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Hitsville USA, Vol. 2: The Motown Singles Collection 1972-1992 [Box]

Various Artists
4 discs

0. DISC 1:
1. Got to Be There - Michael Jackson
2. Floy Joy - The Supremes
3. Simple Game, A - The Four Tops
4. Walk in the Night - Junior Walker & the All-Stars
5. Ben - Michael Jackson
6. Papa Was a Rollin' Stone - The Temptations
7. Silly Wasn't I - Valerie Simpson
8. Superstition - Stevie Wonder
9. Neither One of Us - Gladys Knight & the Pips
10. Touch Me in the Morning - Diana Ross
11. Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye
12. Keep on Truckin' (Part 1) - Eddie Kendricks
13. Boogie Down - Eddie Kendricks
14. Dancing Machine - The Jackson 5
15. Do It Baby - The Miracles
16. Shoe Shoe Shine - The Dynamic Superiors
17. Harmour Love - Syreeta
18. Love Power - Willie Hutch
19. It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday - G.C. Cameron
20. Love Machine - The Miracles
21. Walk Away From Love - David Ruffin
0. DISC 2:
1. Quiet Storm - Smokey Robinson
2. Love Hangover - Diana Ross
3. I Want You - Marvin Gaye
4. Don't Leave Me This Way - Thelma Houston
5. Got to Give It up (Part 1) - Marvin Gaye
6. Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder
7. Easy - The Commodores
8. You Can't Turn Me Off (In the Middle of Turning Me On) - High Inergy
9. Brick House - The Commodores
10. You and I - Rick James
11. Three Times a Lady - The Commodores
12. There'll Never Be - Switch
13. Heaven Must Have Sent You - Bonnie Pointer
14. Sail On - The Commodores
15. Cruisin' - Smokey Robinson
16. Still - The Commodores
17. With You I'm Born Again - Billy Preston/Syreeta
18. Let's Get Serious - Jermaine Jackson
19. I Need Your Lovin' - Teena Marie
20. Being With You - Smokey Robinson
0. DISC 3:
1. Upside Down - Diana Ross
2. Give It to Me Baby - Rick James
3. One Day in Your Life - Michael Jackson
4. Square Biz - Teena Marie
5. Lady (You Bring Me up) - The Commodores
6. Super Freak (Part 1) - Rick James
7. Right in the Middle (Of Falling in Love) - Bettye LaVette
8. Let It Whip - Dazz Band
9. All Night Long (All Night) - Lionel Richie
10. Time Will Reveal - El DeBarge
11. Don't Look Any Further - Dennie...
12. I Just Called to Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder
13. Treat Her Like a Lady - The Temptations
14. Ebony Eyes - Rick James/Smokey Robinson
15. Night Shift - The Commodores
16. Rhythm of the Night - DeBarge
17. Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell
18. In My House - The Mary Jane Girls
0. DISC 4:
1. Part-Time Lover - Stevie Wonder
2. Who's Johnny - El DeBarge
3. Lady Soul - The Temptations
4. Nail It to the Wall - Stacy Lattisaw
5. Talk to Me - Chico DeBarge
6. Just to See Her - Smokey Robinson
7. One Heartbeat - Smokey Robinson
8. Dial My Heart - The Boys
9. Him or Me - Today
10. Your Sweetness - Good Girls
11. Where Do We Go From Here - Stacy Lattisaw/Johnny Gill
12. Rub You the Right Way - Johnny Gill
13. Slow Motion - Gerald Alston
14. Lesha - Another Bad Creation
15. Motownphilly - Boyz II Men
16. I Love Your Smile - Shanice
17. End of the Road - Boyz II Men
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Additional Info

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 159 027
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HITSVILLE USA VOLUME II:..contains 78 songs by 48 artists on 4 CDs and includes a 68-page booklet with biographies, liner notes and a Motown timeline. 16 of the songs are on CD for the first time.
Compilation producer: Cary E. Mansfield.
Includes liner notes by Terry Barnes, Nelson George, Fred Bronson, Ben Edmonds, Stewart Francke, A. Scott Galloway, Kenny Gordy, Paul Grein, Diana Haig, Steve Ivory, Janine McAdams, David Nathan, David Ritz & Susan Whitall.
Digitally remastered by Bill Inglot & Dan Hersch (DigiPrep, Los Angeles, California).
This is part of the Motown Master Series.
Where the first Hitsville box suffered from not featuring enough material, the sequel suffers from having too many tracks. During the 1970s, the label lost its distinctive sound, although the hits continued to come for a number of years. Unfortunately, as the years progress, the hits become fewer and less distinctive -- they follow the trends, instead of setting them. Perhaps this could have been a successful 2-CD set, but at four discs, there aren't enough gems to justify the hefty price ticket. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Critic Reviews

Rolling Stone (12/23/93, p.148) - 3.5 Stars - Good Plus - "...Most people think the Motown era ended in 1969 with "I Want You Back"--this set argues otherwise. From Michael Jackson's "Got To Be There" to "End Of The Road" by Boyz II Men, there's plenty of chart history here along with a lot of good singles...."