Sister Sledge: The Definitive Groove Collection

Sister Sledge | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 8, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Atlantic
• ASIN: B000GGSM3A
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #63,308 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Mama Never Told Me

2. Love Don't You Go Through No Changes on Me

3. Pain Reliever

4. Thank You for Today

5. Cream of the Crop

6. Blockbuster Boy

7. He's the Greatest Dancer

8. We Are Family

9. Easier to Love

10. Thinking of You

See all 15 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. All American Girls

2. Pretty Baby

3. You Fooled Around

4. Next Time You'll Know

5. He's Just a Runaway

6. Make a Move

7. My Guy

8. All the Man I Need

9. Super Bad Sisters

10. B.Y.O.B. (Bring Your Own Baby)

See all 13 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

SISTER SLEDGE THE DEFINITVE GROOVE - COLLECTION (2CD)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Decent Collection, July 10, 2007

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MadMax (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sister Sledge: The Definitive Groove Collection (Audio CD)

This is a decent collection of Sister Sledge's work but Rhino/Atlantic why not put together a "real" definitive collection or an anthology on these ladies and include the hard to find singles? They are more than deserving of it.

Most people think Sister Sledge fell to earth with 1979's We are Family, but this is not the case. They'd been around since 1971 and made a handful of great records that were never promoted before and after "Family"...anyway I digress. Again... Rhino give us an Anthology worthy of these ladies... Below is Sister Sledges(mostly) Atlantic discography:

1971 - Time Will Tell (single) - Money Back Records

1972 - Weatherman (single) - ATCO Records

1973 - Mama Never Told Me (single) - ATCO Records

1975 - Circle of Love - ATCO Records

1976 - Thank You For Today/Have Love, Will Travel (single) - Cotillion Records

1977 - Together - Cotillion Records

1978 - I've Seen Better Days (single) - Cotillion Records

1979 - We Are Family - Cotillion Records

1980 - Love Somebody Today - Cotillion Records

1981 - All American Girls - Cotillion Records

1982 - The Sisters - Cotillion Records

1983 - Betcha Say That To All The Girls - Cotillion Records

1985 - When The Boys Meet The Girls - Atlantic Records

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lives Up To Its Title, September 11, 2006

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John L. Hughes, Jr. "hughes_jr" (Nashville, TN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sister Sledge: The Definitive Groove Collection (Audio CD)

THE DEFINITIVE GROOVE COLLECTION may be a little too much Sister Sledge for casual fans, but for deep soul/disco lovers, this collection is a must. Besides the expected hits, this anthology includes such popular album cuts as "Betcha Say That To All The Girls" (featuring a humorous rap by jazz singer Al Jarreau), "Super Bad Sisters" (one of the earliest rap/sung collaborations), and the creamy Phiily disco/soul of "Pain Reliever". It also includes three non-album singles (The Top 20 UK hit "Mama Never Told Me", the ballad "Thank You For Today" and the peppy "Cream Of The Crop", which crawled to #100 on the Billboard r&b charts in 1976). The usual quality Rhino liner notes are here as well as clean remastered sound. According to the liner notes, Sister Sledge gets a mechanical royalty whenever "We Are Family" is played although they didn't write the song.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Definitive collection, February 4, 2007

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Tom (Toronto) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sister Sledge: The Definitive Groove Collection (Audio CD)

Perhaps this is a bit too much for the casual Sister Sledge fan, but if you want a collection that covers all eras of their career, this is the one to buy. This compilation features all the well-known hits such as "We Are Family", "He's The Greatest Dancer" and "Lost in Music", in addition to favorites such as "All American Girls" and what is perhaps their best song in my opinion, "Thinking of You".

Sister Sledge sang the original version of "All the Man That I Need" that went on to be a big hit for Whitney Houston, and they had a minor hit with their version of "My Guy". They also had a big UK hit in 1985 with "Frankie", which is admittedly awful. All these tracks and more are included here.