Anthology - MOTOWN
Artist: Diana Ross
Community Score: 4.00

The double-disc set Anthology contains all of Diana Ross' solo hits for Motown Records, from "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" to "Endless Love." It's a comprehensive collection, featuring all of her biggest hits plus many important album tracks and smaller hit singles. Since it doesn't delve too deeply into obscurities and contains all of Ross'... Read More

Anthology: The Best of Diana Ross & the Supremes
Artist: Diana Ross & the Supremes

Motown Records' Anthology series, first introduced in the 1970s, presented three-LP sets devoted to the work of its major artists, among them, of course, Diana Ross and the Supremes, who got a 35-track treatment in 1974, chronicling their chart hits and a handful of their more adventurous stylistic forays. Twelve years later, Motown brought out... Read More

Emancipation
Artist: Prince
Community Score: 8.25

Emancipation was a critical moment for Prince, one that he designed as an artistic rebirth and, optimistically, as a commercial comeback. In a typically perverse fashion, Prince decided to make the album a triple-disc set running exactly three hours, easily making it the longest album of all-new original material ever released by a popular... Read More

The Best of War and More, Vol. 2
Artist: War
Community Score: 3.50

Since Avenue botched War's The Best of War and More by neglecting to put on hit singles like "The World Is a Ghetto" and "Gypsy Man" -- although there was plenty of room for both songs, among others -- the company needed to assemble a second compilation to take care of all the leftover singles and songs that didn't make the first volume. But,... Read More

Greatest Hits
Artist: The Brothers Johnson

Coming to prominence toward the tail end of the funk era (the late '70s), the Brothers Johnson boasted a polished, state-of-the-art studio sound that took into account the rise of disco in black pop, not to mention the synthesizer. Early on, they also had an important ally in producer Quincy Jones, who masterminded their first four albums; not... Read More

Anthology: The Best of the Commodores
Artist: The Commodores

The revamped 1995 edition of Anthology includes all of the group's hit singles, as well as significant album tracks and singles that didn't chart, making it the definitive portrait of the popular, groundbreaking urban contemporary group. ~ Sara Sytsma, All Music Guide Read More

The Best of Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
Artist: Smokey Robinson & the Miracles

This compilation is not as thorough as the four disk 35th Anniversary Collection, which highlighted the Miracles inside out and up and down. The main difference is the exclusion of any solo sides by Smokey Robinson and the omission of some choice B-sides, never before released tracks and some minor A-sides. Motown must not own the rights to "I... Read More