Body And Soul The 70's (2004)

Product Summary Label: Time Life Music UPC: 00610583107425 Release Date: 8/31/2004 Buy.com Sku: 61703407 Item#: MTRXJW Buy.com Sales Rank: 26588 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Close The Door - Teddy Pendergrass ~ Various Artists 2. You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine - Lou Rawls ~ Various Artists 3. Turn Back the Hands of Time - Tyrone Davis ~ Various Artists 4. I Believe in You - Johnnie Taylor ~ Various Artists 5. (If Loving You is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right - Luther Ingram ~ Various Artists 6. I Want You - Marvin Gaye ~ Various Artists 7. In the Rain - The Dramatics ~ Various Artists 8. Groove Me - King Floyd ~ Various Artists 9. Let's Do It Again - The Staple Singers ~ Various Artists 10. Best Thing That EVer Happened to Me - Gladys Knight & The Pips ~ Various Artists 11. L-O-V-E (Love) - Al Green ~ Various Artists 12. I'm So Into You - Peabo Bryson ~ Various Artists 13. Our Love - Natalie Cole ~ Various Artists 14. Woman to Woman - Shirley Brown ~ Various Artists 15. Have You Seen Her - The Chi-lites ~ Various Artists 16. Bells, The - The Orginals ~ Various Artists 17. Rainy Night in Georgia - Brook Benton ~ Various Artists 18. Lovin' You - Minnie Riperton ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Liner Note Author: John Morthland. Photographer: Joanne Savio. TimeLife's Body Soul: The '70s is subtitled "Eighteen Sensual Grooves," and it certainly lives up to that. Switching between sultry ballads, mid-tempo funky groovers, and romantic soul, the 18 tracks make up a perfect soundtrack for romance. It also makes for fine listening other times too. The lineup of artists is like a roll call of greatness: Al Green ("L-O-V-E (Love)"), Lou Rawls ("You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine"), Marvin Gaye ("I Want You"), Gladys Knight & the Pips ("Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me"), the Chi-Lites ("Have You Seen Her"), and Teddy Pendergrass ("Close the Door") make up the first string, but the backups are fine too. The Staple Singers ("Let's Do It Again"), Minnie Riperton ("Lovin' You"), Tyrone Davis ("Turn Back the Hands of Time"), and the Originals ("The Bells") provide spine-tingling highlights, and no one could ever deny the power of one-shots like Luther Ingram's incredible "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" and King Floyd's supremely funky "Groove Me." The only weak tracks come from the later stages of the decade, both Peabo Bryson's "I'm So Into You" from 1979 and Natalie Cole's "Our Love" from 1978 lack the grit and soul of the rest of the tracks. They aren't terrible and represent only a small drop-off in quality, not enough to ruin the disc. You may not think so by looking at the cover, but this is one of the better mainstream collections of '70s soul that you are liable to find in your local chain store. ~ Tim Sendra Producer: Joe Sasfy (Compilation)   Technical Info Release Date : 08/31/2004 Original Release Date : 2004 Catalog ID : 18999 Label : Time/Life Music Number of Discs : 2 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00610583107425