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While in the 80's, they've still shown their strength in R&B, they haven't been able to capture the eyes with music lovers everywhere, where they were going to artists like Prince, Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston. While there were a few tracks that were sadly overlooked in the collection like My Sugar, All In The Name Of Love, and Unconditional Love, it still stands up as a strong Atlantic Starr album.All in all, if you haven't heard of an Atlantic Starr album before, than I absolutely recommend you get the Atlantic Starr Ultimate Collection. While R&B acts, were heading towards the styles of a Pop sound, to compliment the appeal to the new generation of MTV, there were honestly those who were just strong enough to make great songs.
The collection includes all of their classics ranging from Adult Contemporary, to smooth R&B including their #1 standard Always, Touch A Four Leaf Clover, and their New Jack Swing dance song Love Crazy, as well as simple ballads like the overlooked Masterpiece and My First Love, which you can only find as a download on this album, on this music service, where others MP3 services like Rhapsody and Napster have overlooked some of these gems. It really stands out very well, and delivers a near flawless reflection of a group known for their melodies, rather than their hype. The songs here have all been restored nicely, and re-introduce a classic guilty pleasure called R&B to a whole new generation of fans.
When it has came down to 80's R&B, there really have been few simple and elequent guilty pleasures. While there have been lesser-known collections like the 20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection for downloads, none of them are simple as dominant as this one. This is a unique masterpiece of an album, and you'll feel the secret lovers on a great collection.Songs: B+Price: BRemastering: B+Overall: B+
That was honestly the case with Atlantic Starr. But the syrpuy ballads still hadn't stopped them throughout the 80's and early 90's from making great songs, and now one of their most definitive hits collection has finally made it to Amazon.com's MP3 downloads.The 2000 Ultimate Collection: Atlantic Starr is a simple and straight-forward of the R&B group through their biggest days on top of the charts.
It contains all of the old favorites, with the different female vocalists, and it's nothing but pure joy. This CD is wonderful. I listen it constantly.
The Cd stayed on track with the hits and some good ballards.This one should be added to your collection
Then came many other hits, My personal favorite is "Always", that is a such a beautiful song. I am still not sure to this day why that song was not a bigger hit than it was.
I recommend this album to you, if you've always been a fan of Atlantic Starr or just recently discovered there music. Other standout tracks are All In The Name Of Love and Masterpiece.
I remember when Atlantic Starr first appeared on the charts back in 1985 with there big hit "Secret Lovers". Another personal favorite of mine is "If Your Heart Isn't In It".
Make your sure you pick up a copy. I remember purchasing the 45rpm back then.
It should be included in everyone's marriage song list.
It misses a few of their later hits but all in all a very good buy. This was a excellent greatest hits CD.
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