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Rose Royce The Very Best Of Rose Royce (2001)
The Very Best Of Rose Royce\n2001 Warner Bros. Records, Inc. / Rhino Entertainment Company\n\nOriginally Released June 5, 2001 \n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: There has never been a compilation as comprehensive as Rhino's The Very Best of Rose Royce, a 16-track trawl through their past that hits from their recordings for MCA and Whitfield, which means it has just about every hit that most fans could want from a collection. In fact, it may be a little long for some listeners, since 16 tracks is a lot of Rose Royce, but it certainly doesn't leave you wanting more, and it has fine sound and fine notes from A. Scott Galloway, which all adds up to the best collection yet assembled on the disco outfit (and likely one of the best that will ever be assembled). -- Stephen Thomas Erlewine\n\nAmazon.com Editorial Review\nRose Royce was the most anonymous of disco hit-makers. They scored 11 R&B top 30 singles, but the fact that they had four lead vocalists couldn't have helped cement their image, and neither can their range of material, from funk-pop stomps ("Car Wash," "Do Your Dance") to smoldering slow ones. Originally assembled by psychedelic soul controller Norman Whitfield as a post-Motown project, the group gradually drifted from disco downpours to Quiet Storm drizzle. After their full-throttle debut with the Car Wash soundtrack, diminishing returns set in, though this compilation cherry picks the good album tracks from later records as well as the hits. But Whitfield's presence insured that there was usually something unconventional happening in the mix--check the Space Invaders bass on the ballad "Love Don't Live Here Anymore"--and the songs Whitfield and his stable handed them were powerful and resonant, including the original versions of Mary J. Blige's "I'm Going Down" and the much-covered "Wishing on a Star." --Douglas Wolk \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nThis is the real deal, July 9, 2001 \nBy A Customer\nThis is a good compilation of Rose Royce's best songs. The liner notes are decent, and explain the changes in the band's makeup over the years. \nMost of the songs appear in the full length album versions. The sound quality is good, but I wish Rhino would use HDCD encoding (like so many other WEA titles do).\n\nIt's likely that anyone who buys this will already know the biggest hits on this cd, but if you are unfamiliar with Rose Royce's music, just think "old school" disco and "old school" ballads. \n\n\nHalf.com Details \nContributing artists: Doug Wimbish, Grover Washington Jr., Wah-Wah Watson \n\nAlbum Notes\nRose Royce includes: Kenji Brown (vocals, guitar); Kenny Copeland (vocals, trumpet); Gwen Dickey (vocals); Michael Moore (saxophone); Freddie Dunn (trumpet); Michael Nash, Victor Nix (keyboards); Lequeint Jobe (bass, background vocals); Henry Garner (drums, percussion); Terral Santiel (congas).\n\nAdditional personnel includes: Melvin "Wah Wah" Watson (guitar); Grover Washington, Jr. (saxophone); Doug Wimbish (bass).\n\nProducers include: Norman Whitfield, Kenneth Copeland, Terry Price, Bryan Williams.\nCompilation producer: Barry Benson.\nEngineers include: Norman Whitfield, Baker Bigsby, Cal Harris.\nIncludes liner notes by A. Scott Galloway.\nAll tracks have been digitally remastered.
This misc cd contains 16 tracks and runs 66min 18sec.
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