Love" during the opening credits to the Four Tops' "Reach Out (I'll Be There)" during the closing credits, this is feel good music. Only six of these songs were recorded in '75 for a few scenes in the film, but the rest of these songs were from the 60s. Another neat thing about this soundtrack album is that all of the songs appear in the exact same order as they were heard in the movie, unlike some other movie soundtracks had songs that were mixed up. This is the kind of music title that needs to be a part of your oldies collection and/or your Motown music library. I highly recommend watching the movie as well; you'll be "groovin'" with the movie characters to these songs, and having lots of fun watching it.