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No track from "Celebration"?That is a huge joke,because that is Brown's best album ever,infact it's hard to see him will outdo himself on any future release.I can't believe that he didn't include material from what most people consider his best work.That for me kills off the idea of a "Best of..." compilation.
I feel the guy is just trying to remind us where he's been,because I would have flooded an album titled as such with tracks from a gem of a piece of work.No "Outa Nowhere", no "Celebration",no "Breaking Out",no "Paradise"...what am i looking back at?
Not rubbishing his career,though.He's had a great one so far,except that his last full release was terrible.He owes us fans an apology for trying to sound and feel like George Benson,as if we haven't had enough of one person and his antics.It was a lazy effort,to say the least and I hope he can do much better next time around

I met him on a jazz cruise and he is really a cool dude. The problem with a greatest hits album is that every album he cranks out IS one. Just buy After the Storm and then each subsequent one when you have money until you have them all! God bless Norman!

I never knew that Norman Brown was this good, I knew the guy had talent but this is great. I know he sound alot like George Benson, but he great this has to be one of his best C D's. I heard some of his music on the Oasis, I thought it was benson. I was driving had a friend in the car with me he heard the c d and thought it was the station, I said no that Mr. Browns Boy (Norman) he just smile and said i have to have dat c d great job Norman great Music.

This is a perfect music to listen to when you want to sit back & relax! Norman Brown is a super talent & a versatile jazz guitarist along side George Benson. I love to listen to this cd all day long.

While the title is slightly misleading, as it's basically a compilation up until he signed his deal with Time Warner before "Celebration", it's a pretty good collection. It's a little heavy on the covers, but that's not entirely bad because there's no one in smooth jazz who can cover R&B classics like Norman can, and he does it well here with covers of classics like "Any Love", "After the Love Is Gone" and "For the Love of You".

This CD is easy on the ears as it contains good musical arrangements. I have no complaints with it. It's a great complement to my music collection.

I purchased this CD for my son and his wife who like Norman Brown. I also purchased this same CD for my own collection.

Let me be the first to admit that Norman Brown is a very talented guitarist, often drawing comparisons to George Benson. He's actually one of the few listenable artists in the genre, and that's being as about as nice as I can on speaking about his chosen field of music. This collection of "greatest hits" probably are some of the most requested, often played songs on Smooth Jazz radio. I guess that's a good thing, as I find a majority of this album, mostly covers, to be a waste of air, and as sleep inducing as a Nyquil daquiri. Most Smooth jazz artists, Brown included play these familiar, popular classic songs about as close to the vest as possible, never deviating, and only prompting me to want to grab the original song. I have no problem with covers, but as a jazz artist if you are going to cover something, then do your own thing with it and take a few liberties. IT"S OKAY!! NOTE FOR NOTE PLAYING ISN'T NECESSARY!!! WE DON"T NEED TO BE REMINDED THAT YOU ARE PLAYING LUTHER"S "ANY LOVE" WE KNOW THE SONG, OKAY??!! I know that smooth jazz has been successful following a formula, and I wouldn't expect them to change any time soon. It's just a shame that the whole spirit of real jazz is lost on a few talented musicians in the game. Brown's version of "That's The Way Love Goes" is very nice, but the rest of this collection does nothing for me at all. I got this cd for free, but since I don't need any drink coasters, I'll pass it on to my wife who'll enjoy it and probably ask me to take her to his next concert. So if any of you Norman Brown fans see a man with a beautiful woman on his arm, yet he's wearing a pained expression, come on over and strike up a convo. It beats falling asleep in my chair.