Teena Marie - Greatest Hits [Import]

Teena Marie | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 27, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Universal/Spectrum
• ASIN: B0000071X0
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #49,933 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. It Must Be Magic

2. The Ballad Of Cradle Rob And Me

3. Portuguese Love

4. Aladdin's Lamp

5. Irons In The Fire

6. I'm Gonna Have My Cake(And Eat It Too)

7. Yes Indeed

8. Deja Vu(I've Been Here Before)

9. Opus III(Does Anybody Care)

10. I'm A Sucker For Your Love

11. Don't Look Back

12. Behind The Groove

13. I Need Your Lovin'

14. Square Biz

Editorial Reviews

Includes: Square Biz, Don'T Look Back, It Must Be Magic, Opus Iii And More.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I Should of been here before (Deja Vu), July 3, 2000

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Peter Townsend "pukkar" (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Teena Marie - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

The music on this album is about 20 years old. I've got half the tracks on vinyl, and did not expect to be still discovering how very talented Teena Marie is . For me the ultimate track on this CD is Deja Vu . Heard it at a wedding last week, bought this album from Amazon - haven't stopped listening yet. From the slow relaxed start, comes the sweet sound of Lady T :-

"I'm young and I'm old, I'm rich and I'm poor, Feel like I've been on this earth, many times before."

THEN the pace is increased with some sweet horns blowing in the wind, whilst she elightens us WITH :-

"If hate is on your mind, and you can't give love the time. If anger is your friend, don't you know when you die you'll come back again. It's in the masters plan, you'll come back woman or man, If your life is full of fear, don't you know when you die, you'll come back again I thank God, thank God, thank God I'm not coming back no more, been here before ...."

If you want a change from your usual boy-meets-girl lovesong, or just in need of spiritual upliftment, then you can't beat this timeless classic. I'm just sorry it took me so long to discover it - I should of been here before !

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bubbly, funky Teena, October 12, 2003

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Pieter "Toypom" (Johannesburg) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Teena Marie - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

Teena Marie is a passionate little engine of funk, soul and R&B. This collection of her early Motown hits kicks off with the wonderful I'm A Sucker For Your Love, a busy number with rollicking instrumentation and great male backing vocal.

Don't Look Back is more of the same, whilst Behind The Groove sees Teena in a more soulful mood although the track cooks with passion and rhythm. This late 1970/early 1980s Motown funk a la Rick James is really gripping and has stood the test of time very well, full of joie de vivre and highly danceable.

Square Biz is a highlight, a funky number with jittery nervous beat and incredible vocal variety as she sings, croons and raps in turn and It Must Be Magic is another tight number of prime 80s R&B. The Ballad Of Cradle Rob And Me is a great story song and a stunning mix of jazzy inflections and funky beat.

The style changes for Portuguese Love, a lovely torch song with some Latin infusions in the instrumental mix, whilst Aladdin's Lamp is a beautiful soulful ballad with plenty of tempo variation and poetic lyrics. On a similar note, Irons In The Fire and Yes Indeed are further slow but passionate ballads, the latter with particularly impressive piano.

Déjà Vu is another slow song with gripping poetic imagery and gentle instrumental flourishes. The album closes with the evocative Opus III, a short song with a spiritual undertone.

Teena Marie moves with ease from ebullient uptempo funk to flowing ballads and quiet-storm type torch songs, demonstrating her prowess and mastery of her chosen style, R&B - a great achievement for the petite blonde from California.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars She has Graduated from the Genius Of Rick James, August 31, 2000

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A customer "mistermaxxx" (usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Teena Marie - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

Lady T.has Graduated from the Genius of Rick James&Ran with it.you name the Instrument or Vibe she can do it.She deserves way more Love than Many of the no-Talent Hacks out today.not only does Her Voice sound Fantastic but Her Playing Skills are Tight.on Guitar,Bass,Keys,etc... Lady T is a One Woman Band.Deja Vu a track Rick James Wrote is Timeless.What a Piece of Words&Music it is?The Rest Of The Material is Very Essential&Classic Soul.Folks in the Know know that their's nothing out now that Matches Her Feelin'.