UPC: 888837422024
Format: CD (2 disc)
Release Date: Aug 20, 2013
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Liner Note Author: Lynell George.
Photographer: Don Hunstein.
More generous than the 20-track The Very Best Of, Essential Bill Withers is a 34-track anthology that features all of Withers' notable singles, along with other highlights from the singer's albums for the Sussex and Columbia labels, from 1971's Just as I Am through 1985's Watching You Watching Me. This is a fine and extensive introduction to Withers' catalog, featuring "Ain't No Sunshine," "Lean on Me," "Use Me," "Lovely Day," and "The Same Love That Made Me Laugh." He also recorded scads of excellent deep album cuts that could not fit. In 2013, the lovingly packaged The Complete Sussex and Columbia Albums Collection -- released the previous year -- retailed for roughly three times the price of this set. Anyone with a serious interest in Withers' work should seriously consider that option, though it doesn't contain "Just the Two of Us," the big hit from Grover Washington, Jr.'s Winelight album. ~ Andy Kellman
Photographer: Don Hunstein.
More generous than the 20-track The Very Best Of, Essential Bill Withers is a 34-track anthology that features all of Withers' notable singles, along with other highlights from the singer's albums for the Sussex and Columbia labels, from 1971's Just as I Am through 1985's Watching You Watching Me. This is a fine and extensive introduction to Withers' catalog, featuring "Ain't No Sunshine," "Lean on Me," "Use Me," "Lovely Day," and "The Same Love That Made Me Laugh." He also recorded scads of excellent deep album cuts that could not fit. In 2013, the lovingly packaged The Complete Sussex and Columbia Albums Collection -- released the previous year -- retailed for roughly three times the price of this set. Anyone with a serious interest in Withers' work should seriously consider that option, though it doesn't contain "Just the Two of Us," the big hit from Grover Washington, Jr.'s Winelight album. ~ Andy Kellman
Tracks:
Disc 1:
1 - Better Days (Theme from Man and Boy)
2 - Ain't No Sunshine
3 - Harlem
4 - Grandma's Hands
5 - Hope She'll Be Happier
6 - Better Off Dead
7 - Lonely Town, Lonely Street
8 - Let Me in Your Life
9 - Who Is He (And What Is He to You)?
10 - Use Me
11 - Friend of Mine
12 - I Can't Write Left-Handed
13 - Lean on Me
14 - Make a Smile for Me
15 - Same Love That Made Me Laugh
16 - Heartbreak Road
17 - Railroad Man
Disc 2:
1 - Family Table
2 - Best You Can
3 - Hello Like Before
4 - I Wish You Well
5 - Don't You Want to Stay?
6 - I'll Be with You
7 - My Imagination
8 - Lovely Day
9 - I Want to Spend the Night
10 - Tender Things
11 - Let Me Be the One You Need
12 - Memories Are That Way
13 - Soul Shadows
14 - Just the Two of Us
15 - In the Name of Love
16 - We Could Be Sweet Lovers
17 - Something That Turns You On
1 - Better Days (Theme from Man and Boy)
2 - Ain't No Sunshine
3 - Harlem
4 - Grandma's Hands
5 - Hope She'll Be Happier
6 - Better Off Dead
7 - Lonely Town, Lonely Street
8 - Let Me in Your Life
9 - Who Is He (And What Is He to You)?
10 - Use Me
11 - Friend of Mine
12 - I Can't Write Left-Handed
13 - Lean on Me
14 - Make a Smile for Me
15 - Same Love That Made Me Laugh
16 - Heartbreak Road
17 - Railroad Man
Disc 2:
1 - Family Table
2 - Best You Can
3 - Hello Like Before
4 - I Wish You Well
5 - Don't You Want to Stay?
6 - I'll Be with You
7 - My Imagination
8 - Lovely Day
9 - I Want to Spend the Night
10 - Tender Things
11 - Let Me Be the One You Need
12 - Memories Are That Way
13 - Soul Shadows
14 - Just the Two of Us
15 - In the Name of Love
16 - We Could Be Sweet Lovers
17 - Something That Turns You On