R Dean Taylor - Essential Collection
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Artist: R Dean TaylorEdition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2001-07-16
Music Label: Polygram UK
Soundtracks:
- Gotta See Jane
- Back Street
- Ain't It A Sad Thing
- Gonna Give Her All The Love I Got
- There's A Ghost In My House
- Don't Fool Around
- Indiana Wants Me
- Woman Alive
- Loves Your Name
- Taos New Mexico
- Fire And Rain
- Shadow
- Two Of Us
- Poor Girl
- Let's Go Somewhere
- Candy Apple Red
- Sunday Morning Coming Down
- Just Like In The Movies
- My Lady Bug Stay Away From That Beatle
Music reviews of Essential Collection
Music Review: Collection yes, essential - not so sure
Rating: 2 Stars
Except for the appearance of "Indiana Wants Me" on several compilation albums, Motown has not issued any of R. Dean Taylor's music done for the Rare Earth subsidiary back in the early 70s. This CD is the first collection of any kind done for Taylor and comes from Universal's Spectrum label in the U.K. Although Taylor had a few minor hits besides his signature "Indiana..." and was deserving of some sort of collection on CD, maybe Motown knew something here. This collecton is a mish-mash of tracks - a few second-rate sound-alikes of "Indiana...", a few classically Motownesque songs, a few attempts at covers of others' hits that would have been better left in the studio and a few compositions that just don't gel. Taylor was an accomplished songwriter with several big hits - "Love Child", "All I Need", et al - done for other Motown superstars but beyond the quasi-novelty "Indiana...", Taylor did not really succeed as a performer. His voice has no real distinction nor appeal and stylistically he did not dovetail with any of the other material he attempted. As a singer, he's something of a Burt Bacharach, perhaps. From a collector's standpoint, within the 19 tracks included, this CD does gather up all his top-100 charted sides although it is a bit challenging to listen to this number of unsuccessful other cuts. The sound quality is mostly OK with most tracks in stereo excepting 10,12,14-16,18,19. However, track 16, originally in an album, must have come from a poor source as it sounds fairly bad here. The six-page flopover liner notes booklet has track details and a single-page musical history of Taylor. This fills a void in the Motown reissue realm but unless you're a collector or a devoted fan of his stuff, little to recommend here.
Description of Essential Collection
UK budget-price compilation for Motown songwriter who was the first white act to record a number one single for the label when his 'Indiana Wants Me' appeared in 1970. 19 tracks. 2001 release.Pop CDs
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