Lamont_Dozier-Why_Cant_We_Be_Lovers_The_Definitive_Collection-3CD-FLAC-2005-THEVOiD
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Artist | Lamont Dozier
Title | Why Can't We Be Lovers: The Definitive Collection
Genre | Soul Format | Album
Source | CD Time | 144:56
Label | Sanctuary Records Store | 2005
Catalog | SMETD 232 Rip | 2021
Bitrate | 948 kbps Size | 1034.48 MB
Freq | 44.1 kHz Encoder | FLAC 1.3.1
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CD 1/3
01. Why Can't We Be Lovers 4:02
02. Don't Stop Playing Our Song 3:45
03. If You Don't Want To Be In My Life 2:54
04. The Picture Will Never Change 4:37
05. Don't Leave Me 3:16
06. Don't Leave Me (Instrumental) 2:46
07. New Breed Kinda Woman 2:55
08. Enough Of You Love 2:41
09. Slippin Away 2:48
CD 2/3
01. Breaking Out All Over 5:02
02. Fish Ain't Bitin' 4:19
03. Interlude / Trying To Hold On To My Woman 7:25
04. Out Here On My Own 4:53
05. Take Off Your Makeup 4:46
06. Don't Want Nobody To Come Between Us 4:12
07. Put Out My Fire 4:33
08. Let Me Start Tonite 3:36
09. All Cried Out 4:36
10. I Wanna Be With You 5:49
CD 3/3
01. Going Back To My Roots 9:47
02. Sight For Sore Eyes 5:05
03. Peddlin' Music On The Side 4:46
04. Boogie Business 5:07
05. Love Me To The Max 5:45
06. True Love Is Bittersweet 4:40
07. Tough Act To Follow 3:49
08. You Oughta Be In Pictures 5:17
09. Shout About It 5:26
10. I Ain't Playing 4:43
11. Bigger Then Life 3:37
12. Right Where I Wanna Be 3:36
13. On The One 4:23
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Singer/songwriter/producer Lamont Dozier was part of the legendary
Motown production team of Holland-Dozier-Holland. A galvanizing
force in the '60s pop and R&B chart-dominance of the Detroit-based
independent record label, the trio later formed Invictus and Hot Wax
Records, and enjoyed gold-record-laced success with the Chairmen of
the Board, Freda Payne, 100 Proof Aged in Soul, the Honey Cone, and
8th Day.
At three CDs, this is a big collection of Lamont Dozier's solo work,
certainly. But definitive? How can it be, when his mid-70s ABC
albums aren't represented at all? Instead, it's a rather haphazard
(if extensive) sampling of tracks from various sources, including
the entirety of his Invictus album "Love & Beauty" (which comprises
disc one) and several tracks apiece from four albums done between
1977 and 1983 (which comprise all of disc three). The source for the
ten tracks on disc two, meanwhile, isn't specified; all bear a 2001
copyright date, but the package has no details about them, other
than that this disc has reworked tracks from his 1973 LP "Out Here
On My Own".
It wouldn't matter so much if the music was outstanding, but it
isn't. It's competent, sometimes faceless period
mid-70s-to-early-80s soul, none of the songs reaching the heights of
the material Dozier so often had a hand in creating prior to these
recordings. It's not his voice that's problematic; the singing's
good, if not as good as those of the best artists for whom he wrote
and produced. It's the material that fails to rise above the
average, Dozier by this time having become a reflector of trends
rather than a trendsetter.
That doesn't mean there aren't some items of interest here, like the
hit "Why Can't We Be Lovers" and the ominous, despondent "Out Here
On My Own" (albeit in its vaguely sourced 2001-copyrighted version).
But not only is there not enough good Dozier solo material to make a
solid three-CD set - those who want the best stuff would be far
better served by a concise single-disc compilation of the highlights
in his solo catalog.
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| 102-lamont_dozier-dont_stop_playing_our_song-thevoid.flac | 25,29 MB |
| 103-lamont_dozier-if_you_dont_want_to_be_in_my_life-thevoid.flac | 18,89 MB |
| 104-lamont_dozier-the_picture_will_never_change-thevoid.flac | 31,25 MB |
| 105-lamont_dozier-dont_leave_me-thevoid.flac | 23,16 MB |
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| 107-lamont_dozier-new_breed_kinda_woman-thevoid.flac | 20,24 MB |
| 108-lamont_dozier-enough_of_you_love-thevoid.flac | 18,67 MB |
| 109-lamont_dozier-slippin_away-thevoid.flac | 18,92 MB |
| 201-lamont_dozier-breaking_out_all_over-thevoid.flac | 35,52 MB |
| 202-lamont_dozier-fish_aint_bitin-thevoid.flac | 27,56 MB |
| 203-lamont_dozier-interlude-trying_to_hold_on_to_my_woman-thevoid.flac | 46,02 MB |
| 204-lamont_dozier-out_here_on_my_own-thevoid.flac | 33,91 MB |
| 205-lamont_dozier-take_off_your_makeup-thevoid.flac | 33,08 MB |
| 206-lamont_dozier-dont_want_nobody_to_come_between_us-thevoid.flac | 28,26 MB |
| 207-lamont_dozier-put_out_my_fire-thevoid.flac | 33,04 MB |
| 208-lamont_dozier-let_me_start_tonite-thevoid.flac | 25,66 MB |
| 209-lamont_dozier-all_cried_out-thevoid.flac | 31,57 MB |
| 210-lamont_dozier-i_wanna_be_with_you-thevoid.flac | 42,95 MB |
| 301-lamont_dozier-going_back_to_my_roots-thevoid.flac | 68,44 MB |
| 302-lamont_dozier-sight_for_sore_eyes-thevoid.flac | 35,84 MB |
| 303-lamont_dozier-peddlin_music_on_the_side-thevoid.flac | 30,94 MB |
| 304-lamont_dozier-boogie_business-thevoid.flac | 35,82 MB |
| 305-lamont_dozier-love_me_to_the_max-thevoid.flac | 40,26 MB |
| 306-lamont_dozier-true_love_is_bittersweet-thevoid.flac | 30,27 MB |
| 307-lamont_dozier-tough_act_to_follow-thevoid.flac | 24,76 MB |
| 308-lamont_dozier-you_oughta_be_in_pictures-thevoid.flac | 34,94 MB |
| 309-lamont_dozier-shout_about_it-thevoid.flac | 35,52 MB |
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| 312-lamont_dozier-right_where_i_wanna_be-thevoid.flac | 23,56 MB |
| 313-lamont_dozier-on_the_one-thevoid.flac | 30,82 MB |