Gold [Original recording remastered]

Commodores, Lionel Richie | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 10, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Hip-O Records
• ASIN: B000CCBBZ4
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,389 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Together again, at length, January 20, 2006

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Amanda Richards (Georgetown, Guyana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gold (Audio CD)

Fans of Lionel Richie and the Commodores better brace themselves for a long listening experience. This CD contains 32 songs, most of them above the normal length, spanning from the 1974 Commodores album "Machine Gun" to the 2001 Lionel Richie album "Renaissance".

Here are some examples:

All Night Long - 6:22
Do It To Me - 6:05
Sweet Love - 6:35
Three Times a Lady - 6:40
Still - 5:50
Just To Be Close to You - 6:24
Zoom - 7:05
Jesus Is Love - 6:05

All Lionel Richie's familiar songs are there, except perhaps "Se La" which is a notable omission, but the album also includes some less popular tracks such as "My Destiny" and "Love Oh Love" from Back to Front (1992). Most of the Commodores old favorites are included, and the `70s tracks will have you looking for your disco shoes.

This one is worth adding to your collection if you're a fan of these performers.

Amanda Richards, January 20, 2006

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally a collection with all the major hits, April 4, 2006

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Da Man "Da Man" (Pekin, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gold (Audio CD)

Universal's recent "Gold" collection has been wonderful, providing artists like Olivia Newton-John, Donna Summer and Cher with the best US collections they have ever seen, the recent Lionel Richie/Commodores "Gold" provides no exception.

Unlike "Back To Front" and "The Definitive Collection", Gold provides some of Lionel's big hits that were inexplicitly missing before, such as "My Love" (top 5 hit), "Lady You Bring Me Up" (top 10), "Oh No" (top 5), "Love Will Conquer All" (top 10), "Don't Wanna Lose You" (top 10 AC hit and top 40 pop hit) and "Brick House", possibly Lionel's most famous composition. It's great to get the album versions of these songs.

There are a few missing hits, like "Just For You" and "Se La", but beggers can't be choosers. It would've been nice to have the huge Commodores hit "Nightshift" here as well, but since that song was after Lionel had left, the exclusion is understandable. All in all, this is finally the definitive Lionel hits collection

You can get this cd for only a couple bucks more than Back To Front and The Definitive Collection, and the few $$ more is totally worth it.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Soundsgreat, June 24, 2006

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R. pegram "Rick P" (Pinellas Park, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gold (Audio CD)

A great collection of songs by a great artist. It is so nice to see a greatest hits collection that features all the original full length album versions. I am a big music fan and I hate when greatest hits collections are released with the "watered down" radio versions. It would have been nice if Universal could have tracked down the 12" version of Brickhouse, But hey, I'm not complaining. The sound quality is fantastic as well.

Let's hope Universal releases more greatest hits packages with more full length album versions.