Jody Watley - Greatest Hits

Jody Watley | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 13, 1996)
• Original Release Date: February 13, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mca
• ASIN: B000002OZF
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #82,410 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You Know You Want Her, March 27, 2003

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Aaron (Ohio, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jody Watley - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

The late 80's were the best time in pop music. Pop was fun and enjoyable and not taken too seriously. With women artists like Jody Watley, Expose, Taylor Dayne, Debbie Gibson, and Paula Abdul dancing their ways up the charts, it was a very feel-good time. I find it sad that today, few people seem to remember Jody Watley. She won the Grammy for best new artist in 1988 and had an impressive six top 10 hits from 1987-1990. "Looking For A New Love" was her break-through hit. It was huge and perched itself @ #2 on the pop charts for four weeks. She had two other top 10 hits from her debut which were "Some Kind of Lover"(#10 on pop charts) and the infectious "Don't You Want Me" (#6). My favorite Jody Watley song also came from her debut which is the catchy dance pop of "Most of All" which wasn't as big on pop radio, but did climb to #11 on the R&B chart. All of these songs are represented here. Her sophomore album "Larger Than Life" gave her three more top 10's. "Real Love" hit #2 while "Friends" also hit the top 10 @ #9. It was an innovative song. Now everyone and their mama uses rappers in their songs, but it was still a relatively new concept when Jody did it. "Everything" was her top 5 smash pop ballad, and of course it's here too. Later singles didn't do as well although "I'm the One You Need" did crack the top 20. Also on here are the dancey "Ecstacy" which is sure to have you grooving and the more artsy "When A Man Loves A Woman."

I'm going to vent that its ridiculous that this is out of print. It's her "Greatest Hits" collection for goodness sake! It's bad enoughthat her all her studio albums are out of print.How can anyone enjoy her music???

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't You Want Her? Jody Does "Everything", August 22, 2000

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Vincent M. Mastronardi (Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jody Watley - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

Jody Wately was the reigning diva of the dance music scene in the late eighties with good reason. Her songs were infectiously light and fun. She might be the most underestimated dance/R&B singer just do to the fact that she only had one important time period, and it wasn't exactly a stellar time in musical enlightenment.

She can just about do it all from the American dance hooks of "Don't You Want Me" to the hip-hop convention/confection of "Friends" with the unforgettable rhymes of Rakim and Eric B. The track is fun R&B faire but with sensibly biting lyrics and a cool almost Europe club groove and rap wisdom. "Some Kind Of Lover" is one of those almost lost club tracks with keyboard sharpness and a voice that a sexy voice that keeps the song fun yet also legitly R&B. A beautiful street pop ballad in "Everything" proves her vocal beauty that could have been masked as production. Also choice vocals are found the funky jazz of "Your Love Keeps Me Working On Me". Sexy R&B faire but perhaps not radio friendly enough. What do they know anyway? "Ecstasy" is also a lost case for radio with a great club beat and a passionful voice. Don't forget the simple pop pleasure of songs like "Most Of All" and her breakthrough "Looking For A New Love". "When A Man Loves A Woman" is the only true loser. It's a monotonous odd pop tune that is more new age than pop. Kind of a lost cause.

Unlike most hits sets, this doesn't miss a beat if you ask me, touching on all of her career from huge monsters like dance pop of "Real Love" and what-could-have-been hit funky R&B of "I Want You". She isn't just a creature of the dance pop movement but rather a great soul singer that just got musical cast. Her voice has a lot of desire that you hear in songs like "Everything". For a great mix of nineties R&B and eighties dance, this set is a must.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ECSTASY, FANTASY WHAT A COLLECTION!, October 11, 2003

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S. Quinto (Guatemala, Guatemala) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jody Watley - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

Jody Watley came to the music scene after leaving her former group Shalamar, she overshadow anything she did with them, cuz honestly her fame and achievment was greater than anything that she did with the funky soul train group. Her funkyness was unique, different, from many upbeat artist like Paula Abdul or Janet Jackson, she was saussy in a point of view, with a much deeper voice, that somehow granted her the surprise of becoming Grammy's Best New Artist back in 1987. This cd includes all Jody's singles releases from her MCA years, except for "Precious Love" wich for my taste wasn't necesary either, all her songs deliver classiness and beauty, this collection should be consider upbeat cos there is only two slow grooves here, the tender ballad "Everything" that proved that she could deliver amazingly tender vocals, but what Jody does best is funky R&B grooves like the total classic "Looking For A New Love", other that reach the same amount of success are the joints from her first two albums "Real Love", "Some Kind Of Lover", "Friends", "Don't You Want Me", some songs that didn't make the charts as great as the previous mention, where ahead of their time, the great deeply "Still a Thirll", the club anthem ready "Ecstasy", a Madonna-like pop tune "Most Of All", and many other 90's grooves that faded in the charts, because it didn't fit the standards that some thought of what they should play in radio, but after all Jody stands out and takes risk making her a truthful artist that with time will get the respect she deserves, she's truly a human with great capability of sensitive music taste.