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The Doobie Brothers The Very Best Of [Disc 2 of 2] (2007)
The Very Best Of The Doobie Brothers - Disc 2 of 2\n2007 Rhino Entertainment Company\n\nOriginally Released February 13, 2007 \n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: There have been plenty of single-disc Doobie Brothers collections released over the years. There have been two-part vinyl Best of the Doobies, there have been budget-line collections, and there have been OK overviews as well as excellent generous discs with all the big hits. There's even been a comprehensive four-disc box, but what there hasn't been is a double-disc set -- something that falls between the conciseness of 2001's terrific Greatest Hits (the first CD to contain all the big hits on one CD) and 1999's four-disc Long Train Runnin' 1970-2000. That's what 2007's The Very Best of the Doobie Brothers is, a double-disc helping of the Doobies' biggest songs from "Listen to the Music" to "The Doctor." Actually, this Very Best stretches a little further than "The Doctor," which arrives five songs from the end, illustrating the point that for the average listener, this may be just a little too generous at 33 tracks. That's a long running time, providing room for all the hits plus a bunch of album tracks that weren't necessarily on album rock radio, so this may be too much for listeners who just want the hits; they should stick to that 2001 Greatest Hits. But for fans who want a lot of the Doobies' best without investing in either the original albums or the box, this Very Best is welcome. -- Stephen Thomas Erlewine\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nAll the hits, not enough of the misses, March 18, 2007\nReviewer: randysrodeo.com (Austin, Texas)\nWithout saying so, what this 2-CD set includes is every Billboard chart single the Doobie Brothers ever notched - something no other album (except their boxed set) can boast. That means that 'Very Best Of' collects songs like 'Eyes Of Silver' (#52, 1974), 'I Cheat The Hangman' (#60, 1975), and 'Wheels Of Fortune' (#87, 1976) that were never included on similar previous collections. It even picks up 'Wynken Blynken and Nod' (#76, 1981) from the Sesame Street LP 'In Harmony.' And, two key non-hits ('Rockin' Down The Highway' and 'South City Midnight Lady') get tossed in, plus some stuff from the group's latter day albums. \n\nWhat you don't get are enough of the Doobies' great album tracks like 'Spirit' (1974) or 'Nothin' But A Heartache' (1977). For those, you'll need to upgrade to the boxed set - which nevertheless omits 'Without You,' a perennial favorite previously included on 'Best Of The Doobies' and 'Greatest Hits.' Go figure....\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nListen to all of the music, March 18, 2007\nReviewer: Tim Brough "author and music buff" (Springfield, PA United States) \nThe Doobie Brothers started out life as a greasy California biker band and took their name after a fondness for getting high. That ethic led to big riff rockers like "China Grove" and "Long Train Runnin'," but was lacking in the eventual slick sophistication of Michael McDonald's urbane soul. The original 1976 "Best Of The Doobies" included songs up to "Taking It To The Street," which meant that the number one "What A Fool Believes" was after the cut off date. This time The Doobie Brothers recognize the debut album a year before "Toulouse Street" by including one song, the acoustically flavored "Nobody." \n\nOnce McDonald joined, the band entered a second era and began to move more towards urban soul and Steely Dan jazz. Tom Johnston split after "Living On The Faultline" over the Doobies' new direction with Jeff Baxter and McDonald, and the resulting "Minute By Minute" bore little resemblance to the mellow hippy-vibes of "Rocking Down The Highway." \n\nWhat this CD does is successfully chronicle both Johnston's biker bar band and McDonald's more soul dominated period. When the Doobies broke up after "One Step Closer," it put the band on ice until a 1989 Doobie Brothers reunion that yielded "Cycles" and a hit in "The Doctor." The band soldiered on minus McDonald, which meant that Johnston and Patrick Simmons were able to regain the steering wheel and make bar-band riff-rock once more. (Even if - IMHO - "Cycles" was pedestrian and "Brotherhood" worse, but "Sibling Rivalry" is OK.) \n\nFor my money, this double CD rates a full star over the 1976 set by virtue of the extra songs post "Taking It To The Streets" and remastered sound. But then again, I totally lost interest in the band when they started churning out factory made classic rock like "The Doctor." You will also get a few essential songs dropped from both single disc sets, like "Eyes Of Silver" and "Another Park Another Sunday" (the original A-Side of "Black Water"), and the two-disc set recognizes once again that "South City Midnight Lady" is one of the band's best. Short of the Rhino box-set, this is a solid representation of the Doobies.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nIncorrect Information, February 18, 2007\nReviewer: Eko "Lost-Man" (U.S)\nGreat Compilation for the Great Doobie Brothers. The two things I noticed was the missing chart information for Another Park, Another Sunday which made #32 on the US singles chart, so that should have been on there, also the single Takin it to the Streets made #13 not #3,which is what it says. The information is good but the info on the Greatest Hits is better. Someone should double check this stuff before putting out a greatest hits compilation.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nNearly perfect, February 16, 2007\nReviewer: Galley (Greenville, South Carolina United States)\n"The Very Best Of The Doobie Brothers" is the compilation we have been waiting for. Rhino finally gives The Doobie Brothers the 2-disc compilation they deserve. My only complaint is that it is missing "Without You" from "The Best of The Doobies" and "One By One" from "The Best Of The Doobies Vol. II". As one can expect from a Rhino release, the sound quality is top-notch, and the liner notes and historical data are excellent.\n\n\nHalf.com Details \nProducer: The Doobie Brothers \n\nAlbum Notes\nThe Doobie Brothers: John McFee (vocals, guitar, pedal steel guitar, dobro, mandolin, violin, harmonica); Patrick Simmons (vocals, guitar, banjo, flute, synthesizer); Tom Johnston (vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano, synthesizer); Cornelius Bumpus (vocals, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, organ); Michael MacDonald (vocals, keyboards, synthesizer); Tiran Porter, Dave Shogren (vocals, bass guitar); Keith Knudsen (vocals, drums, percussion); Bobby LaKind (vocals, percussion); Jeff "Skunk" Baxter (guitar); Chet McCracken (vibraphone, marimba, drums); Michael Hossack (drums, congas, timbales, percussion); John Hartman (drums, percussion).\n\nRecording information: 1972 - 2000.\n\nFrom their early recipe of country harmony, funk, guitar grit, and gospel power to their morphing into a first-rate adult contemporary R&B band, the Doobie Brothers' arc in the '70s and early '80s mirrors that of early FM radio itself. The band has already documented this period on several greatest-hits collections, all of varying degrees of depth. Stretching out over 33 tracks THE VERY BEST OF THE DOOBIE BROTHERS offers all of the hits, such as "China Grove," "Listen to the Music," "Jesus is Just All Right," and "What A Fool Believes," while there are enough deep cuts such as "Sweet Maxine" and their reunion hit "The Doctor" to keep avid fans happy. Two discs is a whole lot of Doobies, and this collection may overstay the welcome of the undecided with its focus on the comeback era of the mid '80s. Otherwise, this is a solid place to get a broad view of this classic band.
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