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| 1. Woman Of The Ghetto |
| 2. California Soul |
| 3. Mercy Mercy Mercy |
| 4. Wade In The Water |
| 5. Liberation Conversation |
| 6. Loving You Was Like A Party |
| 7. The Feeling's Good |
| 8. So Far Away |
| 9. Feel Like Making Love |
| 10. Yu Ma/Go Away Little Boy |
| 11. Rhythm Of Love |
| 12. Without You In My Life |
| 13. Look At Me, Look At You (We're Flying) |
| 14. Back For More |
| 15. You Bring Out The Best In Me |
| 16. Could It Be You (feat Phil Upchurch) |
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53 of 54 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Classic soul and jazz singing from a great female vocalist,
By hvaan@hotmail.com (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Anthology (Audio CD)
This is a great CD spanning Marlena Shaw's 35 year career. Highlights of the album include "Woman of the Ghetto" (as sampled by Blueboy for "Remember Me") and "Lovin' you was like a party". The best track for me though is "California Soul". It's guaranteed to lift your spirits whenever and wherever you hear it - you won't believe it 'til you hear it. With its fantastic string orchestration you won't hear a live version like it now, though I'd love to be proved wrong.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Soul Brother Do It Again!!,
By Music Lover "Looking for the Perfect Beat" (The United Kingdom) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)
This review is from: Anthology (Audio CD)
The Soul Brother team in east Putney, London, have soul and funk running through their collective veins in abundance, and with this collection they turn their attention, as Laurence Prangell writes in the liner notes, to "one of the most prolific soul and jazz female vocalists with a recording career spanning 35 years".Originally released in 2000 this compilation serves to gather together a collection of Shaw's work from across her extensive discography, beginning with her work on Cadet Records and extending through her time with Blue Note, Columbia, South Bay, Poyldor and Concord Records (thereby covering 1967 to 1983). As a collection this works exceedingly well, managing to offer a well balanced collection which manages to allow the qualities of Shaw's voice to shine through. It opens with the Ashford and Simpson penned 'Woman of the Ghetto', which features Shaw's distinctive scatting style that would be sampled by Blueboy for their 90's hit 'Remember Me'. Other highlights include 'California Soul', recently used by a well known Southern Fried Chicken retailer in the UK, which fares well in a direct comparison with the Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell version, and 'Yu-Ma / Go Away Little Boy' (here featured in her second recording of the song taken from her 1977 album 'Sweet Beginnings'). This beautiful song opens with a gentle vocal vamp before moving into a wonderfully controlled examination of the narrator's relationship with her current beau. Bittersweet but without the venomous bite of Mille Jackson, it remains her biggest hit, reaching No 21 in the US R&B chart. If you don't own a Marlena Shaw record this offers an excellent and extremely well considered collection of her work, which might (hopefully) inspire you, dear reader, to consider buying her single issue albums; some of which are currently available for a very reasonable price. Once again Soul Bother Records and the Prangell brothers have provided an excellent service to soul music, issuing another inspired compilation. Highly recommended without hesitation.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Marlena Shaw: A Side Of Soul,
By A Customer
This review is from: Marlena Shaw [VINYL] (Vinyl)
Even though she does not possess a household name, Marlena Shaw is a prime example of a classic soul artist. With her talents recently noticed by the advertising department of KFC; her song "California Soul" was broadcast to all the UK, and those familiar with experimental Dj's such as Shadow & Cut Chemist may well have noticed both her and other soul artists included in many of their mixtapes. Her orchestral backing and powerful voice are both uplifting and ofcourse entertaining, and I would recommend this record to a first time soul buyer as a great introduction. A good quality album which you will listen to for many years, a record you will end up respecting.
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