Look out for #1
Artist: The Brothers Johnson

The Brothers Johnson first earned national recognition as recording artists by singing the sensuously funky mid-tempo number "Is It Love That We're Missin'," featured on Quincy Jones' album Mellow Madness. The dynamic duo maintains that same groove on this, its debut release for A&M Records. The first single was the moderate number "I'll Be Good... Read More

Greatest Hits - UNITED ARTISTS
Artist: War
Community Score: 5.00
Why Can't We Be Friends?
Artist: War
Community Score: 7.67

Cut from the same cloth as the band's 1973 Deliver the Word LP, War's 1975 Why Can't We Be Friends? is a masterpiece in its scope and breadth. And, emerging as the last work the band would do for its longtime label, United Artists, it became a fitting swansong, powering up the charts and giving War its fourth and final number one hit. In recent... Read More

The Best of the Spinners - ATLANTIC
Artist: The Spinners

The Spinners lost lead singer Philippe Wynne in 1977, as he left to join Parliament/Funkadelic. While they were getting replacement John Edwards acclimated, Atlantic issued this greatest-hits LP containing all the gems with Wynne as their lead singer. Until the Atlantic two-CD set was issued, this was a definitive work, and it's still as... Read More

At His Best
Artist: David Ruffin

The best of his solo outings alongside selections from his days with the Temptations make for a comprehensive overview of his career. ~ John Lowe, All Music Guide Read More

Motown Superstar Series, Vol. 10
Artist: The Originals

The Detroit-based Originals began singing in 1966, with tenor vocalists Crathman Spencer and Henry Dixon, bassist Freddie Gorman and baritone Walter Gaines. Marvin Gaye helped bring them to Motown and later wrote or co-wrote three of their singles, including the anthemic "Baby, I'm For Real." That single, their other major hit, "The Bells," and... Read More

Anthology - 1976
Artist: The Jackson 5

The Jackson 5's volume in Motown's Anthology series was a three-LP extravaganza boasting 33 of the quintet's greatest hits, plus room to collect a few solo hits (mostly from Michael). There's no need to argue with most of the inclusions here, while the long running time also permits a few gorgeous album tracks ("Don't Know Why I Love You,"... Read More

The Best of Isaac Hayes
Artist: Isaac Hayes

A deep voice and an impeccable sense of the groove add up to some of the best R&B music of the early '70s. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide Read More

Right on Time
Artist: The Brothers Johnson

Potentially viewed as something of a warm-up for Quincy Jones before producing Michael Jackson's wildly successful Off the Wall and Thriller albums, the Brothers Johnson's first two releases spawned hits like "I'll Be Good to You" and brought George and Louis Johnson to a mass audience of their own. (Louis, in fact, would go on to play bass on... Read More

At His Best
Artist: Eddie Kendricks

While Eddie Kendrick (or Kendricks) never made as much impact on his own as he did with The Temptations, he still made some fine singles as a solo artist on Motown. These are included on this anthology, and while three or four great tunes usually aren't enough to merit an anthology, Motown has issued them by artists who had even fewer. "Keep on... Read More