Totally Unrestricted! The Millie Jackson Anthology

Millie Jackson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 11, 1997)
• Original Release Date: November 11, 1997
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B00000343S
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #193,281 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Child of God (It's Hard to Believe)

2. Ask Me What You Want

3. My Man, a Sweet Man

4. Breakaway [Single Version]

5. Hurts So Good [From Cleopatra Jones]

6. Hypocrisy

7. Get Your Love Right

8. How Do You Feel the Morning After

9. (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right

10. The Rap

See all 20 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. All the Way Lover

2. Angel in Your Arms

3. If You're Not Back in Love by Monday

4. Go Out and Get Some (Get It Out 'Cha System)

5. Keep the Home Fire Burnin'

6. Never Change Lovers in the Middle of the Night

7. Kiss You All Over

8. Do You Wanna Make Love

9. This Is Where I Came In

10. This Is It

See all 16 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

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Media Type: CD
Artist: JACKSON,MILLIE
Title: TOTALLY UNRESTRICTED! ANTHOLOG
Street Release Date: 11/11/1997
Domestic
Genre: SOUL/R & B

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sounds different this time around, January 22, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Totally Unrestricted! The Millie Jackson Anthology (Audio CD)

While you might expect Millie Jackson's work to sound very dated this long after release, I found almost the opposite to be true. Yes, there is a decidedly 70's feel to many cuts here - a vibe that generally works to her advantage. But material that was tinted by "raciness" at the time of its release feels very tame by contemporary standards and it turns out that Jackson's infamous salaciousness was NOT the only appeal; most of these songs stand up on their own even without controversy or scandal to sell them. What's more, the collection has been very well selected and one realizes for perhaps the first time how varied her output was and how versatile a singer she could be. (Since most of her individual albums were heavily "themed," this versatility has never really been showcased before.) Yes, she frequently liked to play the role of the shameless "other woman" and yes, she sounds a lot like Gladys Knight. But she also has a distinctive style and makes some very interesting choices. She's as risky as she is risque.

The collection also steps carefully through her '80s material, which degenerated over time into bad self-parody. Some will no doubt consider this too much Millie, or be put off by the of-their-era "raps" and arrangements in several cuts here. But overall, this is an enjoyable, illuminating, and certainly definitive career retrospective.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars unrestricted.... is the word., April 24, 2003

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JOHN D. "willidynamite" (LV, NV (the 702)) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Totally Unrestricted! The Millie Jackson Anthology (Audio CD)

This is the best compilation of Millie's work so far. Totally old school, blues, and deep rhythm and blues. She's got it all, and if you buy this CD, your'e sure to hear it all. Gangsta rap aint got nothin' on this woman. She lets it all hang out.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Packaging & Content: Rhino does it right this time!, February 23, 2005

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Truth "Truth24-7" (DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Totally Unrestricted! The Millie Jackson Anthology (Audio CD)

Sure, there are a few songs that were left out ("Put Something Down On It") and some others that should have been left out ("I'm Through Trying to Prove My Love to You"); but this is a great collection of Millie's songs. The packaging is great, too: the booklet includes an essay, complete track information, and a discography. There is only one track ("Symphony") from her live albums and nothing from her "Just a Lil' Bit Country" album, but otherwise this is a good representation of her 1972-1983 Spring records career.