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The Essential Lou Rawls

Lou Rawls
2 discs

0. DISC 1:
1. You'll Never Find Another Like Me
2. Groovy People
3. Natural Man, A
4. Love Is a Hurtin' Thing
5. Early Morning Love
6. Spring Again
7. See You When I Git There
8. This Song Will Last Forever
9. Let's Fall in Love All Over Again
10. Time
11. We Understand Each Other
12. I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water
13. (What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue
14. Dead End Street
15. Tobacco Road
16. All the Way
0. DISC 2:
1. Lady Love
2. One Life to Live
3. There Will Be Love
4. I Wish It Were Yesterday
5. Not the Staying Kind
6. If I Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda
7. Let Me Be Good to You
8. Sit Down and Tal to Me
9. Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One)
10. You Are
11. Be Anything (But Be Mine)
12. She's Gone
13. I Can't Make It Alone
14. How Long, How Long Blues
15. Your Good Thing (Is About to End)
16. Show Business
17. You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine (Live)
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Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 8869717475
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Alongside the Right Stuff's two-disc ANTHOLOGY compilation, ESSENTIAL is one of the best Lou Rawls collections on the market, arguably besting that set with its song selection, sequencing, and overall presentation. Rawls's genius was in his blending of blues, jazz, and pop, and that genius shines through on all 37 tracks here.
Whether it's the Philly Soul smoothness of latter-period Rawls (the collection kicks off with "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine," one of his most successful singles), or the rawer, bluesier fare of his early career ("Tobacco Road"), the many faces of Lou Rawls are assembled here with care. Even given his many stylistic shifts, the set hangs together beautifully, thanks almost entirely to the man's inimitable, elegant singing.