Barry White - All-Time Greatest Hits (1994)@flac

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. (AMG)

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01. Love's Theme [4:11]

02. I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More, Baby [4:02]

03. I've Got So Much To Give [5:21]

04. Never, Never Gonna Give You Up [4:10]

05. Honey Please, Can't Ya See [3:17]

06. Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe [3:55]

07. You're The First, The Last, My Everything [3:28]

08. What Am I Gonna Do With You [3:38]

09. I'll Do For You Anything You Want Me To [4:14]

10. Let The Music Play [3:34]

11. You See The Trouble With Me [3:24]

12. Baby, We Better Try To Get It Together [4:30]

13. Don't Make Me Wait Too Long [3:24]

14. I'm Qualified To Satisfy You [3:12]

15. It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me [3:28]

16. Playing Your Game, Baby [3:39]

17. Oh, What A Night For Dancing [3:18]

18. Your Sweetness Is My Weakness [4:15]

19. Just The Way You Are [4:13]

20. Satin Soul [4:13]

Label: Mercury

Released: 1994

Catalogue: 522 459-2

Codec: Flac

Compression Level: 8

Quality: High

CD-rip by alekow (EAC and Flac)

Covers Included (600dpi)