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Throughout her career, Brenda Holloway regrettably lived in the shadow of several Motown divas who garnered more of the spotlight than she did (sometimes quite unfairly). This is one of several artistic tragedies in the Motown catalog; a story of talent that rang fresh and potent but never really received due diligence for one reason or another. Thankfully, Motown is slowly correcting these facts and giving several artists their moment in the sun with well-packaged, comprehensive anthologies highlighting the artist's best-known works along with a generous portion of outtakes. Holloway's Motown Anthology is no exception. The first disc features the two full-length records she recorded for Motown: Every Little Bit Hurts and Hurtin' and Cryin', the majority of which was previously unreleased to the public. Every single hit Holloway had is included here, making this a must-have for Motown enthusiasts, Northern Soul aficionados, and fans of stunning, timeless soul music. The second disc offers a generous helping of rare singles and previously unreleased material, featuring an outstanding rendition of "All I Do Is Think About You," an intense interpretation of "He's My Kind of Fellow" (made known by Gladys Knight & the Pips), and the stomper "I'm on the Right Track." It's a shame material of this quality and caliber had to linger and gather dust in the Motown archives for so long, as Holloway -- on her worst day -- sounds better than most do on their best days, but this collection was definitely worth the wait. It's an immense joy to listen to, start to finish. Kudos to Motown U.K. for having the initiative to finally make these treasures available for all to hear.
© Rob Theakston /TiVo
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SMOKEY ROBINSON, ComposerLyricist - Marc Gordon, Producer - Hal Davis, Producer - Brenda Holloway, MainArtist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marc Gordon, Producer - Frank Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Hal Davis, Producer - Brenda Holloway, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
ED COBB, ComposerLyricist - Marc Gordon, Producer - Hal Davis, Producer - Brenda Holloway, MainArtist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marc Gordon, Producer - Frank Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Hal Davis, Producer - Brenda Holloway, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alvin Bowen, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
SMOKEY ROBINSON, ComposerLyricist - Lamont Dozier, Producer - Brian Holland, Producer - Brenda Holloway, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marc Gordon, Producer - Hal Davis, Producer - Brenda Holloway, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Patrice Yvonne Holloway, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marc Gordon, Producer - Hal Davis, Producer - Brenda Holloway, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Sid Talmadge, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Brenda Holloway, MainArtist
℗ 1964 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Alex North, ComposerLyricist - HY ZARET, ComposerLyricist - Brenda Holloway, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William "Mickey" Stevenson, Producer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Billy Brown, ComposerLyricist - Clarence Paul, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Brenda Holloway, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, ComposerLyricist - Brenda Holloway, MainArtist
℗ 1964 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hal Davis, ComposerLyricist - Brenda Holloway, MainArtist - Herman Griffith, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, ComposerLyricist - Brenda Holloway, MainArtist
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frank Wilson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Brenda Holloway, MainArtist - R. Dean Taylor, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, ComposerLyricist - Frank Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Brenda Holloway, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Patrice Yvonne Holloway, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stevie Wonder, ComposerLyricist - Clarence Paul, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Brenda Holloway, MainArtist
℗ 2005 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Brenda Holloway, MainArtist
℗ 2005 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Henry Cosby, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Sylvia Rose Moy, ComposerLyricist - Brenda Holloway, MainArtist - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Johnny Bristol, Producer - NICKOLAS ASHFORD, ComposerLyricist - Valerie Simpson, ComposerLyricist - HARVEY FUQUA, Producer - Brenda Holloway, MainArtist
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, ComposerLyricist - Brenda Holloway, MainArtist
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Brenda Holloway, MainArtist - Michael Gentile, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jennie Lee Lambert, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2005 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lamont Dozier, Producer - Frank Wilson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Brenda Holloway, MainArtist
℗ 2005 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
AL CAPPS, ComposerLyricist - Marc Gordon, Producer - Hal Davis, Producer - Brenda Holloway, MainArtist
℗ 2005 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Johnny Bristol, Producer - NICKOLAS ASHFORD, ComposerLyricist - Valerie Simpson, ComposerLyricist - HARVEY FUQUA, Producer - Brenda Holloway, MainArtist
℗ 2005 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
DISC 2
Henry Cosby, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Sylvia Rose Moy, ComposerLyricist - Brenda Holloway, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer
℗ 2005 UMG Recordings, Inc.
ED COBB, ComposerLyricist - Marc Gordon, Producer - Hal Davis, Producer - Brenda Holloway, MainArtist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Brenda Holloway, MainArtist
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Brenda Holloway, MainArtist
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marc Gordon, Producer - Frank Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Hal Davis, Producer - Brenda Holloway, MainArtist
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frank Wilson, Producer - Hal Davis, Producer - Brenda Holloway, MainArtist - Kay Lewis, ComposerLyricist - Helen L. Lewis-Mastor, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frank Wilson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Brenda Holloway, MainArtist
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Brenda Holloway, MainArtist - Robert Simon Staunton, ComposerLyricist - Robert Walker, ComposerLyricist - Roy Nievelt, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Brenda Holloway, MainArtist
℗ 1999 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stevie Wonder, ComposerLyricist - Clarence Paul, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Brenda Holloway, MainArtist - Maurice Broadnay, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2005 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Edward Holland Jr., ComposerLyricist - Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Brenda Holloway, MainArtist
℗ 2005 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Brian Holland, ComposerLyricist - Patrice Holloway, FeaturedArtist - Brenda Holloway, MainArtist - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Lee Henry Moore, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2005 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Johnny Bristol, Producer, ComposerLyricist - HARVEY FUQUA, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Brenda Holloway, MainArtist
℗ 2005 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, ComposerLyricist - Brenda Holloway, MainArtist
℗ 2005 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
NICKOLAS ASHFORD, ComposerLyricist - Valerie Simpson, ComposerLyricist - Brenda Holloway, MainArtist
℗ 2005 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Morris Broadnax, ComposerLyricist - Stevie Wonder, ComposerLyricist - Clarence Paul, ComposerLyricist - Brenda Holloway, MainArtist
℗ 2005 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Billy Page, ComposerLyricist - Marc Gordon, Producer - Hal Davis, Producer - Brenda Holloway, MainArtist
℗ 2005 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Brenda Holloway, MainArtist
℗ 2005 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
ED COBB, ComposerLyricist - Marc Gordon, Producer - Hal Davis, Producer - Brenda Holloway, MainArtist
℗ 2005 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dick Cooper, ComposerLyricist - Hal Davis, Producer - Brenda Holloway, MainArtist - Leslie Wakenfield, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2005 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Weatherspoon, Producer, ComposerLyricist - James Dean, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Brenda Holloway, MainArtist
℗ 2005 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
K. Lewis, ComposerLyricist - H. Lewis, ComposerLyricist - Hal Davis, Producer - Brenda Holloway, MainArtist
℗ 2005 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frank Wilson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Brenda Holloway, MainArtist
℗ 2005 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Dubose Heyward, Author - Brenda Holloway, MainArtist
℗ 2005 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Throughout her career, Brenda Holloway regrettably lived in the shadow of several Motown divas who garnered more of the spotlight than she did (sometimes quite unfairly). This is one of several artistic tragedies in the Motown catalog; a story of talent that rang fresh and potent but never really received due diligence for one reason or another. Thankfully, Motown is slowly correcting these facts and giving several artists their moment in the sun with well-packaged, comprehensive anthologies highlighting the artist's best-known works along with a generous portion of outtakes. Holloway's Motown Anthology is no exception. The first disc features the two full-length records she recorded for Motown: Every Little Bit Hurts and Hurtin' and Cryin', the majority of which was previously unreleased to the public. Every single hit Holloway had is included here, making this a must-have for Motown enthusiasts, Northern Soul aficionados, and fans of stunning, timeless soul music. The second disc offers a generous helping of rare singles and previously unreleased material, featuring an outstanding rendition of "All I Do Is Think About You," an intense interpretation of "He's My Kind of Fellow" (made known by Gladys Knight & the Pips), and the stomper "I'm on the Right Track." It's a shame material of this quality and caliber had to linger and gather dust in the Motown archives for so long, as Holloway -- on her worst day -- sounds better than most do on their best days, but this collection was definitely worth the wait. It's an immense joy to listen to, start to finish. Kudos to Motown U.K. for having the initiative to finally make these treasures available for all to hear.
© Rob Theakston /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 48 track(s)
- Total length: 02:11:13
- Main artists: Brenda Holloway
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Motown
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B Soul
© 2005 Universal Music Operations This Compilation ℗ 2005 Universal Music Operations
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