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Enchantment without a doubt did not get the recognition they deserved and still deserve. There is not another 70's act that can still perform like Enchantment. They are original members that can still sing and their choreography will 'enchant' you. Once you go to the "The Land of Enchantment" you will not want to return. Anyone looking for other Enchantment music should check out GEMM.com or start your search engines in June...Enchantment's website will be up and running by then!! Look for EnchantmentMusic.com!!

I love this album. This is one album that can be played continously without skipping. If anyone can help me find the song that goes "so wonderful is your love that I will cherish it forever more", it would be a great help. Happy listen!

WOW - classic, soulful, beautiful!! This group had all the vocals of the other male groups that got all the shine although much less mainstream recognition. This is another group that male r&b groups should listen to & try to get a feel for how a REAL group should sound. It's a shame that in our generation, the only group that came close to vocally matching groups in this era & genre was Boyz II Men.

My favorite tracks: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE, SUNSHINE, IT'S YOU THAT I NEED, IF YOUR'RE READY, GLORIA, SILLY LOVE SONG, SUNNY SHINE FEELING & YOU MUST BE AN ANGEL/UP HIGHER.

Ahh... Enchantment! There's something about hearing their music that just seems to capture the moment. I believe I can remember exactly where I was when I first heard "Sunshine" on the old AM station KGFJ back in L.A. "It's You That I Need" takes me straight back to the first girl I dated in college. But there was one gem that was surprisingly missing here -- what happened to "Any Way You Want It", from 1979? Sure, it wasn't quite a monster hit, and is just a tad disco-tinged, but it has the catchiest tune of all their singles and is actually my favorite Enchantment song of all. Fortunately I still have the original vinyl 45 single, but it would have been great to hear it remastered on CD. For this reason only, I've rated this album 4 stars, rather than 5. Other than that, this is a fantastic set of songs!

I feel that this is truly one of the all time greats for music, period. The way Enchantment has captured the essence of what I call real music is truly amazing. There is just something about that Gloria cut that just pierces right through your soul. I'm sure a lot of you have substituted Gloria for whoever was in your life at the time. By the way, Enchantment has two other songs that I have been trying to find but can't. They are I Can't Forget You and Enchanted Lady. If any knows how I can get those songs, please let me know.

These guys can sing! Such classic tunes...poignant, painful, heartfelt, soulful and deep. They touched me at the root back then and still do now! No classic soul collection is complete without Enchantment! There is but one fault with this collection---and that is that my favorite song by them "Forever More" isn't on it! But I won't deduct a star because I own it on another compilation and besides even without it...this is still a 5 star collection.

I am 29 years old and to think Enchantment did not get their fair share. "It's you that I need" is one of the atime favorite ballads that send chills and sometimes tears down my spine. I will always be a fan to this type of music and along with jazz, that seemed to disappear and now it is hiphop that has taking over. Music has faded away with my generation and below. My friends think I am old to still like and sing along to the old school music. My fiance (He is 11 years older than me could not believe I knew most if not all of the songs he is accustomed to, but he got over it). Anyway groups like Enchantment our timeless in my opinion, because the MUSIC will never die, just probably will not get played.

I have been a fan since hearing Gloria,Emmanuel Johnson's tenor blew me away. On a recent trip a Quite Storm station played a three song set Gloria,Sunshine and Silly Love Songs. By the end of the last tune I had tears in my eyes,the music sounds as good today as it did in the 70's. So all you 20 some things embrace this music send your emails to the radio stati ons to play this music. And to Enchantment give us some more I know you guys have still got the chops.

T.W.(New York)

Where can you begin to even describe the spell in which the group Enchantmen places you under. From the sweet song of "It's you that I need, to Sunshine, Gloria, Where do we go from here,(to just name a few off of the CD) it all leaves you spellbound. This is truly one of those groups from the 70's that did not get there spot in being recognize, but their loving ballads, still are strong and speak to the music soul. There where so many wonderful groups from the 70's and Enchantment is definitely one of them. If you have forgotten how it feels to be taken under a spell, well my dear music lovers, I advise you to get ready and spend a evening with Enchantment.

Seems like everyone who's replied was blessed enough to live the era when all of this beautiful music was created. Unfortunately for me, being that I'm only 28, I only got to listen to it from my mother and uncle playing their records in the 80's. I never understood why they were holding on to this "old" music. Back then, I was too focused on Run DMC and the newly accepted form of music called hip hop. But in my teen years, our local radio stations would play the older music at night and I'd listen to and became mesmerized by the vocal talents, the emotion, the writing, the music production, and the sheer magic of these talented groups. I saw that a good majority of the rap songs that I loved had sampled from these classics. I lost countless hours of sleep getting up to write down what few lyrics I could remember so I could ask my mother who the artist was. This went on for years. Been hooked ever since and it's so far to the point that I really have a bias towards the modern stuff. You don't hear talent like this anymore. The Dells, Delfonics, Dramatics, the Emotions, Heatwave, Stylistics, Blue Magic, L.T.D., etc (I could go on forever) left the world with countless classics. Noone will be listening to Usher's Burn 20 years from now. That's how you know you've created a masterpiece. Some of these songs are over 30 years old and still remains appreciated and cherished the way I'm sure it was back then. I remember when Jesse Powell did "Gloria" and I was amazed at his abilities. My mother decided to play the original for me...so lucky I was for her to share her era with me. I was blown away. Jesse did well, but hearing the original left me mesmerized. And I'm far from homosexual, so getting worked up over another man's voice was quite awkward for me, lol!

I've been trying to find as much old music as I can because I'm addicted to it. So upon purchasing this album, nothing else saw the CD player for weeks. I love it. Every song is beautiful to me. I just like hearing the emotion the artists had back then. And the Enchantments raised the bar with several of these "cuts" (see, I even talk like I'm from that era! Lol!) This is art in it's purest form. The true definition of what "real" music is about. Unfortunately, I live in a generation where groups like this will never see the light of day due to groups like Pretty Ricky :(

Definitely a beautiful album and if anyone here has suggestions for a group they feel that I'd enjoy, please feel free to email me. Like I said, I wasnt around to experience it firsthand, so I'm sure there's some groups out there that I've never even heard of but would love to enjoy as you did.