VA - 50 Great Soul Ballads (A Butterboy Compilation) CD1+CD2 REPOST

  

SOUL BALLADS

VA - 50 Great Soul Ballads (A Butterboy Compilation) CD1+CD2            REPOST

A Great Soul Ballad is something very special indeed. It will move you and have you questing your own feelings or just confirm how you may have felt before. The best ones resonate with you because they articulate how you felt at a particular time in life. To me these are life songs with heart.

Here is my stab at some of the greatest Soul Ballads. Each tells a story and offers a reminder of relationships that work or didn't. Some are heartbreaking, some are political, some are fun, but all are Great Soul Songs that are absolutely magical. When Gene Chandler sings "Rainbow" you want to cry. His feelings are amplified by his beautiful voice and vocal styling (and of course the music). And again, When Rene Geyer sings James Brown's "It's A Man's Man's World". Just fantastic. So many great soul ballads here.

As usual there are so many songs to choose from that would fit into this comp. These are the ones that resonate with me. Enjoy!

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Tracks CD1

01 Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing 04:00 [1982]
02 Delfonics - Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) 03:22 [1969]
03 Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes For You 03:22 [1959]
04 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Cruisin' 04:21 [1979]
05 Percy Sledge - When a Man Loves a Woman 02:56 [1966]
06 Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You) 02:45 [1967]
07 Al Green - Let's Stay Together 03:17 [1972]
08 Platters - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes [1958] 02:38 [1958]
09 Sam & Dave - When Something Is Wrong With My Baby 03:19 [1966]
10 Esther Phillips - Release Me 03:19 [1970]
11 Ruth Brown - Oh What A Dream 02:57 [1954]
12 Irma Thomas - Wish Someone Would Care 02:21 [1964]
13 Percy Mayfield - Please Send Me Someone To Love 02:54 [1950]
14 Graham Central Station - Your Love 03:22 [1975]
15 Otis Redding - I've Been Loving You Too Long 03:12 [1965]
16 Ray Charles - Drown In My Own Tears 03:22 [1964]
17 Tyrone Davis - Can I Change My Mind 02:47 [1968]
18 Clarence Carter - Slip Away 02:31 [1968]
19 Percy Milem - I Don't Know What You've Got (But It's Got Me) 03:01 [1967]
20 Prince & The Revolution - When Doves Cry 03:51 [1984]
21 Little Willie John - I Need Your Love So Bad 02:15 [1956]
22 James Brown - Try Me 02:30 [1958]
23 Clyde McPhatter - Without Love (There Is Nothing) 02:55 [1956]
24 Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - If You Don't Know Me By Now 03:27 [1972]
25 Aaron Neville - Tell It Like It Is 02:42 [1966]

Tracks CD2

26 Five Satins - In The Still Of The Night 03:03 [1956]
27 Chuck Willis - It's Too Late 02:34 [1956]
28 Chi-Lites - Oh Girl 03:36 [1972]
29 Ben E. King - Young Boy Blues 02:21 [1964]
30 Barbara Lynn - You'll Lose A Good Thing 02:40 [1962]
31 Jerry Butler - He Will Break Your Heart 02:50 [1960]
32 Miracles - Ooo Baby Baby 02:44 [1969]
33 Gene Chandler - Rainbow 02:51 [1965]
34 Dionne Warwick - Don't Make Me Over 03:23 [1963]
35 Allen Toussaint - On Your Way Down 04:02 [1972]
36 Luther Ingram - (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right 03:36 [1972]
37 Solomon Burke - Got To Get You Off My Mind 02:36 [1965]
38 Renee Geyer - It's A Man's Man's World 03:32 [1983]
39 Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go 02:35 [1964]
40 Sam Cooke - You Send Me 02:46 [1957]
41 Main Ingredient - Everybody Plays The Fool 03:24 [1967]
42 Little Anthony & The Imperials - Goin' Out Of My Head 02:30 [1964]
43 Prince - Diamonds and Pearls 04:20 [1991]
44 Jackson 5 - I'll Be There 03:58 [1970]
45 Jesse Belvin - Goodnight My Love 03:08 [1959]
46 Fats Domino - The Fat Man 02:33 [1949]
47 Rufus & Chaka Khan - Sweet Thing 03:22 [1973]
48 Etta James - At Last 03:02 [1960]
49 Otis Redding - Try A Little Tenderness 03:19 [1966]
50 Marvin Gaye - What's Going On 03:53 [1971]
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