Gary U.S. Bonds - Very Best of - Original Legrand Masters
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Artist: Gary U.S. BondsEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1998-08-11
Music Label: Varese Sarabande
Soundtracks:
- New Orleans
- Not Me
- Shine On Lover's Moon
- Quarter To Three
- School Is Out
- School Is In
- Dear Lady Twist
- Havin' So Much
- Twist, Twist Senora
- Seven Day Weekend
- Gettin' A Groove
- Copy Cat
- I Dig This Station
- Where Did The Naughty Little Girl Go
- I Wanta Holler (But The Town's Too Small)
- Take Me Back To New Orleans
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Music Review: An exiting promise
Rating: 4 Stars
Gary "US" Bonds got a second life thanks to Bruce Springsteen. At the start of his career Springsteen revived Quarter to Three as his show stopper. Because of the more serious nature of Springsteen's own work Quarter was often one of the most delightful and exiting moments in his show. During the eighties Springsteen returned the favor by donating some songs to the Little Steven van Zandt produced comeback albums, Dedication and On the Line. This comeback spawned a series of compilations of Gary's earlier singles of which this one is the most accomplished.
Bonds is an artist who makes you wonder if a full disc of material is justified. During his career he only hit a handful of times, seldom major. Follow up singles were often in the same vein as the hit and therefore often uninteresting. Yet compiled on one disc Gary hold up just fine. There is of course a lot of filler here. Gary did too many dance craze singles that are just not to convincing these days. Fun as they are they didn't really stand up to the test of time.
The singles that do stand up save this compilation with a vengeance. Of course his biggest hits are here, such as Quarter to Three and New Orleans but some other notable material as well. I Wanta Holler (But the Town's Too Small) is one of the most exiting R&R singles written, Where Did the Naughty Little Girl Go is no small feat either. Gary's voice is one of R&B's most distinct. It is raw, emotional, passionate and filled with excitement. If his career would've been better managed Gary could have been among the top. As it is now we get an overview of a promise lost.
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