Soulful Pop [Original recording remastered]

Va-Soulful Pop | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 27, 1996)
• Original Release Date: August 19, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B0000014YS
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #228,413 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars TRACK LISTING, August 7, 2011

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newport55 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Soulful Pop (Audio CD)

[1]. Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations
[2]. One Monkey Don't Stop No Show (Part 1) - The Honey Cone
[3]. Let Love Come Between Us - James & Bobby Purify
[4]. Blame It On The Pony Express - Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon
[5]. Everlasting Love - The Love Affair
[6]. Keep The Ball Rollin' - Jay & The Techniques
[7]. Something Old, Something New - The Fantastics
[8]. I Know I'm In Love - Chee-Chee & Peppy
[9]. Melting Pot - Blue Mink featuring Madeline Bell
[10]. (You've Got Me) Dangling On A String - Chairmen Of The Board
[11]. L.O.D. (Love On Delivery) - Billy Ocean
[12]. Love It's Getting Better - The Groove
[13]. Baby, Now That I Found You - The Foundations
[14]. Don't Do It Baby - Mac & Katie Kissoon
[15]. O-o-h Child - The Five Stairsteps
[16]. Lost & Found - The Peoples Choice
[17]. Right Back Where We Started From - Maxine Nightingale

4.0 out of 5 stars EVERYTHING SOUNDS GREAT HERE!, December 18, 2009

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charlie bear "Music Maven" (Big Sky Country) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Soulful Pop (Audio CD)

Remastered by the legendary Rhino engineer Bill Inglot, all the songs on Soulful Pop sound marvelous.
The producers rounded up a compilation whose name well defines the contents: Soul music with a strong pop edge.
One could make a case for reversing it and say it's more like pop music w/ a dash of soul.
A standout jewel: The rare Jay & The Techniques hit - "Keep The Ball Rolling"

Lots of the singles here were much bigger hits in the UK than stateside, so for many, the songs will be unfamiliar. It's quite a fascinating study to compare the two countries response to different songs!
(How could the classic "Ooh Child" by the 5 Stairsteps completely bomb in the UK, but be such a smash in the US?
...and how could we have missed such a cool #1 UK cover hit of "Everlasting Love" by The Love Affair in America?)

For the half dozen Top 20 USA hits, they probably sound their very best on this disc.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Worth having, but disappointing., July 10, 2005

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Kevin Molle "kevinmolle" (Casper, WY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Soulful Pop (Audio CD)

I bought this CD for clean copies of "Build Me Up Buttercup" by The Foundations, and "O-o-h Child" by The Five Stairsteps. I hoped to find more hot tunes like them amoung the 17 total tracks, but only really found "Everlasting Love" by The Love Affair to be close in quality