The Ultimate Collection

Barry White | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 25, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Mercury
• ASIN: B0000457HB
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,809 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More, Baby

2. I've Got So Much to Give

3. Never, Never Gonna Give You Up

4. Honey Please, Can't Ya See

5. Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe

6. Baby Blues

7. You're the First, the Last, My Everything

8. What Am I Gonna Do With You

9. I'll Do for You Anything You Want Me To

10. Let the Music Play

See all 15 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Love's Theme

2. It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me

3. Oh What a Night for Dancing

4. Playing Your Game, Baby

5. Your Sweetness Is My Weakness

6. Just the Way You Are

7. Love Serenade, Pts. 1 & 2

8. Satin Soul

9. It Ain't Love, Babe (Until You Give It)

10. Love Makin' Music

See all 15 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

If the one-disc All-Time Greatest Hits leaves you panting for more, but the three-disc box set Just for You proves that one can, in fact, get enough of Barry White's love, well, then the two-disc Ultimate Collection is the anthology for you. An entire slow-jams industry has been erected in White's wake, but no one has done it better. Call it "funkzac"--an inimitable fusion of lush strings and suave brass dancing on a bed of funk and disco rhythms, with the manly maestro mixed prominently atop his seduction soundscapes. Ultimate Collection serves up enough cherry Barry to produce another baby boom. --W.C. Sweeney

Product Description

UK compilation for the veteran soul vocalist. 18 tracks including 'Can't Get Enough Of Your Love Babe', 'Never, Never Gonna Give You Up', 'You're The First, The Last, My Everything', 'Love's Theme' and more. 1999 release. Standard jewel case. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

49 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars STILL the master!, May 29, 2000

By 

E. B. Hopkins "Minister Of Sound" (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Ultimate Collection (Audio CD)

This collection of Barry White's hits is completely over the top! It caught my attention one day as I was browsing in the music section. Not ONE of these songs I dislike...and for a double CD set, that's unprecedented. From the 1st cut on the first CD, "I'm gonna love you just a little more, baby" All the way through to, "Practice what you preach" on the second CD, there IS no doubt that Barry hits a COMPLETE grand slam with this effort! My wife and I met while "Secret Garden" was playing at a friend's party and the rest is.....you know, HISTORY! The strings, the brass, the vocals! OH MY...there is no doubt that Barry is still the man, and as the title of one of his songs suggests, "I'm qualified to satisfy you"

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Let The Music Play!, June 13, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: The Ultimate Collection (Audio CD)

This collection speaks for itself! Thirty songs and not a single dud! What is here is essential and entertaining. If there is any flaw I can find it would be this: Is this collection suppose to be just Barry White: SOLO artist? There are a few collections from Love Unlimited Orchestra, but still I don't have a problem with it.

The really great thing about its collection that it included his 1990s hits "Practice What You Preach" and "Stayin' Power" which is better than his 1994 "All-Time Greatest Hits" on one CD. If you are a fan, but are still not sure about his box set, then this is your ideal pick. Highly recommended!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unlimited Barry, February 3, 2004

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anthony nasti (Brooklyn, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Ultimate Collection (Audio CD)

This is an excellent set of songs that defined era. Barry White, the granddady of rap, disco and soul, has had his music justified with this 2 - disc set ranging from 1972 to 1999. It features 30 tracks, each of them great for the perfect romantic dinner or in the bedroom with your lover.

Disc 1 spans from 1972 to 1976, when Barry was a major force on the Hot 100 as well as in the studio. Just about every big hit Barry had is included here - "I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby", "Never Never Gonna Give You Up", "Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe", "You're The First, The Last, My Everything", and "What I'm Gonna Do With You" still sounds as fresh and energetic as they did over 30 years ago. Combined with three Love Unlimited instrumentals and songs that failed on the pop charts but were big hits on the R & B charts, the first disc is grand - slam Barry.

Disc 2 kicks off with two of Barry biggest hits between 1974 and 1977, the lushly arranged "Love's Theme" and the odd thump of "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me" (which was something of a late - in - day hit for Barry), before delving into the final 22 years of his career. Here is where you'll find such uncharted gems like "Playing Your Game, Baby", "You're Sweetness Is My Weakness", "Love Serenade, Parts 1 And 2", "It Ain't Love Babe (Until You Give It)", "Practice What You Preach" (his last top 20 hit in 1994), and "Staying Power", his last chart single in 1999.

The producers of this disc also included a beautiful booklet featuring brilliant liner notes, intimate pictures of Barry, a timeline of all his albums, and chart listings for each of these songs. I think that this is the essential Barry White collection, full of timeless music that will be heard on radios all over the world for centuries to come.