Gee Whiz: Best of

Carla Thomas | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 19, 1994)
• Original Release Date: July 19, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Atlantic
• ASIN: B000003393
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #67,430 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #94 in Music > R&B > Soul > Memphis Soul

Track Listings

1. Cause I Love You

2. Gee Whiz! (Look at His Eyes)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Can a real Carla Thomas stand up please?, November 2, 2001

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Sasha "lampic" (at sea...sailing somewhere) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gee Whiz: Best of (Audio CD)

Carla Thomas was essentially a balad singer in heart who started with "Gee Whiz" and "Mama,Mama Wish Me Good Luck",just to be pushed in more commercial vein of "Stax" sound,the role of sexy seductive soul-godess that never suited her and lady herself (in liner notes) noted that 1966. was the moment when her music became more hit-heavy but strangely detached from her real personality.As the result,this 22 songs-compilation is almost a schizoprenic split of personality between early,young and romantic Thomas and later horn-bass-rhytm drenched "Stax" product,hit material that perhaps showed more of Thomas acting ability than her real vision of herself as a singer."Stax" was excellent company that produced exciting and energetic music,but it was a man's world (Sam & Dave,Otis Redding,Isaac Hayes...) and Thomas sweet voice & gentle personality would have much better suited to Dionne Warwick/Diana Ross/Mary Wells style - I have impression that while she gave "Stax" its first big kick with "Gee Whiz",the company slowly but surely pushed her in the back while changing music direction towards rhytmic numbers and her "Gee Whiz" was more of a past relic than something the company wanted to pursue.True,the second part of this CD compilation is recognisable "Stax" music but I can't shake the feeling that Carla Thomas was not there completely and she had just listen Isaac Hayes instructions.

3.0 out of 5 stars Great Singer, May 17, 2009

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R. S. O'Brien "giddyrobin" (Atlanta, GA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gee Whiz: Best of (Audio CD)

Great Singer, I actually bought this just for the one song "Gee Whiz". I kinda got obsessed with it once. Its good music.

4 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GEE WHIZ, January 2, 2000

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tommy guariano (SI NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gee Whiz: Best of (Audio CD)

this song gee whiz was one of the most moving love songs ever to come out of my radio in my 1957 chevy while watching the submarine races at plumb beach Bklyn NY with my girl...