The Very Best of Jackie Wilson [Import]

Jackie Wilson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 27, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Ace Records UK
• ASIN: B0000009L0
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #24,960 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #54 in Music > Indie Music > R&B > General

Track Listings

1. Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want To Meet)

2. Lonely Teardrops

3. To Be Loved

4. That's Why (I love you so)

5. I'll Be Satisfied

6. Doggin' Around

7. Lonely Life

8. Night

9. You Better Know It

10. Talk That Talk

11. Am I the Man

12. I'm Comin' on back to you

13. A Woman, A Lover, A friend

14. Baby Workout

15. Swueeze Her, Tease Her ( But Love Her)

16. No Pity (In the Naked City)

17. Whispers (Gettin' Louder)

18. I Get The Sweetest Feeling

19. Since You Showed Me How to Be Happy

20. Love is Funny That Way

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Among the greatest rock & roll singers ever, and maybe the most technically accomplished vocalist of the rock era, Jackie Wilson is an R&B legend. His sky-high range, intense emotionalism, and jaw-dropping stage presence have influenced nearly every significant R&B singer from James Brown to Michael Jackson. This 24-song collection ranges from his earliest hit, "Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want To Meet)"--as giddy an expression of pure joy as may ever have been put to vinyl--all the way up to later hits like the glorious Motown-style 1966 smash "Your Love Keeps Lifting Me (Higher and Higher)." --David Cantwell

Product Description

Similar to the U.S. greatest-hits collection of the same name (on Rhino), but with substantially more tracks. This 24-song anthology has all the familiar big singles on the Rhino compilation, but goes into his late-'60s-early-'70s material in greater depth. His best stuff was recorded before that, though, so you're not much (if at all) worse off by sticking to the cheaper, more easily available domestic collection. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Never to be repeated performances, November 26, 2002

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Eric V. Moye (New York, by way of Dallas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Very Best of Jackie Wilson (Audio CD)

Prince, Michael Jackson, and even The Godfather of Soul have to take a back seat to the stage presence of this man. My Father years ago told me about a performer who was like none other. Word was that women at his concert performances littered the stage with room keys, notes, and an occasional undergarment (so he MUST have been a Bad Man in the sexually repressed Fifties). It certainly comes through in his music. Wilson was a great performer, like none before him. Not as flamboyant as Little Richard, but better pipes, and more raw emotion that could ever be harnessed. he was. Moves as fluid as a ballet dancer combined with the athleticism of a boxer (which we was), passion, and a voice like an opera singer.

Jackie had a stroke while performing in New Jersey well over two decades ago, and somehow it seemed fitting that his career ended so suddenly on the stage, while giving his all.
I had heard some of these cuts before, but this puts together much of his greatness, maybe lacking only "Danny Boy". What a voice! He covered three octaves when he was rolling, as he did in many of these cuts. Hearing him sing "Doggin' Round" is nothing short of massive. "Baby Workout", "Reet Petite", and "To Be Loved" indeed showcase the great powerful excitement he could generate. Not only could he "Talk That Talk", he sure could walk that walk.

Check it out, and you will sing like he did: "I'll be Satisfied"!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Don't Order With CDNow, November 4, 2004

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Ron Heck - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Very Best of Jackie Wilson (Audio CD)

I probably don't need to tell anyone reading this review that the Very Best of Jackie Wilson is a great album. This is probably the most comprehensive compilation available (short of a box set). Ace Records is an outstanding reissue company. But, when you order this through the CDNow Preferred Buyers club you'll receive The Very Best of Jackie Wilson as issued by Rhino Records. This version has about 8 tracks less than the Ace release. CDNow doesn't even carry the Ace version and the $9.99 price is a misprint. Don't get me wrong though, the Ace version is definitely worth the extra five bucks. As of now Amazon hasn't fixed the misprint, so I just wanted to save someone the frustration of ordering the CD waiting, and then having to return it, and re-order it from Amazon.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Set volume higher and HIGHER!, June 13, 2000

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Paco Calderón (Mexico City, Mexico) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Very Best of Jackie Wilson (Audio CD)

I'd give this collection five, maybe ten stars, but 'Chain Gang' is missing, which is utterly unforgivable! That being said, I think you'd be buying dynamite: Jackie Wilson was the greatest song-and-dance superstar (however underrated) that ever was! Poor Michael Jackson seems like a hoarse arthritic grandmother compared with this guy; I mean, what a performer! He could do EVERYTHING! Everything, that is, except live a happy life...

You, on the other hand, can. Don't you hear it ...'peaches'? The whisper's getting louder!: Stop lying to yourself, shed no more lonely teardrops, buy this CD right now and start getting the sweetest feelin'!

(Yeah, I know, I sound like a TV commercial. Whaddaya want? There's no pity in the naked city!)