The Ultimate Collection

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Customer reviews

review by: martley1 date: 2005-04-21 rating:
The best Stylistics compilation yet but still not complete!!
Although I largely agree with the above review of this album, it certainly is not the Holy Grail for fans of the Stylistics. Indeed, whilst it is the most comprehensive UK compliation yet, I do not really see who this CD is supposed to appeal to. For casual fans there have been better overviews of the Stylistics 'hit singles' career before, that have been more compact, and for fans of the band it is yet another dissapointment. I only hope that there are some decent sleeve notes and pictures of the band to make up for the sloppiness of this CD. And why exactly do I feel this way? Because this CD is not what fans of the band want. What they do want is for Polygram/Universal to get on and release the entire back catalogue on CD for the first time. I have been waiting so long that I wonder if it will ever happen. Where are the full albums 'Thank you baby', 'Fabulous', 'You are beatiful', and the rest!! With this CD you do get all the hits, although not all the bands 70s single releases. For example, 'Wonder Woman' from 1978 is missing. Furthermore, the choice of some of the album tracks leaes a lot to be desired. Why aren't 'I'm Gonna Win', 'Michael and Me' and other choice cuts not included. Even 'Point of no return' and 'Ebony Eyes' from their debut with Thom Bell are missing. To sum it all up..either release a decent box set overview of the bands career or just release the back catalogue properly. Do not keep feeding us these unecessary and pointless compilations. Such a great and influential 70s soul band deserve much more than this.


review by: Pete the music fan date: 2005-03-21 rating:
At last � the definitive UK and USA hits collection
The Stylistics were one of the most successful soul groups of the mid-seventies, having a string of major hits on both sides of the Atlantic. Their lead singer, Russell Thomkins, had a very distinctive falsetto voice ensuring that a Stylistics record is immediately recognizable as such. pThe Stylistics initially worked with Thom Bell as their producer. Between 1971 and 1974, they had nine straight top forty hits in America. During this period, they had six British hits, three of which made the top ten. Of the American hits that didn't chart in Britain, the best may be You are everything. Their last and biggest hit with Thom Bell as producer was You make me feel brand new, which peaked at number two in both Britain and America. Among their other hits in both countries during this period were Betcha by golly wow, I'm stone in love with you and Rocking roll baby.pAfter the huge success of You make me feel brand new, Van McCoy took over as producer. Their American fortunes took a dive but the Stylistics maintained their run of success in Britain until 1976 - indeed, they had even more success in Britain with Van McCoy as producer than they had with Thom Bell. pThe Stylistics had a UK number one with Can't give you anything but my love, while Let's put it all together, Sing baby sing, Na na is the saddest word, Can't help falling in love (previously a UK number one hit for Elvis Presley in 1962 and a top three UK hit for Andy Williams in 1970), Funky weekend and Sixteen bars all made the UK top ten. pThis compilation includes all their British and American singles hits as well as three of the four tracks of an EP that made the UK singles chart. So, finally and not before time, we have a definitive hits collection that will satisfy fans on both sides of the Atlantic.

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