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20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best Of Motown '80s, Vol.1,Various Artists

- 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best Of Motown '80s, Vol.1
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Various Artists
Released 2002

Let It Whip
04:44
4,826 plays

Don't Look Any Further
04:06
4,673 plays

Somebody's Watching Me
03:55
44,836 plays

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songs

- 1
- I'm Coming Out
- 03:56
- 3,498 plays

- 2
- Treat Her Like A Lady
- 04:16
- 2,357 plays

- 3
- In My House (12-inch Mix)
- 05:05
- 3,771 plays

- 4
- Give It To Me Baby
- 04:05
- 3,437 plays

- 5
- Rhythm Of The Night
- 03:48
- 3,096 plays

- 6
- Nightshift (12-inch Club Mix)
- 07:03
- 2,698 plays

- 7
- Being With You
- 04:05
- 2,138 plays

- 8
- Farewell My Summer Love
- 03:43
- 3,300 plays

- 9
- Somebody's Watching Me
- 03:55
- 44,836 plays

- 10
- Let It Whip
- 04:44
- 4,826 plays

- 11
- Don't Look Any Further
- 04:06
- 4,673 plays

- 12
- Let's Get Serious
- 08:03
- 2,000 plays

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album review

This discount-priced compilation of Motown hits from 1980-1985 includes the work of longtime label artists like Diana Ross ("I'm Coming Out"), the Temptations ("Treat Her Like a Lady"), and Smokey Robinson ("Being With You"), as well as relatively new ones such as Rick James ("Give It to Me Baby"), DeBarge ("Rhythm of the Night"), and the Dazz Band ("Let It Whip"). The inclusion of Michael Jackson's "Farewell My Summer Love" is something of a ringer, since it is a track Jackson actually recorded in 1974, given overdubs and a remix to cash in on his Thriller fame in 1984. One-hit wonder Rockwell (aka Kennedy Gordy, son of Motown president Berry Gordy, Jr.) actually has Jackson singing on the chorus of his novelty "Somebody's Watching Me," however, along with Jackson's brother Jermaine, who stayed with Motown when the Jackson 5 decamped and is featured on his own hit, the Stevie Wonder-written and -produced "Let's Get Serious." The collection, which is released with a companion second volume, demonstrates that Motown was still scoring hits in contemporary urban styles long after its 1960s heyday. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide