The Sweet Inspirations - The Complete Atlantic Singles (2014) MP3@320kbps Beolab1700

The Sweet Inspirations - The Complete Atlantic Singles (2014) MP3@320kbps Beolab1700



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The Sweet Inspirations - The Complete Atlantic Singles Plus [CD1]
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Artist...............: The Sweet Inspirations
Album................: The Complete Atlantic Singles Plus [CD1]
Genre................: Soul
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 2014
Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode) / LAME 3.92 & Asus CD-S520
Codec................: LAME 3.99
Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality..............: Insane, (avg. bitrate: 320kbps)
Channels.............: Joint Stereo / 44100 hz
Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3
Information..........:

Posted by............: Beolab1700 on 19/08/2014

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Tracklisting
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1. The Sweet Inspirations - What the World Needs Now Is Love[02:54]
2. The Sweet Inspirations - I'm Blue [02:07]
3. The Sweet Inspirations - Don't Fight It [02:23]
4. The Sweet Inspirations - Where Did It Go [02:39]
5. The Sweet Inspirations - To Love Somebody [02:40]
6. The Sweet Inspirations - I Don't Want to Go On Without You[02:55]
7. The Sweet Inspirations - Do Right Woman -Do Right Man [03:01]
8. The Sweet Inspirations - Reach Out for Me [02:18]
9. The Sweet Inspirations - Sweet Inspiration [02:52]
10. The Sweet Inspirations - When Something Is Wrong with My Baby[03:02]
11. The Sweet Inspirations - Oh! What a Fool I've Been [02:35]
12. The Sweet Inspirations - That's How Strong My Love Is [02:12]
13. The Sweet Inspirations - Why (Am I Treated So Bad) [02:48]
14. The Sweet Inspirations - Unchained Melody [03:22]
15. The Sweet Inspirations - Am I Ever Going to See My Baby Again[02:53]
16. The Sweet Inspirations - I've Ben Loving You Too Long [02:35]
17. The Sweet Inspirations - You Really Didn't Mean It [02:57]
18. The Sweet Inspirations - Let It Be Me [02:37]

Playing Time.........: 48:59
Total Size...........: 114.31 MB

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1. The Sweet Inspirations - Them Boys [02:28]
2. The Sweet Inspirations - This World [02:58]
3. The Sweet Inspirations - I've Been Inspired to Love You [02:33]
4. The Sweet Inspirations - Flash in the Pan [02:23]
5. The Sweet Inspirations - At Last I've Found a Love [02:04]
6. The Sweet Inspirations - Chained [02:12]
7. The Sweet Inspirations - Change Me Not [02:22]
8. The Sweet Inspirations - Make It Easy On Yourself [03:32]
9. The Sweet Inspirations - Little Green Apples - Think - Something (Medley)[06:02]
10. The Sweet Inspirations - Everyday Will Be Like a Holliday[02:27]
11. The Sweet Inspirations - Sweets for My Sweet [02:37]
12. The Sweet Inspirations - Get a Little Order [02:05]
13. The Sweet Inspirations - (Gotta Finf) A Brand New Lover PTS 1 & 2[04:22]
14. The Sweet Inspirations - Light Sings [03:04]
15. The Sweet Inspirations - Ain't Nothing Gonna Change Me [03:30]
16. The Sweet Inspirations - Crying in the Rain [02:25]
17. The Sweet Inspirations - Evidence [02:07]
18. The Sweet Inspirations - Don't Go [02:12]
19. The Sweet Inspirations - That's the Way My Baby Is [03:28]

Playing Time.........: 55:01
Total Size...........: 128.26 MB

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Atlantic Records must have felt conflicted when they signed the Sweet Inspirations to a record deal in 1967. On one hand, the group was clearly one of the finest female vocal groups (arguably the finest) in the history of R&B, featuring four outstanding singers who could dazzle individually or in harmony. But at the same time, the Sweet Inspirations were in great demand as backing vocalists, having worked magic on sessions for some of Atlantic’s biggest stars, including Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Solomon Burke, and Esther Phillips, and by making them stars on their own, the label could spoil a formula that had been working well for them. Between 1967 and 1971, Atlantic released 17 singles by the Sweet Inspirations, and while several of them fared well on the R&B charts, none of them became major crossover hits or pushed them into true soul stardom, even though they were teamed with some of the best producers and arrangers in the business. If the Sweet Inspirations didn’t earn much chart action, it was never a matter of talent or the quality of their product, as confirmed by a listen to The Complete Atlantic Singles Plus, which pulls together the A- and B-sides from those 17 45s, along with four bonus tracks, three seeing their first release here. the Sweet Inspirations — Cissy Houston (Whitney’s mother), Myrna Smith, Estelle Brown, and Sylvia Shemwell, with Ann William replacing Houston in 1969 — never sound less than expert on any of these 37 tracks, and put a soulful stamp of their own on tracks that were already hits for others, including “When Something Is Wrong with My Baby,” “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long,” and “To Love Somebody” (the latter recorded while the Bee Gees looked on in amazement). Atlantic clearly spared no expense on these sessions, with Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd, Arif Mardin, and Ugene Dozier among the producers and arrangers who worked on this material, and the graceful strut of the music is as much of a pleasure as the fine voices they accompany. the Sweet Inspirations are ultimately better remembered for their work behind the scenes than their recordings as headliners, but these sides make it clear they were four of the finest vocalists birthed by the Southern soul movement of the ’60s; this set ignores the gospel sides they recorded for Atlantic, making it less than a definitive overview of their career, but if you’re only looking for their soul sessions, this is pure magic, and as good as it gets.

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