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Mothership Connection
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The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album
: :At the time of its release, this was the watershed for soundtracks, selling a kazillion copies. It documents Whitney Houston's character in the Kevin Costner movie, which required Houston to play only herself (although one hopes she wouldn't end up with someone as smarmy as Costner). The album is as much a testament to the production of Babyface who, through the mid-1990s, actually was the mainstream of contemporary hit music. Houston's singing is much better than her acting, and almost every song enjoyed a long ...
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Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration
:Album Description:FIRST TIME EVER! 50 GREATEST STAX HITS IN A SPECIAL 2CD BOXED SET. Set includes chart toppers by Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Rufus and Carla Thomas, Booker T & the MGs, Isaac Hayes, The Staples Singers, Johnnie Taylor, and more *Packaged in a UNIQUE HARD COVER BOX with LENTICULAR COVER ART *EVERY MAJOR STAX AND STAX-ATLANTIC HIT from the label's 1960s and 70s heyday. *THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE STAX HITS COLLECTION EVER! *Release coincides with the 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF STAX *DIGITALLY REMASTERED *Features a ...
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The Ultimate Collection
: :Cramming 25 songs onto a single CD, this set captures the Tops during their peak 1960s years, when they rode the pens of Holland, Dozier, and Holland to the top of the charts. Combining the writers' pop melodies, a gentle Motown groove, and Levi Stubbs' earthy lead vocals, the group landed 11 Top 40 singles by 1967, all of which are included on this compilation. Unfortunately, The Ultimate Collection omits later gems such as 'Keeper of the Castle,' 'Ain't No Woman,' and 'When She Was ...
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Discipline
:Album Description:'A PASSION FOR DISCIPLINE' by Janet 'It's the idea that unifies the songs on this record. As a concept, and even a lifestyle, discipline goes extremely deep. It can be applied to so much about ourselves. In my case,I see it as one of defining aspects of my character. Discipline was there for me from the start. But it was not until this record that I began to understand its full meaning. 'In putting Discipline out front -- as both the title of the ...
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The Journey: The Very Best of Donna Summer
:Album Description:Import limited edition pressing of 2003 compilation has a different track listing than the domestic & includes a bonus disc with eight tracks, 'Love To Love You Baby' (Original 12 Inch), 'I Feel Love' (Patrick Cowley Mega Mix), 'Hot Stuff' (12 Inch Version), 'No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)' (12 Inch Version), 'On The Radio (Long Version)', 'Melody Of Love (Wanna Be Loved)' (Classic Club Mix), 'That's The Way' (Album Version), & 'Dream-A-Lot's Theme (I Will Live For Love)' (Album Version). Universal. 2004.
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Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
: :Handsome in his designer clothes and angelic, nappy dreads, Maxwell styles himself a modern-day urban love prophet in the tradition of Marvin Gaye. He concocts a conceptual music suite that purports to tell a fully rounded tale of meaningful love set in the tough but misunderstood inner city. What he delivers, however, contains only the faintest hints of what he promises. Instead we get a whole lot of the same tired R&B elevator slush and lyrics like 'Gonna take you in the room suga'/ Lock ...
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Christmas
: :After signing with Reprise in 1975, Al Jarreau has become a master of both studio and stage. He is one of the most exciting and critically acclaimed performers of our time. He now releases his first holiday collection and first album of newly recorded music since 2006's Givin' It Up. Christmas includes the singer's disctinctive vocal spin on a dozen yuletide classics.
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Baduizm
:Album Details:BONUS DVD (PAL) :Badu and her large turban appeared out of nowhere in early 1997, on a murmuring, romantic album that trod the median between old-school soul and contemporary electronic R&B. Badu's songs, especially the hit 'On & On' and the catchy 'Certainly,' recall Sade in their polished, subtle sexiness. Badu almost never raises her voice--save the occasional 'ooh-wee!' exultation--but she skillfully uses repetition and chanting to empower her words. Later portraying a beautiful swamp queen, she was one of the only good things ...
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Unchained Melody: Very Best Of The Righteous Brothers
:Album Details:BONUS DVD (PAL) :Badu and her large turban appeared out of nowhere in early 1997, on a murmuring, romantic album that trod the median between old-school soul and contemporary electronic R&B. Badu's songs, especially the hit 'On & On' and the catchy 'Certainly,' recall Sade in their polished, subtle sexiness. Badu almost never raises her voice--save the occasional 'ooh-wee!' exultation--but she skillfully uses repetition and chanting to empower her words. Later portraying a beautiful swamp queen, she was one of the only good things ...
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