2024 the best of bill withers album review
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Digitally remastered 40th Anniversary Edition of the 1971 debut album from the legendary Soul singer/songwriter. Produced by Booker T Jones, it led him spending 14 years having regular appearances in the R&B charts. 'Harlem' is an underground classic and was the original A-Side release before 'Ain't No Sunshine', the b-side, received massive attention and the sides were swapped over for later issues. The bluesy 'Grandma's Hands' reached R&B #18 and Pop #42 shortly after it's release. This song will be familiar to all fans of the R&B #1 hit 'No Diggity' by Blackstreet feat Dr Dre and Queen Pen. Also featured on is Bill's amazing cover version of the Beatles classic 'Let It Be'. BBR.
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
Language : English
Product Dimensions : 5.55 x 4.92 x 0.47 inches; 3.25 ounces
Manufacturer : BBR
Original Release Date : 2012
Date First Available : March 27, 2012
Label : BBR
ASIN : B007NKLTP0
Number of discs : 1
Reviewer: Savino
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Recomendado, no duden en comprarlo
Review: Muy buen álbum, recomendado, además de eso, está remasterizado y para hacerlo aún mejor, el vinilo y la cubierta traen una funda cada uno (antiestática para el vinilo)Llegó sin rayones, ni saltos, no doblado y el sonido sin palabras...
Reviewer: Autumn.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Be still my heart!
Review: He's hip, he's hop and he's all heart. If I could sing like any human ever it would be Billy. Where did he get that voice - the highs, the lows, the mids, the truthfulness? That manner of expression, the sly, but modest knowing? I swear I adore this man. How the hell he ever got a record contract still baffles me. How did some A&R ear hear it...get it? He shouldn't have happened, but he did. Nevermind his influentialness given the fact that you hear his songs covered or sequenced constantly on TV, radio and film. But Bill Withers is a songwriter first and a hitmaker second. Still Bill and Just As I Am are proof. The DVD documentary on the 'B' side, which was made about four years ago, displays our present Bill as aged to perfection, funny, vulnerable, unfooled, pointed and not a drop less Billy then he ever was. All the same characteristics you'll find in this collection. Please know that anyone who can steal, Let It Be off the Beatles..is one humdinger of a raw talent. And further note, I have never heard anyone cover his work and be dead on. Not one is there. Some sincere efforts, but no one can capture whatever is it that Bill Withers puts out. Whadda beauty!
Reviewer: bob dismas
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Just As I Am ... the real deal
Review: One of my all-time favorite albums of the '70s, and it's just as great as my memories of it. Bill Withers -- what a great talent he was. "Just As I Am," exactly right! Nothing bogus, nothing fake, take him for who he is or just don't bother. The bona fide real deal. Just check out his own Harlem and Ain't No Sunshine, the terrific covers of Everybody's Talkin' and Let It Be, and lord almighty, his heartrending Grandma's Hands. Makes me well up with tears and think of my own late Gram whenever I hear it. So glad to have an upgraded version of this classic album in my collection. Highly recommended!
Reviewer: Jazz1152
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Bill Withersâ Debut Album
Review: This is Bill at his best. This CD contains Lean On Me, Grandmaâs Hands, Harlem and much more.Unfortunately, Mr. Withers passed away this year.R.I.P Mr. Withers
Reviewer: kim rain
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: An awesome first album
Review: An awesome first album, full of soul and enthusiasm. I love the soulful music of the 70's and this one is a real gem, not to mention the amazing, ahead of it's time track 'Ain't no sunshine'. The rhythms are way ahead of the trip hop sound, which it undoubtedly influenced, and Bill's voice so wonderfully embodies the story of heartache and love. A must have for soul lovers.
Reviewer: HOWARD
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great
Review: This is my first MOV and I am very impressed If you enjoy great sound and male vocals you wonât be disappointed The first cut on side I hope she will be happier is dynamite
Reviewer: Nate
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great record
Review: Great album with great audio quality. I got this as a holiday gift for my girlfriend and she loves it and listens to it all the time.
Reviewer: JGBC
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A must, 40 th anniversary
Review: Definitely enjoying this, has a lot of music you don't hear much. Recommended !!
Reviewer: Heidrun
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Super Mann
Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: An excellent album, one that gave a soundtrack to my youth in London, running a venerable old folkclub, as it happens - this (along with Still Bill) was on a double cassette, straining to be heard over the wheezing of a huge ancient Gaggia coffee machine. Largely featuring Booker T and The MGs, plus Steve Stills on guitar, rather than the unavailable Steve Cropper, Just As I Am is a real musical force: BW's vocals are so strong and direct and his lyrics written and delivered with such real emotional honesty that these songs still stand up well today. Anyone who could write Ain't No Sunshine, let alone Grandma's Hands or the others on this fine debut, could do no wrong after I first heard them. Great recording too, from the era of great mixing desks, a full range top-to-bottom mix with none of the low-end cut-off that a modern record displays (I was listening on studio monitors, with no Gaggia this time), the band laying down their trademark groove in perfect sync with the songs...
Reviewer: Max1960
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Ottimo album, ottima registrazione. Album da avere assolutamente nella propria collezione discografica. Un must.
Reviewer: Dom.BRMC
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Cd audio livré dans les temps et strictement neuf
Reviewer: Guido Schubert
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Super Sound,das erst mal vorweg, einfach authentisch,kein hochkomprimiertes Zeug,d.h. echt lebendig ,kann man fühlen, was vielen Aufnahmen heute so fehlt.Aber zur Musik, einfach der Hammer...und schade daà es sowas nicht mehr gibt. Wer Songs mit Seele,Rhytmus, Musik die einen packt, ist hier richtig, einfach mal reinhören. ( die älteren unter uns verstehen mich eh..und natürlich ist Musik immer Geschmacksache ! )Aber wer mal echte Instrumente hören möchte 8 Musiker wissen was ich meine..) Dynamik laut ,leise, impulsiv, das isses.