Compact Command Performances
Released: 1984
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Released: 1984
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14 songs covering the biggest Commodores material with Lionel Richie. It's a good single-disc package, although most of Motown's CDs in the late '70s and early '80s had very uneven sound. There's...
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Heroes/Commodores
Released: 1980
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Released: 1980
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A two-in-one CD package, with two Commodores albums combined on a late '80s release. Heroes landed three chart singles in 1980, including the title track, while the self-titled Commodores from the...
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Hot on the Tracks/In the Pocket
Released: 1987
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Released: 1987
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Motown's series of Commodores two-fers paired Hot on the Tracks with In the Pocket and, in doing so, spanned a rather drastic breach in the group's evolution. Lionel Richie and company had recorded...
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Rock Solid
Released: 1988
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Released: 1988
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Things were pretty bleak for The Commodores by the time this late '80s set was issued. Lionel Richie and Thomas McClary were both long gone, and the recovery/momentum they'd generated from the...
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Machine Gun
Released: July 1974
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Released: July 1974
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Before the Commodores started having major adult contemporary hits like "Three Times a Lady," "Easy," and "Still," they were happy to be a full-time funk/soul band. The Southerners became...
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Caught in the Act
Released: February 1975
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Released: February 1975
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The sophomore slump wasn't a problem for the Commodores. The band's first album, Machine Gun, was quite promising, but its sophomore album, Caught in the Act, is even stronger. This superb 1975 LP,...
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