Motown Remixed

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Customer reviews

review by: M2 date: 2008-11-16 rating:
Pretty Much Works...
Funny thing is, I was listening to an on-line radio station that played a song from this compilation (I Just Want To Celebrate by Rare Earth) and I decided to buy the CD. Then I realized I owned it!

It is a little hard to get over the remixes of these Motown classics, but once you get past that this is really a well-done CD, with one exception. The Temptations 'Papa Was A Rolling Stone' just didn't cut it for me. It sounds out of synch with the remix; but otherwise there are some great tracks on here, the aforementioned Rare Earth being one of them as well as Stevie Wonder's 'Signed, Sealed, and Delivered.' It also has a balanced mix of ballads worked in.

Yes, if you are a diehard Motown affectionado, then the aforementioned advice to steer clear is sound. But if you are open to the experimentation of the remix, and want a thumping great CD to listen to in your car (I rip mine to my Zune `cause my Yaris has an auxiliary jack in it, which is wonderful!), then this is the CD to buy. I've heard the second one didn't fare as well, I am shying away from it based on all the bad reviews it go; but this one is worth the money if you are looking for an interesting remix of some Motown classics!

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review by: Mac date: 2008-09-13 rating:
Exceptional Motown remixes !
I am a huge Motown fan and was skeptical of how they would remix this album as I also listent to alot of house , but do not like them mixed.

I was not diapointed at all. The original beats were kept in place but with the up-tempo style that is needed to give it that little extra "ummph". This is a great CD from the very first song from the Jacksons(which is my favorite) to the ending Rick James remix of Mary Jane.

A MUST have for Motown fans who enjoy an up-tempo style.

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review by: Dwayne date: 2008-03-16 rating:
Perfect for road trips
CD's like this are perfect to drive to when you are ging on a road trip. It takes you down memory lane, and the middle lane of the highway snapping your fingers and tapping your feet.

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review by: Andre' Grindle date: 2007-07-21 rating:
Reinvention Is The Spice Of Music
This first in what I hope is a long line of many Motown remix CD's.Since the album is a set of fifteen distinct remixes the best way I can think to review this is cut by cut so.....phew here I go:
I WANT YOU BACK-Unlike the J5's classic original this one is far more stripped down to allow the groove to shine through and the vocals to stick right out at you.
I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE-Randy Watson really threw on the latin percussion very heavily for this one-again the groove is emphasized over the production.
LET'S GET IT ON-NO DISRESPECT toward Marvin Gaye;he was THE MAN!!!!But I find this mix of his 1973 to be far more sophisticated then his orignal.By 1973 the music on the original still had a very strong 60's flavor.This smooth kind of early 80'ish pop/soul backdrop actually brings out the raw sexuallity of the original to a more pronounced degree.
SIGNED SEALED DELIVERED I'M YOURS-DJ Smash really let go the heavy turn table funk let loose and the beats slam at you the same way Stevie's as always animated singing did.
ABC-Krunk was at it's peak when this was made and it shows;basically it turns out to be a mere update of the J5's equally slamming,funky original!
I JUST WANT TO CELEBRATE-This is amazing!The collage of sound and wah wah's make for more of a heavy funk version then the originals more rockish sound!
PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE-Yes this appeared on the new Motown Remixed, Vol. 2 but this version didn't get the recognition that the new one did;this being more of a straight modernization of the original then the new version.But I love both and they sound fantastic.
QUIET STORM-Not that Smokey's wasn't chilled out enough this one does so even more by stripping back about 75& of what little music was already there and leaving you with little more then Smokey's emotional delivery and style.
MY WORLD IS EMPTY WITHOUT YOU-This is really a novel concept;take a girl group sounding song from 1966 and make it sound like a girl group song of 2005.However Diana's vocals have the genuine passion and lack the caterwalling melodrama of most female singers who would sing this kind of thing today.
JUST MY IMAGINATION-Again a pleasant update of the original;this song sounds great no matter what.
SMILING FACES SOMETIMES-For everyone who thought this song always needed a beat well that's what you'll get here.The song is virtually unchanged except for the addition of a "funky drummer".
THE TEARS OF A CLOWN- This drum n bass style mix really does justice to the style of the original;the way it might have been recorded had it been written today.
KEEP ON TRUCKIN-The approch DJ Spinna takes with this is somewhat different;he keeps 95% of the original music intact but instead of adding upon it he ELIMINATES horns,wah wahs and other production devices from the original for a more genuinely funky style
MARY JANE-This is really the only remix on the album that suffers badly from too much DJ'ing over the original and doesn't really say much for the original.

Well there you have my two cents!


review by: date: 2007-05-19 rating:
Great tribute to classic R&B tunes
DJ mixes of classic R&B tunes that really honor what the songs are. I'm not a big fan of DJs and I rarely spend time at clubs without live music. Theses remixes are really accessible.

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