UPC: 886919682922
Format: CD
Release Date: Apr 16, 2012
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Liner Note Author: Fonzi Thornton.
Photographer: Kevin Westenberg.
Three of the 15 songs on this Luther Vandross compilation qualify as hidden. Out of those three, one was released on the soundtrack to Hero (1992), another was pulled from the soundtrack to Money Train (1995), and the third track was a bonus cut on the Japanese edition of Luther Vandross (2001). They are not quite gems, but dedicated fans should be happy to have them in one spot. Out of the remaining dozen tracks, two come from gold-selling releases and ten were issued on albums that went platinum and double platinum. So, those are not exactly hidden or "seldom heard," as a press release was crazy enough to claim. Hidden Gems is more like the missing fifth disc from the Love, Luther box set released in 2007. Between the releases, only two songs overlap, and this adds depth with not much filler, though it could have been more generous with '80s cuts and not so reliant upon relatively tepid '90s material. The liner notes, written by Vandross' longtime associate Fonzi Thornton, are a great touch. ~ Andy Kellman
Photographer: Kevin Westenberg.
Three of the 15 songs on this Luther Vandross compilation qualify as hidden. Out of those three, one was released on the soundtrack to Hero (1992), another was pulled from the soundtrack to Money Train (1995), and the third track was a bonus cut on the Japanese edition of Luther Vandross (2001). They are not quite gems, but dedicated fans should be happy to have them in one spot. Out of the remaining dozen tracks, two come from gold-selling releases and ten were issued on albums that went platinum and double platinum. So, those are not exactly hidden or "seldom heard," as a press release was crazy enough to claim. Hidden Gems is more like the missing fifth disc from the Love, Luther box set released in 2007. Between the releases, only two songs overlap, and this adds depth with not much filler, though it could have been more generous with '80s cuts and not so reliant upon relatively tepid '90s material. The liner notes, written by Vandross' longtime associate Fonzi Thornton, are a great touch. ~ Andy Kellman
Tracks:
1 - When You Call on Me (Baby That's When I Come Runnin')
2 - Once You Know How
3 - I Know You Want To
4 - Once Were Lovers
5 - You Stopped Loving Me
6 - Impossible Dream
7 - Are You Using Me?
8 - Goin' Out of My Head
9 - Thrill I'm In [Radio Mix]
10 - Heart of a Hero
11 - Buy Me a Rose
12 - I (Who Have Nothing)
13 - I'd Rather
14 - Like I'm Invisible
15 - You Really Started Something
2 - Once You Know How
3 - I Know You Want To
4 - Once Were Lovers
5 - You Stopped Loving Me
6 - Impossible Dream
7 - Are You Using Me?
8 - Goin' Out of My Head
9 - Thrill I'm In [Radio Mix]
10 - Heart of a Hero
11 - Buy Me a Rose
12 - I (Who Have Nothing)
13 - I'd Rather
14 - Like I'm Invisible
15 - You Really Started Something