All Time Greatest Hits (1995) ( )

Product Summary Label: Uni/mercury UPC: 00731452245922 Release Date: 6/7/1994 Buy.com Sku: 60100893 Item#: MSPT9J Buy.com Sales Rank: 26050 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Love's Theme - (with Love Unlimited Orchestra) ~ Barry White 2. I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More, Baby ~ Barry White 3. I've Got So Much To Give ~ Barry White 4. Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up ~ Barry White 5. Honey Please, Can't Ya See ~ Barry White 6. Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe ~ Barry White 7. You're The First, The Last, My Everything ~ Barry White 8. What Am I Gonna Do With You ~ Barry White 9. I'll Do For You Anything You Want Me To ~ Barry White 10. Let The Music Play ~ Barry White 11. You See The Trouble With Me ~ Barry White 12. Baby, We Better Try To Get It Together ~ Barry White 13. Don't Make Me Wait Too Long ~ Barry White 14. I'm Qualified To Satisfy You ~ Barry White 15. It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me ~ Barry White 16. Playing Your Game, Baby ~ Barry White 17. Oh, What A Night For Dancing ~ Barry White 18. Your Sweetness Is My Weakness ~ Barry White 19. Just The Way You Are ~ Barry White 20. Satin Soul - (with Love Unlimited Orchestra) ~ Barry White (P) 1994 UMG Recordings, Inc. (C) 1994 The Island Def Jam Music Group   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Barry White's ALL-TIME GREATEST HITS contains the original single versions of his classic solo hits, as well as two songs White performed as the lead vocalist of the Love Unlimited Orchestra. All tracks were previously released on the 20th Century Records label. Personnel includes: Barry White (vocals). Compilation producer: Harry Weinger. Includes liner notes by David Ritz. All tracks digitally remastered by Gary Mayo (Polygram Studios). Personnel: Barry White (vocals). Liner Note Author: David Ritz. It took quite a while for a definitive Barry White compilation to hit the market, but All-Time Greatest Hits -- part of Mercury's Funk Essentials series -- finally filled the bill in 1995. Boasting a full 20 tracks from White's heyday of 1973-1978, more than half of which made the R&B Top Ten, All-Time Greatest Hits is easily the most generous single-disc White collection on the market. It includes the edited single versions, not the full-length album tracks, which actually makes for a more digestible introduction to White's achievements. Like his forebear Isaac Hayes, White was not just a deep-voiced crooner, but a talented producer and arranger who'd spent years honing his craft behind the scenes in the industry. And like Hayes, White spent a great deal of time setting up moods on his albums, using lush, sweeping orchestrations to build very gradually to climaxes. (Actually, that probably explains a good deal of his effectiveness.) But White was not simply a Hayes disciple; his swirling productions were less complex than Hayes', but more in tune with the emerging disco sound, which certainly boosted his popularity. Plus, he took full advantage of R&B's new lyrical permissiveness in the wake of Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On. If his voice was limited, it was also a tremendous asset for the kind of music he recorded -- deep, resonant, caressing, but always suggestively masculine. The total package made White an R&B love-man icon not just for the disco era, but all time. For all but the most dedicated fans, All-Time Greatest Hits is one-stop shopping. ~ Steve Huey Engineer: Frank Kejmar   Artist Overview A giant both artistically and physically, Barry White had a basso profundo voice and lusty, soulful songs that are probably responsible for more procreation than a thousand fertility clinics. Songs like "Never Never Gonna Give You Up" and "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" brought an epic, orchestral sensibility to R&B, and White was one of the musical bridges between soul and disco in the 1970s. While he had considerable chart success, White was not much of a critics' favorite. In subsequent decades, however, he came to be taken more seriously, and respected as a soul music giant. He even managed a comeback in the '90s before his death in 2003. Artist Influences Aretha Franklin | Ben E. King | Clarence Carter | Isaac Hayes | Johnnie Taylor | Marvin Gaye | Otis Redding | Quincy Jones | Ray Charles | The Four Tops | The Supremes Artist Contemporaries Al Green | Donna Summer | Donny Hathaway | Harold Melvin | Heatwave | Rufus | Smokey Robinson | The O'Jays | The Temptations (R&B) | The Trammps (Disco) Artist Followers ABC | Al B. Sure! | Alexander O'Neal | Boyz II Men | Father MC | Ginuwine | James Ingram (Vocals/Keys) | Joe | Keith Sweat | Lisa Stansfield | Luther Vandross | Maxwell (R&B) | R. Kelly   Compilation Appearances Vol. 3-4-Best Love Songs Vol. 1-Sexy Mix Usa Dead Presidents Vol. 1-Pure Disco Baby Come To Me-Best Of Vol. 2-Pure Disco Vol. 4-Old School Love Songs Vol. 4-Best Love Songs Back To Mine Ultimate Collection Smooth Grooves: Essential Collection Funk Box Troubleman Mix-Tape Musical Biography Ultimate Collection Bringing Down The House Greatest Love Songs Love, Q Sexy Soul Men Best Of Soul Get Down Tonight: Disco Explosion Bridget Jones: edge Of Reason From Q With Love Body + Soul:sweet Seduction Break For Love 1005 LOVE SONGS (RMST) BODY & SOUL: THE 90'S DATE MOVIE / O.S.T. CLASSIC SOUL BALLADS: SWEET THING Party Friends Reunited:music Of The Year 19 70's Pop Number 1's 90's Soul Number 1's Return To The Playboy Mansion Number 1'S Unlimited Very Best Of Cold Feet   Associated Artists and Works Smooth Sax Tribute To Barry White ~ Chancellor, Walter, Jr. Dido Original Soundtrack Various Artists Various Artists Smooth Sax Tribute to Barry White ~ Various Artists The Kindred Souls Of Danny Wagner & Barry White ~ Wagner, Danny   Technical Info Release Date : 06/07/1994 Original Release Date : 1995 Catalog ID : 522459 Label : Mercury Number of Discs : 1 Runtime : 77m : 45s Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00731452245922    Product Image