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Now That’s What I Call Motown!


Mar 16th, 2009 | By Denise | Category: Music, Reviews


Motown CDs come and go year after year. I have several in my huge collection of music that are mediocre at best. So when I received this one I was skeptical. Friday nights around our house is the time to kickoff the weekend. Usual fare before dinner consists of a nice bottle of wine and some nibbles. This was no different. I got out the wine and cheese and set out to pull my hubby out of his office. I decided this might be a good time to put on the new Motown CD and give it a listen.


I popped it into the CD player and off it went. Well to my surprise not two minutes into the music I was on the patio setting down the tray when my husband came dancing out of his office and into the kitchen! He was grooving all the way to the back door. After a few songs we were both hooked! He immediately asked for the jacket to read what other wonderful tunes were in store for us. As he read down the timeless list of classic Motown selections, we started talking about when some of the songs tickled our ears for the first time and the situations surrounding them. We laughed and danced and had our own little party on the patio until all 25 tracks were done. We did not even begin to start dinner that night until well after 8pm, but it was worth it!!


If you are into nostalgia and great foot tapping, happy, and dare I say, “GROOVIE” songs, this is the CD you have to own. The digital remastering culminates well known songs such as “Brick House”, “I Want You Back”, and so many more into a clear, crisp explosion of rhythms and beats that you cannot sit still to. In fact, the sound quality is so good that I heard backgrounds in some songs like “Upside Down” and “WAR” that I never knew were there!


I highly recommend this album to anyone who loves music and the awesome sounds of artists like The Commodores, The Temptations, Diana Ross, Rick James and Stevie Wonder. They may be from the past but their music lives on forever in wonderful CDs like this! I give it five stars!


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