Stylistics-Best Of

Stylistics | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 10, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: AMHERST RECORDS
• ASIN: B000001O82
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (73 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #560 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #2 in Music > Indie Music > R&B > Soul
  • #2 in Music > Indie Music > R&B > General
  • #2 in Music > R&B > Soul > Philly Soul

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

This is an early collection that gathers the group's hits up to 1975. While they continued to make the charts (albeit sporadically) for another decade, the Stylistics' golden years had drawn to a close by the time this record hit the stands, so almost all of their key tracks are here. Best of the Stylistics Vol. 2 and All-Time Classics cover different bases, while Greatest Love Hits is a theme compilation with some overlap. Yet another compilation, Very Best of the Stylistics, largely has the same material as the Best of... package. For an exhaustive selection of the group's best work, you'll have to go to the original albums. Top picks: The Stylistics, Round 2, and Let's Put It All Together. --Gavin McNett

Product Description

Vinyl version of the Stylistics first ""Best of"" album. Classic, love drenched soul featuring ""You Are Everything,"" ""Break Up to Make Up"" and ""Betcha By Golly Wow!"" A million seller for good reason. --This text refers to the Vinyl edition.

Customer Reviews

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50 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Strokes of brilliance., January 30, 2002

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The Groove (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stylistics-Best Of (Audio CD)

Wow! They sure don't make music like this anymore. The Stylistics were an incredible group, and they released some of the most romantic (and heartbreaking) songs ever recorded. "You Make Me Feel Brand New" is one of those slow jams that can make even the hardest of hearts believe in love, while "You Are Everything" still sounds gorgeous after all these years. My only gripe? "Stop, Look, and Listen to Your Heart" is not on this collection, but that's a small inconvenience when you consider the other brilliant tracks that ARE here. Fans of the old school won't need my recommendation to get this disc, and younger listeners should definitely pick this one up.

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Stylistics Best of A Philly Feather For Group, Songwriter, October 3, 2000

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Anthony G Pizza "trivialtony" (FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stylistics-Best Of (Audio CD)

"The Best of The Stylistics" is another Philadelphia feather for legendary producer Thom Bell and his songwriting partner, the late Linda Creed. Like DeBergerac to Roxanne in literature, Bell and Creed could have asked for no warmer, more precise voice than Stylistics lead singer Russell Thompkins, Jr. singing some of their (and the 70s') most romantic urban poetry.

Bell's soaring melodies and lush arrangements met Creed's words (and Thompkins' voice) head on. You hear the painful chance meeting that wasn't in "You Are Everything," the synthesized winter chill starting "People Make The World Go Round," the soul daydreaming in "I'm Stone In Love With You," the dramatic, expansive introduction to Airrion Love's gentle first verse on "You Make Me Feel Brand New." None of this was new to fans of romantic harmony music the previous 30 years; in other hands it might well have been considered schmaltzy and too pop. But the Stylistics and their collaborators updated the ingredients to the lives they led, and town (Philadelphia) they lived and worked in. That explains the music's timelessness, even to Prince's tribute cover of "Betcha By Golly Wow."

This collection misses an important hit, "Stop, Look, Listen," and the group needs a career-spanning compilation. Even so, this early "Best of The Stylistics" chronicles more than the best of one classic soul group. It ranks among the best of a time, a city, and a legendary musical team, and is recommended for fans of each.

15 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Some awesome tracks, but the others disapoint..., December 28, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Stylistics-Best Of (Audio CD)

If the album only contained tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, and 9, it'd be close to perfect. These classics, such as "You Make Me Feel Brand New," "Betcha By Golly, Wow," and "You Are Everything," never fail to bring back memories and, quite honestly, give me chills. "Break Up To Make Up" and "I'm Stone in Love With You" are just as good. Unfortunately, the others aren't. If you really want a unforgettable music experience, buy this album, a five disc progrmmable CD changer, and four other favorites such as Smokey Robinson's and the Tempation's "Ultimate Collection" or Earth, Wind, and Fire's "Greatest Hits, Vol. 1," and program out the other five forgettable tracks on the Stylistic's album, and you're set.