Very Best of [Import]

Commodores | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 17, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Polygram UK
• ASIN: B000006XQI
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #59,958 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Easy

2. Three Times a Lady

3. Nightshift

4. Brick House

5. Machine Gun

6. Zoom

7. Old-Fashion Love

8. Sail On

9. Lady (You Bring Me Up)

10. Oh No

11. Too Hot Ta Trot

12. The Zoo (The Human Zoo)

13. Still

14. Sweet Love

15. Janet

16. Flying High

17. Only You

18. Animal Instinct

19. Just to Be Close to You

20. Wonderland

Editorial Reviews

Import exclusive compilation featuring 20 tracks. Highlights include, 'Easy', 'Three Times A Lady', 'Nightshift', 'Brick House', 'Machine Gun', 'Zoom', 'Old Fashioned Love', 'Sail On', 'Lady (You Bring Me Up)' & 'Oh No'. 1997 release.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sheer pleasure!, September 24, 2001

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Gavin Wilson - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Very Best of (Audio CD)

The Commodores' songs don't get played much today on UK radio. Even easy-listening stations play 'Easy' and 'Three Times a Lady' only rarely. But why? As this remastered collection makes clear, the Commodores wrote many fantastic songs.

In the UK, the Commodores were one of those bands you knew nothing about. Their outstanding song catalogue was all you needed to know. And then Lionel Richie left to go solo. So we now knew one fact about the Commodores -- they were the band that Richie used to be in. Sadly, once Richie had left, the band lost much of their momentum.

Apart from the exclusion of 'Heroes', this CD contains all my Commodores' favourites:

- 'Easy', the track which will always remind me of my first minibus vacation across the USA in 1977.

- 'Still', which to my ears is essentially 'Three Times a Lady' re-worked and improved.

- 'Lady', on which the Commodores take on the disco influences of Earth, Wind & Fire and Kool and the Gang.

- 'Flying High', 'Just to be Close to You' and my all-time favourite, 'Zoom', which simply soars.

The sticker on my copy of this CD says "20 Original Recordings featuring LIONEL RICHIE". This is not strictly true, as Richie had left by the time four of the 20 tracks were recorded. But who cares? There are so many glorious songs here that I just can't be persuaded to take this disc out of the my car CD player.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A well-compiled collection of the Commodores biggest hits..., November 26, 2003

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J. Bergstrom (Honolulu, HI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Very Best of (Audio CD)

This is the very best single-disc Commodores collection on the market today. It has every one of their Top 40 hits except "Slippery When Wet" in high-quality remastered sound. With 20 tracks and over 75 minutes of music, it simply can't be beat. The Commodores produced an amazing body of work in their heyday in the late '70s and early '80s. Listening to this CD just drives home how great they really were. If you're looking for a good summary of their best stuff, this is definitely the CD to get. If you want a little something more, you might want to seek out either the 1995 or 2001 2-disc "Anthology" sets as an alternative.

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Essential, May 21, 2000

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A customer "mistermaxxx" (usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Very Best of (Audio CD)

This Highlights The Depth&All Around Greatness of The Commodores.So Many Great Songs that have a Timeless Impact&Quality About them.The Band has Many Great Talented Musicians&The Production is very Strong.A Must Have.