What Are You Listening To?

[Music Head]

from my library (vinyl)



Second greatest hits album and the guy had barely got started. His best was yet to come later in the decade. Yet there is not a bad song on here, and most I love. Stevie could combine all the elements that made pop music what it was in the 70's, consistenly topping both r&b and pop charts. He lists Ray Charles as his primary influence, but it would be hard to say just who influenced who. Very hard to pick a best or worst. Gues I'll go with the Beatles cover as the worst, but even that is taken to a different zone with the added funk. Sort of makes it his own. In some cases worst doesn't necessarily mean bad. This compilation reached #10 on the r&b charts and #69 on the pop.

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - We Can Work It Out

Best Track - Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday

What happened to the world we knew
When we would dream and scheme
And while the time away
Yesterme yesteryou yesterday

Where did it go that yester glow
When we could feel
The wheel of life turn our way
Yesterme yesteryou yesterday

I had a dream so did you life
Was warm and love was true
Two kids who followed all the rules
Yester folls and now

Now it seems those yester dreams
Were just a cruel
And foolish game we used to play
Yesterme yesteryou yesterday

When I recall what we had
I feel lost I feel sad with nothing but
The memory of yester love and now
Now it seems those yester dreams
Were just a cruel
And foolish game we had to play

Yesterme yesteryou yesterday
Yesterme yesteryou yesterday
Sing with me
Yesterme yesteryou yesterday
One more time.....

1) Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day - ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO6rmXtV81g
2) Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours - ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkQKk2ukiyw
3) If You Really Love Me - **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_Z7qpghUA4
4) For Once In My Life - ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vxVyaYuGYE
5) We Can Work It Out - **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB24z00ajU4
6) You Met Your Match - **
7) Never Had A Dream Come True - ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfcTw8tYFao
8) Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday - ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWD9mfLW9xY
9) My Cherie Amour - ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW0YcO5P3OM
10) Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer - ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h5WQFSnT6w
11) Travelin' Man - **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apEaLDHOKn4
12) Heaven Help Us All - **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gOLnLz9KjY

3's - 7
2's - 5
1's - 0

Grade - 2.6

[Tiggi]

^ That's a big score, Ed. If push came to shove, and you had to name your favourite album ever, what would it be ? and what does it score ?

[Music Head]

^ That's a big score, Ed. If push came to shove, and you had to name your favourite album ever, what would it be ? and what does it score ?

very hard to say.
Didn't actually start recording these grades till I joined the forum.
Although I've been doing the 1-2-3 thing in my head for years, never kept track of them.
Two albums always come to mind when asked this, The Wall and Hotel California.
Truth is I don't think they would score as high as some best of collections or even some studio country albums.
Those recent George Jones come to mind.
Guess I'm just a country boy at heart.
You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy.
Yee-haw!

[Tiggi]

From now-deceased Soul/R&B singer. Not my usual thing, but....

This is from the late '80s, and whilst it has a digital feel to the music (if you know what I mean), LV's vocals belong firmly in '70s Soul.

Great voice, but he's largely an interpretative singer, so very few points for song-writing.

Quite enjoyed this, but Mrs Tiggi certainly didn't (mumbled something about needing to drop the Van from his surname...)

Allmusic 5/5 stars.

[Gudlife]

i just googled James Brown, he played piano/organ apparently???
i thought the only thing he played was women

HAHA!!!

that was a good one.

[Gudlife]

Right now I'm listening to this song I found this song from an R&B singer named Majic Massey. He has a nice voice, he sounds a lot like Ron Isley. link removed. I've heard his other songs, he has a very good traditional R&B voice.

[Tiggi]

Since hearing her debut, Baduizm, I've thought the intelligence EB brings to the party made her stand out from most of her peers.

Jazzy, Soulish, Hip-Hop (where's Randy when you need him ?) that plays like a cynical alternative State of The Union address.

As with most Hip-Hop, there are plenty of references here that I don't understand, but that doesn't detract from a good album.

Part 2 to follow...

AllMusic 4+/5 stars.

[Tiggi]

Far less Hip-Hoppy than the above.

This one is much more Jazzy Soul, and I'd say it's a strong Soul album by any stretch.

Her voice really is a cut above, IMV...

[Tiggi]

1987 release from South African R&B singer/guitarist.

A mix of Jazzy R&B songs, and Jazzier instrumentals featuring JB on acoustic.

There are unmistakeable echoes of Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, & Lionel Richie in his voice, and the guitaring is strongly influenced by George Benson.

Not a bad album, but not a great one either...

AllMusic 3/5 stars.

[Tiggi]

This one has drifted onto the Buy List, then back off again a number of times. Could have dropped off altogether, but thankfully didn't.

Sade's usual Jazzy Soul, but given an appropriate Trip-Hoppy make-over.

Nice indeed. Mrs Tiggi particularly liked this.


Allmusic 3/5 stars.