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- Cat.no: 82876658582
- Format : CD (double disc)
- Released: November 2004
- Rating: 8/10
Despite the slightly confusing title,this bumper 40-tracker is excellent value for money.
Adding big guns like Diana Ross’ Upside Down, MichaelJackson’s Off The Wall, Womack and Womack’s Teardrops, Cameo’sWord Up confuses matters, nevertheless, they definitely give it kudos. Those singlesare disco rather than R&B, which is something that still irritates me, asnone of them are genuine R&B. It actually stands for Rhythm and Blues andnone of these are.
Anyway, this collection is probably more like music ofblack origin – yes, OK, contains contemporary R&B – spanning 20 years ofsome of the best pop songs around.
They make great car CD, or for smooching and dancing at parties,particularly George Michael and Aretha Franklin’s I Knew You Were WaitingFor Me, Beyonce’s Crazy In Love, Outkast’s thumping 2004 hit Hey Ya, alongwith Chaka Khan’s anthemic I Feel For You.
Best slowies include Unbreak My Heart,Dreams and I Try by the amazing Macy Gray.Top track of the lot isAlicia Keys’ award winning Fallin’. Health warning – contains somerapping!
For a list of all 40 tracks, check the Amazon link above.
Elly Roberts passed away in 2011, but he was a man who was so passionate about all types of music and loved meeting his musical heroes, such as Mick Hucknall at a book signing at the Trafford Centre, Manchester in 2007.
A former teacher and also a music journalist, DJ and radio presenter on local community station Calon FM, plus appearances on BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru and BBC Radio 2, Elly started doing reviews for DVDfever.co.uk in 2004 and he did the majority of the CD and concerts reviews on the website.
I know also that he loved getting away for the summer to Spain and I hope that wherever he is now he is enjoying the hot sunshine and, as one of his friends has said on his Facebook page, that he is interviewing his musical heroes.