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Motown Anthology [Chuck Jackson] [CD] [1 disc]

Chuck Jackson
1 disc

1. (You Can't Let the Boy Overpower) The Man in You
2. Your Wonderful Love
3. Lonely Lonely Man Am I
4. Ain't No Sun Since You've Been Gone
5. I Can't Go on Sharing Your Love
6. Forgive My Jealousy
7. To See the Sun Again
8. What Am I Gonna Do Without You'
9. I Like Everything About You
10. We'll Find a Way
11. Where You Gonna Run to Now
12. Girls Girls Girls
13. Are You Lonely For Me Baby
14. Honey Come Back
15. Can You Feel It, Babe
16. Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever
17. Cry Like a Baby
18. You Keep Running Away
19. Can I Change My Mind
20. I'd Still Love You
21. Chokin' Kind
22. Day My World Stood Still
23. No More Water in the Well
24. Rosalind
25. Let Somebody Love Me
26. I Can't Let My Heaven Walk Away
27. Is There Anything Love Can't Do
28. Thrill Is Gone
29. Baby, I'll Get It
30. Rainy Night in Georgia
31. Just a Little Love (Before My Life Is Gone)
32. I'll Fight It ('Til I Win Your Love)
33. There's a Rainbow in Your Heart
34. Tow Feet From Happiness
35. That's Me Lovin' You
36. Have You Heard About the Fool
37. Pet Names
38. Who You Gonna Run To
39. It Must Be Love Baby
40. Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)
41. Nothing Can Ever Come Between Us (Previously Unreleased)
42. Fan the Flame (Previously Unreleased)
43. Thanks But No Thanks (Previously Unreleased)
44. At Last I Found a True Love (Previously Unreleased)
45. Without Your Love (Previously Unreleased)
46. Here Come the Morning (Previously Unreleased)
47. Helpless (Previously Unreleased)
48. Pin Point It Down (Previously Unreleased)
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Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 9832931
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Chuck Jackson's MOTOWN ANTHOLOGY brings together three separate albums from the incomparable R&B star--CHUCK JACKSON ARRIVES, GOING BACK TO CHUCK JACKSON, and TEARDROPS KEEP FALLING ON MY HEART. These rare LPs, valued by many collectors, are now available on this double CD alongside a slew of even rarer 45 recordings and previosly unheard tracks.
Everything from Chuck Jackson's three Motown albums is included on this two-CD compilation, along with 12 rare cuts covering his non-LP single "Pet Names," a couple tracks that didn't surface until after 2000 on Motown rarity anthologies, and nine songs that were released here for the first time. While it's good to have this rare material so thoroughly and conveniently collected into one place, it's neither among Jackson's best work nor among the better off the beaten track Motown sides. The Jackson-Motown combination should have worked better than it did, but for whatever reason, his 1967-1971 recordings for the label didn't click. In fact, to be blunt, this is some of the blander Motown material of the era, and Jackson's vocals are a little too brusque and overwrought to suit the songs. It's true that many of the songs were penned by top Motown writers like Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, and Ivy Joe Hunter, but you get the feeling that the composers (and label) were holding back their best stuff for other performers. It bears a competent and representative late-'60s Motown sound; it's just mediocre by the label's (and, to a lesser degree, performer's) own high standards. At least the dozen rare cuts are not obvious rejects, though Smokey Robinson's "Pet Names" is an awkward "get hip with the psychedelic funk times" effort ("I got a love so I don't need smoke, coke or speed"). ~ Richie Unterberger