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With the onslaught of greatest-hits compilations available, it's hard to decipher which versions are truly thorough and definitive. However, this Gold edition is truly something special. It features not only the best of the early years when Gladys Knight & the Pips were a doo wop-styled group, it also contains a seamless transition to their tenure at Motown (where they scored some of their biggest hits), to their years on Buddah, and all the way through to their highly polished adult contemporary hits of the '80s. The sequencing and track selection is top-notch (with the Curtis Mayfield penned "The Makings of You" being the only glaring omission) and shows not only the group's evolution, but how potent and consistent a singer Knight has been over the past decades. This is an outstanding compilation which deserves a rightful place in any soul music collection, be it a die-hard soul fanatic or casual listener looking for the hits.
© Rob Theakston /TiVo
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Johnny Otis, ComposerLyricist - Wade Marcus, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist - Clay McMurray, Producer
℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Don Covay, ComposerLyricist - Wade Marcus, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist - Clay McMurray, Producer
℗ 1970 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Van McCoy, ComposerLyricist - Wade Marcus, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist - Clay McMurray, Producer - Allen Van McCoy, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1970 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Johnny Bristol, Producer - HARVEY FUQUA, Producer - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist - Kay Lewis, ComposerLyricist - Helen L. Lewis-Mastor, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Barrett Strong, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Barrett Strong, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist - Rodger Penzabene, ComposerLyricist - Cornelis Grant, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist
℗ 1967 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Barrett Strong, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist
℗ 1967 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Barrett Strong, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist - Rodger Penzabene, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Gladys Knight, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Barrett Strong, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., ComposerLyricist - Gwen Gordy Fuqua, ComposerLyricist - Johnny Bristol, Producer - HARVEY FUQUA, Producer - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist - Carlo Tyran, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist - William Mickey Stevenson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Barrett Strong, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist - Rodger Penzabene, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
NICKOLAS ASHFORD, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Valerie Simpson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist
℗ 1969 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Barrett Strong, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist
℗ 1969 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Johnny Bristol, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Gladys Knight, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer - HARVEY FUQUA, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist - William Franklin Guest, ComposerLyricist - Merald Woodrow Knight Jr., ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
LINCOLN CHASE, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist
℗ 1969 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist - Cornelius Grant, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jerry Long, Conductor - Barrett Strong, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist
℗ 1969 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
ED COBB, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist
℗ 1968 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Johnny Bristol, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer - EDWIN STARR, ComposerLyricist - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist - Scott Regen, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1995 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Pamela Sawyer, ComposerLyricist - Gloria Jones, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Taylor, Producer - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist - Ivy Joe Hunter, Producer
℗ 1995 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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Barrett Strong, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist
℗ 1969 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Riser, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Marvin Tarplin, ComposerLyricist - Warren Moore, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist
℗ 1968 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Riser, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Barrett Strong, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist
℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Riser, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Pamela Sawyer, ComposerLyricist - Clarence McMurray, ComposerLyricist - Gloria Jones, ComposerLyricist - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist - Clay McMurray, Producer
℗ 1970 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Riser, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Bristol, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Gladys Knight, ComposerLyricist - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist - William Franklin Guest, ComposerLyricist - Merald Woodrow Knight Jr., ComposerLyricist - Catherine Schaffner, ComposerLyricist - Merald Knight Jr., ComposerLyricist
℗ 1971 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Johnny Bristol, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Wade Marcus, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist - James Dean, ComposerLyricist - Joe Hinton, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1971 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Riser, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Bristol, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist - Doris McNeil, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1995 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Orlando Murden, ComposerLyricist - Ron Miller, ComposerLyricist - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist - Clay McMurray, Producer - David Van dePitte, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1973 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dave Mason, ComposerLyricist - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist - Clay McMurray, Producer
℗ 1971 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Riser, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Clarence McMurray, ComposerLyricist - Robert White, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist - Clay McMurray, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1971 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Pamela Sawyer, ComposerLyricist - H.B. BARNUM, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist - Clay McMurray, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kris Kristofferson, ComposerLyricist - William Guest, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Patten, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - H.B. BARNUM, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Bristol, Producer - Gladys Knight, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist - Merald Knight, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1972 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Michael Omartian, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - James D. Weatherly, ComposerLyricist - Artie Butler, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist - Joe Porter, Producer
℗ 1972 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
H.B. BARNUM, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Bristol, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Gladys Knight, ComposerLyricist - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist - Merald Woodrow Knight Jr., ComposerLyricist - Merald Knight Jr., ComposerLyricist
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Riser, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - H.B. BARNUM, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Bristol, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist - Michael Knight, ComposerLyricist - Gerry Knight, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1973 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Riser, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Bud Reneau, ComposerLyricist - Artie Butler, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist - Joe Porter, Producer
℗ 1973 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Pamela Sawyer, ComposerLyricist - H.B. BARNUM, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist - Clay McMurray, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Martin Coleman, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1973 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Riser, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - James Weatherly, ComposerLyricist - Jimmie Haskell, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist - Joe Porter, Producer
℗ 1974 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
With the onslaught of greatest-hits compilations available, it's hard to decipher which versions are truly thorough and definitive. However, this Gold edition is truly something special. It features not only the best of the early years when Gladys Knight & the Pips were a doo wop-styled group, it also contains a seamless transition to their tenure at Motown (where they scored some of their biggest hits), to their years on Buddah, and all the way through to their highly polished adult contemporary hits of the '80s. The sequencing and track selection is top-notch (with the Curtis Mayfield penned "The Makings of You" being the only glaring omission) and shows not only the group's evolution, but how potent and consistent a singer Knight has been over the past decades. This is an outstanding compilation which deserves a rightful place in any soul music collection, be it a die-hard soul fanatic or casual listener looking for the hits.
© Rob Theakston /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 40 track(s)
- Total length: 02:09:31
- Main artists: Gladys Knight & The Pips
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: UNI - MOTOWN
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 1995 UMG Recordings Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1995 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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