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A perfect place to begin and quite likely conclude for those interested in Motown's late-'70s funk band Switch. As you no doubt assume, 20th Century Masters collects all of the biggest hits from the group's three-year, four-album stint on the Gordy imprint. You get the laid-back sexy ballads "I Call Your Name," "I Wanna Be Closer," "Love Over and Over Again," and also the steamy funk grooves "There'll Never Be," "Best Beat in Town," "You Pulled a Switch." When you take a retrospective look at Switch's better moments like this it becomes evident that the group was at their best when they were able to integrate their grooves with their ballads, as they did on "There'll Never Be." That's pretty much what's here: a total of 11 songs with a funky bottom end to groove to and a sentimental top end to dim the lights to. And even if Switch did have some stellar album tracks, you probably don't need those. For most, 20th Century Masters should suffice as a fine one-stop collection.
© Jason Birchmeier /TiVo
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Bewley Brothers, Producer - Switch, MainArtist - Bobby DeBarge, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Switch, MainArtist - Bunny Debarge, ComposerLyricist - Bobby DeBarge, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1980 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Switch, MainArtist - Bobby DeBarge, Producer - B. DeBarge, ComposerLyricist - Thomas Debarge, ComposerLyricist - Joseph Simms, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1979 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Robert DeBarge, ComposerLyricist - Switch, MainArtist - Bobby DeBarge, Producer
℗ 1980 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Switch, MainArtist - Jermaine Jackson, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1977 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Switch, MainArtist - Greg Wright, Producer - Gregory Wright, ComposerLyricist - Ronald Dean Vann, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Robert DeBarge, ComposerLyricist - Greg Williams, ComposerLyricist - Switch, MainArtist - Jermaine Jackson, Producer - Hazel Jackson, Producer
℗ 1979 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Attala Zane Giles, ComposerLyricist - Phillip Ingram, ComposerLyricist - Switch, MainArtist - Gregory Williams, Producer - Gregory G. Williams, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1981 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Attala Zane Giles, ComposerLyricist - Phillip Ingram, ComposerLyricist - Switch, MainArtist - Gregory Williams, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Gregory G. Williams, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1981 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Robert DeBarge, ComposerLyricist - Switch, MainArtist - Gregory Williams, ComposerLyricist - Bobby DeBarge, Producer - Gregory G. Williams, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1981 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Etterlene Jordan, ComposerLyricist - Robert DeBarge, ComposerLyricist - Switch, MainArtist - Bunny Debarge, ComposerLyricist - Gregory Williams, Producer - Bobby DeBarge, Producer
℗ 1980 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
A perfect place to begin and quite likely conclude for those interested in Motown's late-'70s funk band Switch. As you no doubt assume, 20th Century Masters collects all of the biggest hits from the group's three-year, four-album stint on the Gordy imprint. You get the laid-back sexy ballads "I Call Your Name," "I Wanna Be Closer," "Love Over and Over Again," and also the steamy funk grooves "There'll Never Be," "Best Beat in Town," "You Pulled a Switch." When you take a retrospective look at Switch's better moments like this it becomes evident that the group was at their best when they were able to integrate their grooves with their ballads, as they did on "There'll Never Be." That's pretty much what's here: a total of 11 songs with a funky bottom end to groove to and a sentimental top end to dim the lights to. And even if Switch did have some stellar album tracks, you probably don't need those. For most, 20th Century Masters should suffice as a fine one-stop collection.
© Jason Birchmeier /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:56:41
- Main artists: Switch
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: UNI - MOTOWN
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 2001 Motown Record Company L.P. This Compilation ℗ 2001 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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