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Wilson is a vexing artist to summarize with a best-of compilation, due both to her versatility and her prolific discography. This two-set CD concentrates on her pop- and R&B-influenced recordings for Capitol in the 1960s and '70s. While that means that her jazziest and most standard-inclined sides are relatively lightly represented (although not ignored), it does mean that this is the material most likely to be familiar to the general audience. In truth the soul influence is quite light; this is really pop material, not R&B, soul, or rock, even as it might show some traces of those genres (as well as jazz and cabaret). As a whole, this easy-listening soul music was light fare, but Wilson was probably better at it (and certainly more successful at it) than anyone else. The first disc, covering 1962-1970, is the better of the pair, with the big 1964 hit "(You Don't Know) How Glad I Am" and a couple of nice non-LP singles in 1963's bluesy "Tell the Truth" and 1965's "Where Does That Leave Me." Her reading of Stevie Wonder's "Uptight" is actually respectable, and some of her better mid-'60s singles show the influence of New York uptown soul production. The second disc charts the decline of pop-soul as a whole, even if it does lead off with a couple of 1970 Gamble-Huff-affiliated tracks. Much of the rest marks Wilson as one of the mothers of adult contemporary music, which is not the highest badge of honor one can bear. Is this the anthology you should have if you only get one Wilson collection? If your tastes run to pop rather than jazz, it probably is, though it should be cautioned that it's uneven and does not reflect the full scope of her repertoire.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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Nat Adderley, Cornet, AssociatedPerformer - Nancy Wilson, MainArtist - Evren Göknar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cannonball Adderley, MainArtist - Sam Jones, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Buddy Johnson, Composer - Tom Morgan, Producer - Andy Wiswell, Producer - Louis Hayes, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Zawinul, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Blue Note Records
Jimmy Jones, Conductor - Vernon Bullock, ComposerLyricist - Nancy Wilson, MainArtist - Evren Göknar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Morgan, Producer - Richard A. Whiting, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records Inc.
Murray Grand, ComposerLyricist - Elisse Boyd, ComposerLyricist - Nancy Wilson, MainArtist - Dave Cavanaugh, Producer - Evren Göknar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kenny Dennis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ronnell Bright, Conductor - Charles Buster Williams, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
Jimmy Bond, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Wild Bill Davis, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Gerald Wilson, Conductor - Nancy Wilson, MainArtist - Harold Jackson, Composer - Evren Göknar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Pass, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Morgan, Producer - D. Jackson, Composer - Kenny Dennis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
Larry Harrison, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Williams, ComposerLyricist - Oliver Nelson, Conductor - Nancy Wilson, MainArtist - Dave Cavanaugh, Producer - Evren Göknar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
Sid Feller, Conductor - Nancy Wilson, MainArtist - Dave Cavanaugh, Producer - Evren Göknar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - CHARLES STROUSE, ComposerLyricist - LEE ADAMS, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
Sid Feller, Conductor - Nancy Wilson, MainArtist - Dave Cavanaugh, Producer - Evren Göknar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sid Tepper, ComposerLyricist - Roy C. Bennett, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
Van McCoy, ComposerLyricist - Sid Feller, Conductor - Nancy Wilson, MainArtist - Dave Cavanaugh, Producer - Evren Göknar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
Roger Cook, ComposerLyricist - Roger Greenaway, ComposerLyricist - Oliver Nelson, Conductor - Nancy Wilson, MainArtist - Dave Cavanaugh, Producer - Evren Göknar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records Inc.
Henry Cosby, Composer - Sylvia Moy, Composer - Stevie Wonder, Composer - Oliver Nelson, Conductor - Nancy Wilson, MainArtist - Dave Cavanaugh, Producer - Evren Göknar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records Inc.
Nancy Wilson, MainArtist - Dave Cavanaugh, Producer - Billy May, Conductor - Evren Göknar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vicki Harrington, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records Inc.
Jimmy Jones, Conductor - Nancy Wilson, MainArtist - Dave Cavanaugh, Producer - Evren Göknar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Angelo Badale, Composer - Francis Stanton, Composer
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records Inc.
Jimmy Jones, Conductor - Nancy Wilson, MainArtist - Dave Cavanaugh, Producer - Evren Göknar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Millard Delbert Woods, Composer
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records Inc.
Bobby Weinstein, Composer - Teddy Randazzo, Composer - Jimmy Jones, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Nancy Wilson, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Evren Göknar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Cavanaugh, Producer - Benny Carter, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Stallman, Composer
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
Bob Crewe, ComposerLyricist - Nancy Wilson, MainArtist - Robert Gaudio, ComposerLyricist - Dave Cavanaugh, Producer - Evren Göknar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records Inc.
DISC 2
Kenneth Gamble, Composer - Bobby Martin, Conductor - LEON HUFF, Composer - Nancy Wilson, MainArtist - Evren Göknar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records Inc.
Kenneth Gamble, Composer - Allan Wayne Felder, Composer - Norman Harris, Composer - Nancy Wilson, MainArtist - Evren Göknar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records Inc.
James Mack, Conductor - Nancy Wilson, MainArtist - Dave Cavanaugh, Producer - Evren Göknar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - GERALD MARKS, Composer - Buddy Fields, Composer
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records Inc.
James Mack, Conductor - Oscar Anderle, Composer - Nancy Wilson, MainArtist - ROBERT ALLEN, Composer - Dave Cavanaugh, Producer - Evren Göknar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roberto Sandro, Composer
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
Don Sebesky, Conductor - Nancy Wilson, MainArtist - Dave Cavanaugh, Producer - Evren Göknar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parks, Composer
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records Inc.
Don Sebesky, Conductor - Marvin Gaye, Composer - Nancy Wilson, MainArtist - Dave Cavanaugh, Producer - Evren Göknar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - James Nix, Composer
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records Inc.
Billy Page, Composer, Producer, Associate Producer - Gene Page, Composer, Conductor, Producer - Nancy Wilson, MainArtist - Evren Göknar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
Billy Page, Producer, Associate Producer - Gene Page, Conductor, Producer - THOM BELL, ComposerLyricist - LINDA CREED, ComposerLyricist - Nancy Wilson, MainArtist - Evren Göknar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
Billy Page, Producer, Associate Producer - Gene Page, Conductor, Producer - Stevie Wonder, Composer - Nancy Wilson, MainArtist - Evren Göknar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
Billy Page, Producer - Gene Page, Conductor, Producer - JAMES TAYLOR, Composer - Nancy Wilson, MainArtist - Evren Göknar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
Billy Page, Producer - Gene Page, Conductor, Producer - Marvin Gaye, ComposerLyricist - Nancy Wilson, MainArtist - Evren Göknar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
Nancy Wilson, MainArtist - Gene McDaniels, Composer, Producer - Evren Göknar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records Inc.
Nancy Wilson, MainArtist - Gene McDaniels, Producer - Evren Göknar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rachel Perry, Composer - Jon Mayer, Composer
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records Inc.
Billy Page, Producer - Kenneth Hirsch, Composer - Gene Page, Conductor, Producer - Nancy Wilson, MainArtist - Evren Göknar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron Miller, Composer
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
Nancy Wilson, MainArtist - Evren Göknar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Larry Farrow, Composer, Conductor, Producer - Carolyn Johns, Composer
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
Album review
Wilson is a vexing artist to summarize with a best-of compilation, due both to her versatility and her prolific discography. This two-set CD concentrates on her pop- and R&B-influenced recordings for Capitol in the 1960s and '70s. While that means that her jazziest and most standard-inclined sides are relatively lightly represented (although not ignored), it does mean that this is the material most likely to be familiar to the general audience. In truth the soul influence is quite light; this is really pop material, not R&B, soul, or rock, even as it might show some traces of those genres (as well as jazz and cabaret). As a whole, this easy-listening soul music was light fare, but Wilson was probably better at it (and certainly more successful at it) than anyone else. The first disc, covering 1962-1970, is the better of the pair, with the big 1964 hit "(You Don't Know) How Glad I Am" and a couple of nice non-LP singles in 1963's bluesy "Tell the Truth" and 1965's "Where Does That Leave Me." Her reading of Stevie Wonder's "Uptight" is actually respectable, and some of her better mid-'60s singles show the influence of New York uptown soul production. The second disc charts the decline of pop-soul as a whole, even if it does lead off with a couple of 1970 Gamble-Huff-affiliated tracks. Much of the rest marks Wilson as one of the mothers of adult contemporary music, which is not the highest badge of honor one can bear. Is this the anthology you should have if you only get one Wilson collection? If your tastes run to pop rather than jazz, it probably is, though it should be cautioned that it's uneven and does not reflect the full scope of her repertoire.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 30 track(s)
- Total length: 01:34:32
- Main artists: Nancy Wilson
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: The Right Stuff
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2000 Capitol Records Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2000 Capitol Records Inc.
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