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Track List
01) Get Up and Get Down
02) Thank You for Your Love
03) Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get
04) In the Rain
05) (Gimme Some) Good Soul Music
06) Fall in Love, Lady Love
07) The Devil Is Dope
08) You Could Become the Very Heart of Me
09) Fell for You
10) Hey You! Get Off My Mountain
11) Beware of the Man (With the Candy in His Han
12) And I Panicked
13) I Dedicate My Life to You
14) I Made Myself Lonely
15) Highway to Heaven
16) Toast to the Fool
01) Get Up and Get Down
02) Thank You for Your Love
03) Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get
04) In the Rain
05) (Gimme Some) Good Soul Music
06) Fall in Love, Lady Love
07) The Devil Is Dope
08) You Could Become the Very Heart of Me
09) Fell for You
10) Hey You! Get Off My Mountain
11) Beware of the Man (With the Candy in His Han
12) And I Panicked
13) I Dedicate My Life to You
14) I Made Myself Lonely
15) Highway to Heaven
16) Toast to the Fool
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4:27
3:58
5:11
2:36
3:37
5:25
2:46
3:26
3:31
3:00
3:36
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3:53
3:58
5:31
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First Released
1986
Soul
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In the 1960s, Stax Records was best known for raw southern soul that rejected the type of sleekness and pop sensibilities favored by the northern soulsters at Motown. But by the early '70s, Memphis soul was losing its popularity, and Stax's A&R department started to emphasize northern and so-called "uptown" soul in order to stay competitive. One of Stax/Volt's biggest sellers was the Dramatics, a Detroit group that, like the Temptations at Motown and the O'Jays in the Gamble & Huff camp, effectively combined gritty soul belting with a sleek production style. Thanks to major hits ranging from the delightfully funky "Whacha See Is Whacha Get" to slow jams and ballads like "Hey You! Get Off My Mountain," "Toast to the Fool" and the melancholy "In the Rain," the Dramatics were on quite a roll in the early-to-mid-'70s. All of those gems are included on the hour-long CD, The Best of the Dramatics, which offers a fine overview of the quintet's Stax/Volt years. Many Dramatics albums are worth owning, but if a listener were allowed to own only one Dramatics CD, this would be it.
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In the 1960s, Stax Records was best known for raw southern soul that rejected the type of sleekness and pop sensibilities favored by the northern soulsters at Motown. But by the early '70s, Memphis soul was losing its popularity, and Stax's A&R department started to emphasize northern and so-called "uptown" soul in order to stay competitive. One of Stax/Volt's biggest sellers was the Dramatics, a Detroit group that, like the Temptations at Motown and the O'Jays in the Gamble & Huff camp, effectively combined gritty soul belting with a sleek production style. Thanks to major hits ranging from the delightfully funky "Whacha See Is Whacha Get" to slow jams and ballads like "Hey You! Get Off My Mountain," "Toast to the Fool" and the melancholy "In the Rain," the Dramatics were on quite a roll in the early-to-mid-'70s. All of those gems are included on the hour-long CD, The Best of the Dramatics, which offers a fine overview of the quintet's Stax/Volt years. Many Dramatics albums are worth owning, but if a listener were allowed to own only one Dramatics CD, this would be it.
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