by Luther Vandross List Price:$13.00 Our Price:$11.00 Availability: Usually ships in 5 to 7 days
Product Details
Media: Audio CD
Release Date: Tuesday, November 16, 1999
Label: Sony
Average Customer Review: 4.5 Based on 16 reviews.
Sales Rank: 39
Tracks
1.
Creepin'
2.
So Amazing
3.
Stop to Love
4.
Power of Love/Love Power
5.
How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye
6.
There's Nothing Better Than Love - Gregory Hines
7.
Give Me the Reason
8.
House Is Not a Home
9.
Superstar/Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)
10.
Any Love
11.
Love the One You're With
12.
Here and Now
13.
Don't Want to Be a Fool
14.
Never Too Much
15.
Creepin'
16.
Don't Want to Be a Fool
17.
Love the One You're With
18.
Superstar/Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)
19.
There's Nothing Better Than Love - Gregory Hines
Editorial Review
The best-of-Luther thing has been done a couple of times before, but Greatest Hits lays it down well. The single-disc format means that one of your favorites might not be here, but among the well-chosen gems present are "Never Too Much," "A House Is Not a Home," "So Amazing," and "Any Love." Vandross, of course, was the reigning king of '80s R&B romance; while he was never as troubled as Marvin Gaye or as downright eccentric as Al Green, he did have that voice. Before hip-hop split the audience generationally, it was the favored accompaniment to seduction for many fans, whose number grew even greater when 1986's "Stop to Love" pushed him through the pop-crossover barrier once and for all. Greatest Hits summarizes the days when he ruled the world. --Rickey Wright
Top Customer Reviews
Rating:
3 A Nice Collection
Luther Vandross' "Luther Vandross: Greatest Hits" is a good album filled with many of the Luther's best songs. The songs talk about love, loss, desire, and sensuality. Luther Vandross' voice is so velvety smooth that you instantly become engrossed in the songs. Of course there are some songs that could have been left off of this CD, and others that should have been added, but overall, this is a pretty good CD, especially for a Luther fan. I would suggest this CD to fan of Luther as well as people who want to hear good music by one of the greatest singers of our time.
Rating:
5 THE WELL-WEEDED GARDEN
See my comments re DANCE WITH MY FATHER.
Rating:
5 Pure Heaven
Luther's voice just does it for me. Calms my nerves, relaxes my soul and adjusts my attitude!
Rating:
4 A decent album of his music from 1981 to 1994/
Why he has so many 'Greatest Hits' CDs out is beyond me. Many of these songs were on several of his previous hits CDs. The selections on here are rather decent however and are among some of his most popular songs of his career. My favorite songs on here are Never Too Much, Give Me The Reason, Power Of Love, & So Amazing. The rest of this CD is enjoyable too. However I have to complain about the excessive hits CDs that his record labels have put out over the years. Power Of Love, Here & Now, & Always & Forever are on so many CDs, both Greatest Hits as well as on various artists albums too. It diminishes the power that the songs on here have. I just wish that Luthers works weren't so excessivly marketed on so many hits CDs because to me the punch that some of his best works had back in their day has been weakened. I for one would have to say that it is best to just get all of Luther Vandross' parent albums but if you decide to get one of his hits collections I suggest getting this one. Leave the rest of his other hits CD alone except maybe his 1997 release with that contains The Best Things In Life Are Free, his 1992 duet with Janet Jackson & When You Call On Me/Baby That's When I Come Running because at least that album offers a rare song from Janet and the new(at the time) song. Avoid The Ultimate Luther Vandross collection that was released last year because it offers nothing new. Just more of the same songs that the previous collections offered.
Rating:
3 A Voice Worth Singing About
Luther Vandross is one of the few soul singers that really knows how to wow the ladies. His 1999 Greatest Hits Album, displays his natural talent with every way his music goes.Although it remains as a combination of his previous greatest hits albums, Best Of Volumes 1 & 2, the album still proves that he can pack a punch. The songs that are highlighted range from standards like Power Of Love / Love Power & Here And Now, to his dynamic duets with Dionne Warwick (How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye) and Gregory Hines (There's Nothing Better Than Love).While many radio stations still prefer Teen Idols and Rap music, it is nice to hear a seductive escape from the Top 40 mayhem. With that thought in mind, Luther Vandross remains as one of those few artists worth escaping to.
