Lossless Album - CD Box Set

A budget three-CD set, Soul Hits of the 80's collects some of that awkward decade's soul moments from the Columbia/Sony catalog. Note the author's use of "moments" and the title's use of "hits," because they are, in fact, talking about the same songs. Not everything here was a hit, with some of the songs just squeaking into the Billboard Top 100; however, regardless of chart position, they do represent the era very well. There's a broad range of work here, from jazz crossovers like Stanley Jordan with "Heaven Sent You" and Grover Washington with "Summer Nights" to straight pop crossovers like Deniece Williams with "Let's Hear It for the Boy" and the classic and true hit "Easy Lover" by Philip Bailey and Phil Collins. Other actual chart-toppers here include "Juicy Fruit" by Mtume, Herbie Hancock with the seismic hit "Rockit," and one-hit wonder Johnny Kemp with "Just Got Paid." Luther Vandross, Teena Marie, Bill Withers, Babyface, and Regina Belle are a few of the others whose tracks pepper this 40-song (!) collection. It's not definitive, but does a fine job of representing just how broad soul music's reach had become in the '80s.

Every track on this 3 CD set was a top 15 hit! The inclusion of Cliff's hit single "What Car?" from 2005 makes this the most up-to-date Cliff compilation on the market. Between 1959 to 2005, he had a staggering 36 top 10 albums including 7 no. 1's. He has sold almost 21 million singles in the UK was awarded the Outstanding Contribution to British Music at the 1989 BRITS, was made an OBE in 1980 and knighted in 1995. He also holds the unique achievement of a UK no. 1 in five different decades. He remains an institution in Britain, where he is one of our most popular entertainers of all time.

A budget three-CD set, Soul Hits of the 80's collects some of that awkward decade's soul moments from the Columbia/Sony catalog. Note the author's use of "moments" and the title's use of "hits," because they are, in fact, talking about the same songs. Not everything here was a hit, with some of the songs just squeaking into the Billboard Top 100; however, regardless of chart position, they do represent the era very well. There's a broad range of work here, from jazz crossovers like Stanley Jordan with "Heaven Sent You" and Grover Washington with "Summer Nights" to straight pop crossovers like Deniece Williams with "Let's Hear It for the Boy" and the classic and true hit "Easy Lover" by Philip Bailey and Phil Collins. Other actual chart-toppers here include "Juicy Fruit" by Mtume, Herbie Hancock with the seismic hit "Rockit," and one-hit wonder Johnny Kemp with "Just Got Paid." Luther Vandross, Teena Marie, Bill Withers, Babyface, and Regina Belle are a few of the others whose tracks pepper this 40-song (!) collection. It's not definitive, but does a fine job of representing just how broad soul music's reach had become in the '80s. ~ Wade Kergan

Every track on this 3 CD set was a top 15 hit! The inclusion of Cliff's hit single "What Car?" from 2005 makes this the most up-to-date Cliff compilation on the market. Between 1959 to 2005, he had a staggering 36 top 10 albums including 7 no. 1's. He has sold almost 21 million singles in the UK was awarded the Outstanding Contribution to British Music at the 1989 BRITS, was made an OBE in 1980 and knighted in 1995. He also holds the unique achievement of a UK no. 1 in five different decades. He remains an institution in Britain, where he is one of our most popular entertainers of all time.