or iTunes Price: $11.99 Genre: Pop Released: Sep 10, 2010 Customer Ratings (20 Ratings)
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Going Back – Phil CollinsView More By Phil Collins Our ReviewPhil Collins hired three of the surviving Funk Brothers to recreate the sound of old Motown in a studio in Switzerland. Collins has always loved Motown — he had a hit in 1981 with the Supremes’ “You Can’t Hurry Love” — and the 18 tracks on the basic album and 26 on the iTunes Deluxe Version are all done in complete homage to the sound that bedazzled Collins’ youth. The Deluxe Version includes many of Collins’ best efforts. “You Really Got a Hold On Me,” “Dancing In the Streets,” “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” and “Standing In the Shadows of Love” are all indestructible, timeless tunes. Collins doesn’t just mine Motown’s biggest hits, but works through “Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue),” “In My Lonely Room” and “Never Dreamed You’d Leave In Summer” with the same passion. He’ll never be Levi Stubbs or Smokey Robinson, but he also doesn’t sound much like the guy whose hits include “Against All Odds,” “Misunderstanding” and “That’s All.” Fans will surely be intrigued.. Customer ReviewsYou did it again phil!!! (5 stars)What a great album!!! It's not easy to accostume to the album at the beggining, but with listening a couple of times you will love it!! Get it Not Guilty Pleasure (5 stars) Yeah, I saw the press on this a while back and thought, Phil Collins and a whole album of Motown/r&b covers, why? And then when I read that the songs were basically recreations and not interpretations, and I said why (again)? Well, don't judge a book by its cover. The songs are great and Collins does a great job. Are these the new definitive versions of these songs? No. But, who really was going to do a better job on get the original mot own hits (1 star) not sure how in the world people can be say these are fresh new takes on motown standards. just like his recreation of the supremes' "you can't hurry love" years ago, this non adventuresome collection is just a very weak note for note recreation of the originals. there is no thought of trying something new, or choosing some of the many obscure gems in the hitsville catalogue. boring beyond belief! BiographyBorn: January 30, 1951 in Chiswick, London, EnglandGenre: Pop Years Active: '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s Phil Collins' ascent to the status of one of the most successful pop and adult contemporary singers of the '80s and beyond was probably as much of a surprise to him as it was to many others. Balding and diminutive, Collins was almost 30 years old when his first solo single, "In the Air Tonight," became a number two hit in his native U.K. (the...
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