Vol. 2-Motown Singles Collection (1972-1992) (1993) (Reissued/Remastered)

Product Summary Label: Uni/motown UPC: 00601215902723 Release Date: 6/27/2000 Buy.com Sku: 60419387 Item#: MQNQGT Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Got To Be There - Michael Jackson ~ Various Artists 2. Floy Joy - The Supremes ~ Various Artists 3. Simple Game, A - The Four Tops ~ Various Artists 4. Walk In The Night - Jr. Walker & The All Stars ~ Various Artists 5. Ben - Michael Jackson ~ Various Artists 6. Papa Was A Rollin' Stone - The Temptations ~ Various Artists 7. Silly Wasn't I - Valerie Simpson ~ Various Artists 8. Superstition - Stevie Wonder ~ Various Artists 9. Neither One Of Us - Gladys Knight & The Pips ~ Various Artists 10. Touch Me In The Morning - Diana Ross ~ Various Artists 11. Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye ~ Various Artists 12. Keep On Truckin' (Part 1) - Eddie Kendricks ~ Various Artists 13. Boogie Down - Eddie Kendricks ~ Various Artists 14. Dancing Machine - The Jackson 5 ~ Various Artists 15. Do It Baby - The Miracles ~ Various Artists 16. Shoe Shoe Shine - Dynamic Superiors ~ Various Artists 17. Harmour Love - Syreeta ~ Various Artists 18. Love Power - Willie Hutch ~ Various Artists 19. It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday - G.C. Cameron ~ Various Artists 20. Love Machine - The Miracles ~ Various Artists 21. Walk Away From Love - David Ruffin ~ Various Artists Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. Quiet Storm - Smokey Robinson ~ Various Artists 2. Love Hangover - Diana Ross ~ Various Artists 3. I Want You - Marvin Gaye ~ Various Artists 4. Don't Leave Me This Way - Thelma Houston ~ Various Artists 5. Got To Give It Up (Part 1) - Marvin Gaye ~ Various Artists 6. Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder ~ Various Artists 7. Easy - The Commodores ~ Various Artists 8. You Can't Turn Me Off (In The Middle Of Turning Me On) - High Inergy ~ Various Artists 9. Brick House - The Commodores ~ Various Artists 10. You And I - Rick James ~ Various Artists 11. Three Times A Lady - The Commodores ~ Various Artists 12. There'll Never Be - Switch ~ Various Artists 13. Heaven Must Have Sent You - Bonnie Pointer ~ Various Artists 14. Sail On - The Commodores ~ Various Artists 15. Cruisin' - Smokey Robinson ~ Various Artists 16. Still - The Commodores ~ Various Artists 17. With You I'm Born Again - Billy Preston/Syreeta ~ Various Artists 18. Let's Get Serious - Jermaine Jackson ~ Various Artists 19. I Need Your Lovin' - Teena Marie ~ Various Artists 20. Being With You - Smokey Robinson ~ Various Artists Disc 3 Song Title Sample 1. Upside Down - Diana Ross ~ Various Artists 2. Give It To Me Baby - Rick James ~ Various Artists 3. One Day In Your Life - Michael Jackson ~ Various Artists 4. Square Biz - Teena Marie ~ Various Artists 5. Lady (You Bring Me Up) - The Commodores ~ Various Artists 6. Super Freak (Part 1) - Rick James ~ Various Artists 7. Right In The Middle (Of Falling In Love) - Bettye Lavette ~ Various Artists 8. Let It Whip - Dazz Band ~ Various Artists 9. All Night Long (All Night) - Lionel Richie ~ Various Artists 10. Time Will Reveal - El DeBarge ~ Various Artists 11. Don't Look Any Further - Dennie... ~ Various Artists 12. I Just Called To Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder ~ Various Artists 13. Treat Her Like A Lady - The Temptations ~ Various Artists 14. Ebony Eyes - Rick James/Smokey Robinson ~ Various Artists 15. Night Shift - The Commodores ~ Various Artists 16. Rhythm Of The Night - DeBarge ~ Various Artists 17. Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell ~ Various Artists 18. In My House - Mary Jane Girls ~ Various Artists Disc 4 Song Title Sample 1. Part-Time Lover - Stevie Wonder ~ Various Artists 2. Who's Johnny - El DeBarge ~ Various Artists 3. Lady Soul - The Temptations ~ Various Artists 4. Nail It To The Wall - Stacy Lattisaw ~ Various Artists 5. Talk To Me - Chico DeBarge ~ Various Artists 6. Just To See Her - Smokey Robinson ~ Various Artists 7. One Heartbeat - Smokey Robinson ~ Various Artists 8. Dial My Heart - The Boys ~ Various Artists 9. Him Or Me - Today ~ Various Artists 10. Your Sweetness - The Good Girls ~ Various Artists 11. Where Do We Go From Here - Stacy Lattisaw/Johnny Gill ~ Various Artists 12. Rub You The Right Way - Johnny Gill ~ Various Artists 13. Slow Motion - Gerald Alston ~ Various Artists 14. Lesha - Another Bad Creation ~ Various Artists 15. Motownphilly - Boyz II Men ~ Various Artists 16. I Love Your Smile - Shanice ~ Various Artists 17. End Of The Road - Boyz II Men ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info HITSVILLE USA VOLUME II:..contains 78 songs by 48 artists on 4 CDs and includes a 68-page booklet with biographies, liner notes and a Motown timeline. 16 of the songs are on CD for the first time. Compilation producer: Cary E. Mansfield. Includes liner notes by Terry Barnes, Nelson George, Fred Bronson, Ben Edmonds, Stewart Francke, A. Scott Galloway, Kenny Gordy, Paul Grein, Diana Haig, Steve Ivory, Janine McAdams, David Nathan, David Ritz & Susan Whitall. Digitally remastered by Bill Inglot & Dan Hersch (DigiPrep, Los Angeles, California). This is part of the Motown Master Series. Hitsville USA was such a success that it was little wonder that Motown decided to issue the sequel, Hitsville USA, Vol. 2: The Motown Singles Collection 1972-1992. Certainly, these four discs couldn't help but suffer in comparison to their predecessor -- the first volume contained some of the greatest pop singles in history -- since Motown was following trends during these 20 years instead of setting them. Nevertheless, there are a surprising number of classic singles here, from "Papa Was a Rolling Stone," "Let's Get It On," and "Dancing Machine" to "Easy," "Brick House," and "Super Freak." Unfortunately, there are too many mediocre songs on this set to make searching for these gems a pleasurable experience. If the compilers had limited themselves to a two-disc set, they would have been able to fit all the highlights on a consistent, listenable collection. As it stands, Hitsville USA, Vol. 2 simply contains too much middling music to make it useful for anyone but dedicated Motown fans. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine Where the first Hitsville box suffered from not featuring enough material, the sequel suffers from having too many tracks. During the 1970s, the label lost its distinctive sound, although the hits continued to come for a number of years. Unfortunately, as the years progress, the hits become fewer and less distinctive -- they follow the trends, instead of setting them. Perhaps this could have been a successful 2-CD set, but at four discs, there aren't enough gems to justify the hefty price ticket. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine   Technical Info Release Date : 06/27/2000 Original Release Date : 1993 Catalog ID : 159 027 Label : Motown Records Number of Discs : 4 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00601215902723   Professional Reviews Rolling Stone (12/23/93, p.148) - 3.5 Stars - Good Plus - "...Most people think the Motown era ended in 1969 with "I Want You Back"--this set argues otherwise. From Michael Jackson's "Got To Be There" to "End Of The Road" by Boyz II Men, there's plenty of chart history here along with a lot of good singles...."    Product Image