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Very Best of Patti Austin: The Singles 1969-1986

Patti Austin (Artist) Format: Audio CD

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Subtitled THE SINGLES (1969-1986), this single-disc anthology features
17 of R&B superstar Patti Austin's biggest hits on one essential collection. Mentored early on by the great Dinah Washington, Austin was also taken under the wing of the legendary Quincy Jones, whose Qwest label she recorded for
throughout the 80s. Many soulful classics from that era are featured here, including her #1 pop smash Baby Come To Me and How
Do You Keep The Music Playing? both duets with James Ingram and two cuts with Jones, Razzamatazz and Love, I Never Had It So Good. Other highlights include Every
Home Should Have One, The Heat Of Heat, and Austin s debut single, The Family Tree.

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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.97 x 12.7 x 1.27 cm; 45.36 Grams
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Rhino Records
Studio ‏ : ‎ Rhino Records
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0012PJZP8
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 45.4 g

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Taku

名曲ぞろい

Reviewed in Japan on 24 April 2016

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いい曲がそろってます。ポップで聴きやすく、またデュエットもいい感じですが、それだけでなく何度も聴きたくなる深みがあります。このあたりは彼女のミュージシャシップなのかな、と思ってしまいます。

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yuko2424

迷っているならこれ！

Reviewed in Japan on 9 May 2010

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パティのアルバムはエンドオブアレインボーかこれが、私としてはｂｅｓｔです。
どちらかでしたら、やっぱりＢｅｓｔアルバムのこちらをお勧め。
なんて歌声なの〜！
そんなに音楽に詳しい私ではありませんが、彼女の歌を知っていて、感動してこれた事に感謝。
その昔、私にパティを教えてくれた人、Thank You!

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Reginald D. Garrard

Album reveals why Austin ISN'T a bigger star!

Reviewed in the United States on 5 May 2007

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Before the "neggies" start a-flying, let me state that I am a HUGE Patti Austin fan, owning ten albums featuring the talented songstress. Austin has been a star in my book since the first time I heard her as a singer of commercial jingles decades ago. However, her skills have yet to be appreciated by the masses because of her eclectic choices, well represented on this compilation of "singles."

Most singers of note are known for a particular genre; that is, they are known as being a performer of either pop, jazz, R & B, or of any other musical genre. Austin can do it all, thus she doesn't have one particular NICHE. Because of that fact, she has yet to be "discovered" by a mainstream audience and that limits her familiarity.

That said, the disc showcases songs associated with the singer from 1969 to 1986. The first is a rarity: "The Family Tree," a song that Austin recorded when she was just a teen. It is more of an "old school" R & B tune that has a uniqueness that distinguishes it from the others.

Three cuts ("Say You Love Me," "We're in Love "and" Body Language") are culled from albums that Austin recorded on the CTI and are more in the light jazz vein.

It was her pairings with mentor and godfather Quincy Jones that really brought Austin some attention. She was more than just a "session singer" and really shines in the characteristic big production values associated with "Q" on "Love, I Never Had It So Good" and "Razzmatazz."

Austin then moved on to "Q's" own label and had some of her greatest commercial successes represented by "Do You Love Me?", "Every Home Should Have One," "Baby, Come to Me" and "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" (duets with James Ingram).

From the remaining selections the best are "It's Gonna Be Special," "Rhythm of the Street," "Shoot the Moon," and "The Heat of Heat," the latter tune remembered by fans of the soap opera "The Young and the Restless."

As far as the packaging is concerned, no one does it better than Rhino and the liner notes features smile-inducing commentary by the singer about each cut, as well as a discography of the albums featuring each song and great photos of the singer.

Though "The Very Best of Patti Austin" is a good album, a better representation of the singer's vocal gifts can be found in "For Ella," a spectacular tribute to the late Fitzgerald.

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C. BOST

Love Patti Austin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Reviewed in the United States on 24 April 2006

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I love Patti Austin, and I am glad I own this cd, I love "Baby Come To Me" and "Rhythm of the street" I love the entire cd, but those are my 2 favorite songs.............I hope they release some DVD's of this beautiful woman's concerts and music videos, as soon as possible or in the near future, all of the other reviewers and true fans of hers should know that she still tours extensively and she has a beautiful website called:PattiAustin.Com.........Visit it somtime, beautiful pictures and updates, you'll love it.........I love this woman and I would love to get her the exposure an recognition she deserves. She deserves recognition and the respect like Aretha Franklin, Donna Summer,Chaka Khan, Diana Ross,Martha Washington,Gladys Knight, Aretha Franklin, and many other beautiful divas........I love her so much, please go out and get this cd today,you'll be glad you did.

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Celes

Recomendable pero caro.

Reviewed in Spain on 14 January 2018

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Gran disco de los mejores temas de Patti,muy completo y muy buenas canciones. La única "pega" es la que ya sabemos todos:el precio. Es un CD no muy actual,del año 2001 el que a mí me ha venido y a un precio un poco desorbitado,yo creo que deben ser los únicos que lo venden( lo he buscado por diferentes sitios pero éste es el único donde lo tienen nuevo) eso sí,no te viene como certificado pero yo tuve que firmar como si fuera un paquete,con lo cual te aseguran la entrega desde USA. Resumiendo,se aprovechan de ser un producto único y que el recopilatorio está muy bien,buenos temas y muy buena calidad de sonido aunque a precio de coleccionista.

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