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More Hits/Supremes Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland

The Supremes - More Hits/Supremes Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland Audio CD

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Band: The Supremes
Title: More Hits/Supremes Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland
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Release Date: 2004-08-09
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Ask Any Girl 2: Nothing But Heartaches 3: Mother Dear 4: Stop! In the Name of Love 5: Honey Boy 6: Back in My Arms Again 7: Whisper You Love Me Boy 8: Only Time I'm Happy 9: He Holds His Own 10: Who Could Ever Doubt My Love 11: (I'm So Glad) Heartaches Don't Last Always 12: I'm in Love Again 13: You Keep Me Hangin' On 14: You're Gone (But Always in My Heart) A.K.A. Always in My Heart 15: Love Is Here and Now You're Gone 16: I Wanna Mother You, Smother You With Love 17: I'll Guess I'll Always Love You 18: I'll Turn to Stone 19: It's the Same Old Song 20: Going Down for the Third Time 21: Love in Our Hearts 22: Remove This Doubt 23: There's No Stopping Us Now 24: Heatwave

interesting yet odd pairing
but this 2-cd set is an odd match. i'm happy that many of the motown albums are being re-released in box sets and pairings.

'more hits', to me, was a album that had a great a-side and a spotty b-side that was highlighted by the shimmery cover of mary wells' 'whisper you love me boy'. what an arrangement! from the finger snaps and piano cutting through that smooth veil of organ, mary and florence to the play in and diana's lead vocal to its modulation to d-flat for the last refrain, it's motown classic! but when an album's a-side has two chart-toppers, what can a songwriting team do, right?

well, for starters they put together an album of their own material for the three princesses of the label to work out. and they work it out! pure and simple. the first cut is 'you keep me hangin' on' and it's brilliant. and it doesn't let down from there. even a cover like 'i'll turn to stone' or 'it's the same old song' if effective in its setting. the dance tunes are matched by the ballads, especially 'remove this doubt' with its unique sampling of richard rodgers' 'slaughter on tenth avenue' smack dab in the middle. that took some nerve but the old guy was probably flattered (and paid off--let's be real).

Two Fine Albums on One CD
Though the big single-hits like "Stop in the Name of Love" and "You Keep Me Hanging On" stand out, both albums are really quite consistent. This is another compilation available of two original Supremes albums on one CD. The songwriting team Holland/Dozier/Holland wrote all the songs which is obviously part of the reasons for its consistency, but the singing and playing is great throughout the albums.

Among the lesser-known album tracks "Who Coul Ever Doubt My Love", Heartaches Don't Last Always" and "I'm In Love Again" ( all from "More Hits" ) along with "Mother You, Smother You" "It's the Same Old Song" and "There's No Stopping Us Now" from "Sing Holland/Dozier/Holland" stand out.

Recommended for all fans of the Tamla-Motown sounds.

Two Of The Greatest Albums From The 1960s

More Hits by the Supremes was the third of five albums released by the trio in 1965 and is one of the greatest albums ever, period. Though the Supremes are acknowledged as having some of the best singles from the 1960s, it is oftentimes overlooked that Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson and Diana Ross had albums that not only defined an era, but will continue to stand the test of time. The 12 songs - clocking about 33 minutes - were written by Brian Holland-Lamont Dozier-Eddie Holland, with the music performed by The Funk Brothers.

The album features two number one singles - what could be called the trio's signature song - Stop! In the Name of Love and Back in My Arms Again, along with a single that peaked at number two, Nothing But Heartaches. The B-sides - I'm In Love Again, Whisper You Love Me Boy and He Holds His Own, respectively, demonstrates the quality of the chart-toppers, since they could have been strong singles.

The gamut of emotions when falling in love are timeless in Honey Boy and Who Could Ever Doubt My Love, the latter being so underrated due to the quality of cuts on the album.

Released in January 1967, The Supremes Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland, is an equally solid release, with two number one singles - You Keep Me Hangin' On & Love is Here and Now You're Gone - in a 12-song album whose running time is about 32 minutes.

There are covers of four H-D-H hits for other Motown artists - I Guess I'll Always Love You, It's the Same Old Song, I'll Turn to Stone and (Love is Like a) Heat Wave - but the Supremes add their own spark to these classic songs. The roller-coaster emotions of love are felt in I Wanna Mother You, Smother You with Love & Remove This Doubt.

The albums are on one slick-looking CD, the cover is a great photo of the trio, with the the dual CD jewel case having sleeves with the original album art. The historical significance of the albums cannot be stated strongly enough.

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This cd contains the REAL best of the Supremes.
These 3 women had a very long string of hit singles and albums. Before Diana Ross and the Supremes, there were THE SUPREMES, the original Supremes. Of all the recording packages released, this collection has included many of the most profound compositions of Holland, Dozier, Holland. The vocal performances are as memorable as the band tracks. The recordings are virtually all in stereo as intended. I have all of the Supremes collections and anthologies but none of them contain all of the songs listed here. Maybe someday they might re master this set of songs in 24 bit. This music is marvelous.

Halcyon Supremes

This was the songwriting team most associated with the Supremes during their heyday, and both albums were produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier. Although four albums separate 1965's More Hits By The Supremes and 1967's The Supremes Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland, these two albums make natural partners since both feature only the compositions of Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland (abetted on I'll Turn To Stone by R Dean Taylor). In the UK the second album was cautiously re-titled The Supremes Sing Motown in case the names were insufficiently familiar.

Some of the most halcyon Supremes hits are on this album - You Keep Me Hangin' On, Stop! In The Name of Love, Love is Here And Now You're Gone, Back In My Arms Again, Nothing But heartaches - and all the B-sides, almost equally good, and including Going Down For The Third Time, which could have been an A-side but turned up later in the year as the flip of Reflections.

Ask Any Girl is the oldest recording, having first been the B-side of Baby Love in 1964, and was also on their earlier Where Did Our Love Go? album in a slightly longer mix. Similarly, You're Gone But Always In My Heart had first seen service as the B-side of Come See About Me in 1964. Honey Boy, He Holds His own and Whisper You Love Me Boy had earlier been assigned to Mary Wells, while I Guess I'll Always Love You had been a hit for the Isley Brothers, Heatwave for Martha and the Vandellas and It's The Same Old Song for the Four Tops. They also had I'll Turn To Stone on a B-side but the Supremes' take on the song came out first.

Both stereo albums feature the classic Supremes line-up of Diana Ross, Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard and the top line of brilliant uncredited Motown musicians who contribute so much to this solid 65 minutes, which will be over more quickly than you could imagine. Put it on repeat play.

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