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For a spell during the '80s, it seemed like many forgot that Lionel Richie wasn't always a solo artist, but began as a member of the Commodores. The group of six Alabama college chums would go on to become one of the world's leading funk and R&B artists of the '70s, and their penchant for heartwarming ballads only broadened their fan base. With countless compilations of the group surfacing over the years, 1995's The Very Best of the Commodores is a fine choice for a single-disc set, doing a fine job of collecting all the hits and a few best-known album tracks. Weighing in at a hefty 20 tracks, all facets of the band are covered -- a funk band that could give the big guns a run for their money ("Machine Gun," "Brick House," "The Zoo [The Human Zoo]"), more laid-back fare ("Zoom," "Nightshift"), and perhaps what the band would become most well-known for -- tender ballads that showcased Richie ("Easy," "Sweet Love," "Three Times a Lady," "Oh No"). There are other more extensive Commodores collections on the market (2001's Anthology), but for a succinct collection that manages to include all the hits, The Very Best of the Commodores is "it."
© Greg Prato /TiVo
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Calvin Harris, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lionel Richie, ComposerLyricist - James Anthony Carmichael, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jane Clark, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Commodores, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1977 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ronald LaPread, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Walter Orange, Drums, Percussion, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas McClary, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Milan Williams, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Calvin Harris, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lionel Richie, Keyboards, Saxophone, Vocals, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - James Anthony Carmichael, Producer, String Arranger, Rhythm Arranger, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jane Clark, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Commodores, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William King, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Peter Wolf, Producer, Associate Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Dennis Lambert, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Ronald LaPread, Bass Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Walter Orange, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jeremy Smith, Producer, Associate Producer - Milan Williams, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Commodores, MainArtist - Francine Vicki Golde, ComposerLyricist - William King, Keyboards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Walter Lee Orange, ComposerLyricist - J.D. Nicholas, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1984 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ronald LaPread, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Walter Orange, Drums, Percussion, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas McClary, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Milan Williams, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Calvin Harris, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lionel Richie, Keyboards, Saxophone, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - James Anthony Carmichael, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jane Clark, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Commodores, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William King, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Walter Lee Orange, ComposerLyricist - William King Jr., ComposerLyricist
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ronald LaPread, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Walter Orange, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas McClary, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Milan Williams, Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lionel Richie, Keyboards, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - James Anthony Carmichael, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jane Clark, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Commodores, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William King, Percussion, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1974 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ronald LaPread, ComposerLyricist - Lionel Richie, ComposerLyricist - James Anthony Carmichael, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Commodores, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1977 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Milan Williams, ComposerLyricist - James Anthony Carmichael, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Commodores, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Milan B. Williams, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1980 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ronald LaPread, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Walter Orange, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas McClary, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Milan Williams, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Calvin Harris, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lionel Richie, Vocals, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - James Anthony Carmichael, Producer, String Arranger, Rhythm Arranger, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jane Clark, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Commodores, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William King, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1979 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Calvin Harris, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - James Anthony Carmichael, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jane Clark, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Commodores, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Harold Hudson, ComposerLyricist - Shirley King, ComposerLyricist - William King Jr., ComposerLyricist
℗ 1981 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Gene Page, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Calvin Harris, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lionel Richie, ComposerLyricist - James Anthony Carmichael, Producer, String Arranger, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jane Clark, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Commodores, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1981 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ronald LaPread, ComposerLyricist - Walter Orange, ComposerLyricist - Thomas McClary, ComposerLyricist - Milan Williams, ComposerLyricist - Calvin Harris, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lionel Richie, ComposerLyricist - James Anthony Carmichael, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jane Clark, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Commodores, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William King Jr., ComposerLyricist
℗ 1977 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ronald LaPread, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Pamela Sawyer, ComposerLyricist - Pam Sawyer, Producer - Thomas McClary, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - James Ingram, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lionel Richie, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Commodores, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gloria Jones, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Calvin Harris, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lionel Richie, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - James Anthony Carmichael, Producer, String Arranger, Rhythm Arranger, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jane Clark, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Commodores, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1979 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lionel Richie, ComposerLyricist - James Anthony Carmichael, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Commodores, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1975 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Franne Golde, ComposerLyricist - Paul Fox, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Caldwell, ComposerLyricist - James Anthony Carmichael, Producer - Commodores, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1985 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Thomas McClary, ComposerLyricist - Calvin Harris, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lionel Richie, ComposerLyricist - James Anthony Carmichael, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jane Clark, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Commodores, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bruce Miller, String Arranger, Horn Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Walter Orange, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Milan Williams, Producer, String Arranger, Horn Arranger, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Commodores, MainArtist
℗ 1983 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Peter Wolf, Producer, Associate Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Page, ComposerLyricist - Dennis Lambert, Producer - Jeremy Smith, Producer, Associate Producer - Commodores, MainArtist
℗ 1985 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Calvin Harris, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lionel Richie, ComposerLyricist - James Anthony Carmichael, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Commodores, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1976 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Milan Williams, ComposerLyricist - James Anthony Carmichael, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Commodores, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1979 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
For a spell during the '80s, it seemed like many forgot that Lionel Richie wasn't always a solo artist, but began as a member of the Commodores. The group of six Alabama college chums would go on to become one of the world's leading funk and R&B artists of the '70s, and their penchant for heartwarming ballads only broadened their fan base. With countless compilations of the group surfacing over the years, 1995's The Very Best of the Commodores is a fine choice for a single-disc set, doing a fine job of collecting all the hits and a few best-known album tracks. Weighing in at a hefty 20 tracks, all facets of the band are covered -- a funk band that could give the big guns a run for their money ("Machine Gun," "Brick House," "The Zoo [The Human Zoo]"), more laid-back fare ("Zoom," "Nightshift"), and perhaps what the band would become most well-known for -- tender ballads that showcased Richie ("Easy," "Sweet Love," "Three Times a Lady," "Oh No"). There are other more extensive Commodores collections on the market (2001's Anthology), but for a succinct collection that manages to include all the hits, The Very Best of the Commodores is "it."
© Greg Prato /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:14:14
- Main artists: The Commodores
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Motown
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 1995 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1995 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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