The Best of Teddy Pendergrass: Turn Off the Lights [Import]

Teddy Pendergrass

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 21, 1999)
• Original Release Date: September 21, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Music Club Records
• ASIN: B000008775
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #55,348 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Close the Door

2. Turn Off the Lights

3. Whole Town's Laughing at Me

4. Love T.K.O.

5. Take Me in Your Arms Tonight

6. You Can't Hide from Yourself

7. Feel the Fire

8. Come Go with Me

9. When Somebody Loves You Back

10. Is It Still Good to Ya?

11. I Can't Live Without Your Love

12. Heaven Only Knows

13. Be Sure

14. Only You

15. Life Is a Song Worth Singing

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

1998 Music Club compilation featuring 15 soul greats by the legendary Pendergrass, including 'Love T.K.O.' and 'Close The Door'. The full title is 'The Best Of Teddy Pendergrass 'Turn Off The Lights'.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Booming Baritone of Love, September 3, 2000

By	Marc200 (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

Teddy Pendergrass is an underrated soul legend; both for his obvious, unique talent and for the influence he's had on contemporary soul balladeers like R. Kelly, K-Ci & JoJo and Carl Thomas. He is rarely mentioned alongside Marvin, Smokey or Donny Hathaway but, as a vocalist, he is easily in the same league. This CD is the best single-disc compilation of Teddy's years on the Philadelphia International label. All the hits are present and accounted for: "Close The Door", "When Somebody Loves You Back" "Love TKO", "Life Is A Song Worth Singing" and "Turn Off The Lights". In the annals of quiet storm soul, the classic "seduction" coda of "Come Go With Me" is totally unrivalled for its genuine sensuality (". . .you look so nice, you look so sweet" -- that nice, sweet girl's virtue never stood a chance against TP).

This CD is far superior to the domestic "Greatest Hits" collection because it contains some of his key songs, which for some reason were excluded from the "Greatest Hits" CD. The aching "I Can't Live Without Your Love" features one of his most compelling vocals. A barnstormer in its own right, "You Can't Hide From Yourself" is reminiscent of his earlier uptempo stuff as the lead voice for Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes. Also included is his smoldering duet with Stephanie Mills on Peabo Bryson's "Feel The Fire". Stephanie is also featured on "Take Me In Your Arms Tonight" (but you'll have to pick up her greatest hits CD to get the sublime "Two Hearts"). Stephanie and Teddy had great chemistry, and it's a shame they haven't recorded together lately. Finally, Teddy is responsible for the best version of Ashford & Simpson's "Is It Still Good To Ya" ever committed to vinyl, that song alone makes this CD a must-have.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars not Sem'nay Thurdy...not Sixdy Fo'day..., June 18, 2002

By	Baysuite "Baysuite" (United States) - See all my reviews

...talkin 'bout a fifty-fifty love (yeah...)
...okay, OKAY!! I KNOW yall tired of hearin me go on and on about Teddy Pendergrass, but I must be havin some kind of 20 year delayed reaction or somethin, because I am SO feelin the man...i can't tell you how many times I've walked around the house singin, "it's so gooood, gooood lovin somebod-ay, when somebody loves you back..." it's like the song is stuck stubbornly in the sticky recesses of my mind...cain't dig it out...only thing seems to help is listening to more and more of his music...my guy ron is right (lissen to him!)...fellas, if you don't have it in the collection for you, at LEAST have the sense to get it for HER...

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Teddy Anthology to Own, July 22, 2007

By	Ramblin' Fox (Philadelphia) - See all my reviews

This "Best of Collection" beats the others because it contains most of his hits, including the duet with Stephanie Mills, "Feel The Fire". I've been looking for a good collection/anthology of Teddy for a while now. They all have come up short either in the song selections or like the one I just recently brought from Best Buy --The Best Of Teddy Pendergrass (Essentials), it wasn't the original recording... This is truly the Teddy Pendergrass anthology to own, an awesome selection of the original recordings...... Bar None!!!