The Best of Gladys Knight & the Pips
Gladys Knight & The Pips
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| Name | Artist | Time | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Landlord | Gladys Knight & The Pips | 4:28 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 2 | Taste of Bitter Love | Gladys Knight & The Pips | 4:37 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 3 | Still Such a Thing | Gladys Knight & The Pips | 5:28 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 4 | Bourgié Bourgié | Gladys Knight & The Pips | 4:37 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 5 | I Will Fight | Gladys Knight & The Pips | 4:08 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 6 | A Friend of Mine | Gladys Knight & The Pips | 3:19 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 7 | Save the Overtime (For Me) | Gladys Knight & The Pips | 4:42 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 8 | You're Number One (In My Book) | Gladys Knight & The Pips | 5:11 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 9 | Hero (Wind Beneath My Wings) | Gladys Knight & The Pips | 3:43 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 10 | When You're Far Away | Gladys Knight & The Pips | 5:49 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 11 | My Time | Gladys Knight & The Pips | 4:58 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 12 | Keep Givin' Me Love | Gladys Knight & The Pips | 4:22 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 13 | Medley (Live) | Gladys Knight & The Pips | 9:59 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 14 | Midnight Train to Georgia (Live) | Gladys Knight & The Pips | 2:54 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 15 | I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Live) | Gladys Knight & The Pips | 5:23 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 15 Songs |
Album Review
The title of Columbia/Legacy's 2001 release The Best of Gladys Knight & the Pips is patently untrue. If this was called "The Best of Gladys Knight & the Pips: 1980-1985" it would be truth in advertising, since the first 12 tracks chronicle her and the Pips' minor R&B hits from that time period. Of these songs, only two — "Landlord" and "Save the Overtime (For Me)" — made the pop charts, and while that isn't necessary a sign that they're not great, it does show that a pop-oriented soul group couldn't make the pop charts with these recordings. There is some good material here, since they worked with Ashford & Simpson and Leon Sylvers during this time (plus there's the original version of "Wind Beneath My Wings," originally called "Hero"), and this summarizes this era very well (even if the live Motown medley and live versions of "Midnight Train to Georgia" and "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" feel like tacky tacked-on bonus tracks). Just don't think that this is the best the group did.
Recent Customer Reviews
Always first class
by mikethesaxGladys hasn't recorded anything that isn't first rate. The highlight of this album for me is Nashville studio keyboard player/arranger Ron Oates work on "Wind Beneath My Wings" Larry Henley's masterpiece song. This album is worth every penny and more. Quality music all the way. No one has taken her place in pop music and that means a huge loss in quality. On the other hand, Oates has been a bright light in Nashville for thirty nine years and still going strong.
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- $9.99
- Genres: R&B/Soul, Music, Quiet Storm, Soul
- Released: Aug 21, 2001
- ℗ 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1998, 2001 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
