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VA - Motown 50 Love - 3-CD 2009

One of many releases celebrating Motown's 50th anniversary, the U.K. release Motown 50 Love is a triple-disc set covering 50 of the label's most romantic tunes. The disc skips through history at will -- Lionel Richie's '80s ballad ?Hello? sits next to the Jackson 5's '70s slow dance ?I'll Be There? and Marvin Gaye's joyous '60s number ?How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)? -- but this isn't disconcerting for one simple reason: all these songs are so familiar that they sound good in most reasonable contexts, which this certainly is. If there's any fault to this collection, it's that each of the 50 selections is too familiar, but delivering comfort and nostalgia is kind of the point of an anniversary release.

Covers: Back, front en de CD-labels.




Track Lists:
Disc 1:

   1. Stevie Wonder - Isn't She Lovely
   2. Jackson 5 - I'LL Be There
   3. Lionel Richie - Hello
   4. Marvin Gaye - How Sweet It Is to Be Loved By You
   5. Marvelettes - Please, Mr Postman
   6. Smokey Robinson - I Second That Emotion
   7. Diana Ross - Remember Me
   8. Four Tops - Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever
   9. Boys II Men - I'll Make Love to You
  10. Smokey Robinson - Cruisin
  11. The Temptations - The Way You Do the Things You Do
  12. Diana Ross - Do You Know Where You're Going To
  13. Commodores - Three Times a Lady
  14. Stevie Wonder - I Was Made to Love Her
  15. The Isley Brothers - I Guess I'll Always Love You
  16. The Miracles - Love Machine - Pt. 1
  17. Gladys Knight - You'Ve Lost That Loving Feeling

Disc 2:

   1. Boyz 11 Men - End of the Road
   2. Jackson 5 - Never Can Say Goodbye
   3. Lionel Richie - Say You, Say Me - Album Version
   4. Stevie Wonder - Never Had a Dream Come True
   5. The Supremes - Someday We'll Be Together
   6. Marvin Gaye - Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
   7. Four Tops - Baby I Need Your Lovin
   8. The Originals - Baby I'M for Real
   9. Gladys Knight - If I Were Your Women
  10. Stevie Wonder - Lately
  11. The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go
  12. Jimmy Ruffin - I'll Say Forever My Love
  13. Michael Jackson - Farewell My Summer Love
  14. Commodores - Sail On
  15. Billy Preston ft Syreeta - With You I'm Born Again
  16. Gladys Knight - Help Me Make It Through the Night
  17. Marvin Gaye - Too Busy Thinking About My Baby 

Disc 3:

   1. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - You're All I Need to Get By
   2. Mary Wells - My Guy
   3. The Miracles - You'Re Really Got a Hold of Me
   4. The Velvelettes - He Was Really Sayingsomething
   5. Lionel Richie - Stuck On You
   6. Michael Jackson - Ain'T No Sunshine
   7. Four Tops - Don't Walk Away
   8. Diana Ross - Reach Out and Touch Somebody's Hand
   9. Martha & the Vandellas - Love Is Like a Heatwave
  10. Kim Weston - I'm Still Loving You
  11. Gladys Knight - Heard It Through the Grapevine
  12. Jr. Walker & the Allstars - A Walk in the Night
  13. Commodores - Still
  14. Temptations - Just My Imagination
  15. Diana Ross - Touch Me in the Morning
  16. Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour