While there are many Commodores greatest-hits packages available, All the Great Hits offers most of their biggest hits, making it ideal for the casual fan. ~ Stephen Thomas...
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The sophomore slump wasn't a problem for the Commodores. The band's first album, Machine Gun, was quite promising, but its sophomore album, Caught in the Act, is even...
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Commodores Hits, Vol. 1 is a budget-priced collection of some of the soul group's biggest hits. Neither the presentation nor the sound is impressive -- it can even border on...
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Later compilations have made this obsolete but it's still a good no-nonsense, nuts and bolts, 10-song entree. Begins with the upbeat, harmonic "Flying High" which always...
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14 songs covering the biggest Commodores material with Lionel Richie. It's a good single-disc package, although most of Motown's CDs in the late '70s and early '80s had very...
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1976's Hot on the Tracks was the Commodores' fourth album, and it was also the last album they recorded before becoming a major crossover act. From 1977 on, the Commodores...
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A very representative anthology gathering The Commodores' prime up-tempo and ballad material. It shows that they were quite versatile in their heyday, capable of being...
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A two-in-one CD package, with two Commodores albums combined on a late '80s release. Heroes landed three chart singles in 1980, including the title track, while the...
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From 1974 until the end of the '70s, the Commodores enjoyed kicking out the hits. As the 1980s rolled in, the Commodores did not lose much steam as they scored their first...
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Motown's series of Commodores two-fers paired Hot on the Tracks with In the Pocket and, in doing so, spanned a rather drastic breach in the group's evolution. Lionel Richie...
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In 1980 and 1981, many people in the music world suspected that Lionel Richie would soon be leaving the Commodores to pursue a solo career -- and sure enough, he officially...
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When the Commodores' seventh studio album, Midnight Magic, came out in 1979, one could safely assume that the LP would contain at least one adult contemporary ballad. And...
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When it came time for Motown to package its Commodores catalog for the CD market, they paired up the albums into a series of two-fers, one of the more suitable pairings...
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The Commodores' sixth studio album, Natural High, is best known for the ballad "Three Times a Lady," which became a staple of adult contemporary radio and reached number one...
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With strong production by Dennis Lambert, the Marvin Gaye-tribute title track was the band's only hit after Lionel Richie left the group. ~ Rick A. Bueche, All Music...
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The Commodores were a shell of themselves when they recorded No Tricks. Their glory years were far behind them. Attempting to regain lost stardom, they refurbish "Brick...
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The Commodores' early years were spent on the Southern funk circuit, where their energetic, catchy tunes, and keyboard-oriented funk made them both a college and a radio...
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Widely acknowledged as the top band during their tenure at Motown, the Commodores were one of the bands that kept Berry Gordy's mythical hit machine on top of the commercial...
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Buyers beware! This is not what it appears to be, it features instrumentals of popular oldies "Who's Making Love," "Cowboy to Girls," "Sing a Simple Song," and "I Know I'm...
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Freed from Motown's vaults, these early Commodores tracks represent the music they wowed college campuses with before exploding all over the charts: innovative covers,...
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The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Commodores collects 11 of their Motown hits, including their first hit, the instrumental "Machine Gun," as well as classics like...
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There were essentially two Commodores -- the funk machine of the early '70s that kicked out such classics as "Machine Gun" and "Brick House," then the Lionel Richie-led...
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These eleven songs encompass all phases of the Commodores. You're treated to instrumentals, the Lionel Ritchie ballads, and funk/soul jams written by group members. "Three...
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