The Complete Motown Anthology

Compilation by Various Artists

Released 1997

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Tracklist

CD 1
1
Money (That’s What I Want)
Barrett Strong
2:38
3.9 ★
2
Shop Around
The Miracles
2:51
2.8 ★
3
Do You Love Me
The Contours
2:54
4.4 ★
4
Please Mr. Postman
The Marvelettes
2:31
5
Fingertips, Part 2
Stevie Wonder
3:12
5.0 ★
6
Hitch Hike
Marvin Gaye
2:34
2.6 ★
7
Mickey’s Monkey
The Miracles
2:48
8
(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave
Martha and the Vandellas
2:48
4.0 ★
9
The Way You Do the Things You Do
The Temptations
2:42
10
My Guy
Mary Wells
2:49
4.2 ★
11
A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening
Mary Wells
2:40
CD 2
1
Come See About Me
The Supremes
2:41
5.0 ★
2
Baby Love
The Supremes
2:37
4.3 ★
3
Beechwood 4–5789
The Marvelettes
2:13
4
My Girl
The Temptations
2:58
5
Baby I Need Your Loving
Four Tops
2:46
4.5 ★
6
Shotgun
Jr. Walker & the All Stars
3:00
7
Can I Get a Witness
Marvin Gaye
2:48
2.6 ★
8
This Old Heart of Mine
The Isley Brothers
2:47
4.2 ★
9
I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
Four Tops
2:45
3.6 ★
10
Ooo Baby Baby
The Miracles
2:44
11
Drop in the Bucket
Kim Weston
2:20
CD 3
1
Every Little Bit Hurts
Brenda Holloway
2:59
4.0 ★
2
Since I Lost My Baby
The Temptations
2:50
2.0 ★
3
Stop! In the Name of Love
The Supremes
2:53
4.2 ★
4
Reach Out I’ll Be There
Four Tops
3:01
3.8 ★
5
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)
Marvin Gaye
3:00
3.0 ★
6
Dancing in the Streets
Martha and the Vandellas
2:41
3.6 ★
7
(I Know) I’m Losing You
The Temptations
2:28
3.2 ★
8
Uptight (Everything’s Alright)
Stevie Wonder
2:55
4.7 ★
9
Where Did Our Love Go
The Supremes
2:35
5.0 ★
10
The Tracks of My Tears
The Miracles
3:03
11
I Gotta Find a Way (To Get You Back)
Tammi Terrell
2:53
CD 4
1
What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
Jimmy Ruffin
3:03
4.6 ★
2
Don’t Mess With Bill
The Marvelettes
2:50
3
Going to a Go‐Go
The Miracles
2:52
4.0 ★
4
Ain’t Too Proud to Beg
The Temptations
2:34
4.4 ★
5
For Once in My Life
Stevie Wonder
2:51
4.1 ★
6
Jimmy Mack
Martha and the Vandellas
2:54
7
Bernadette
Four Tops
3:02
8
Reflections
Diana Ross & The Supremes
2:53
4.5 ★
9
I Was Made to Love Her
Stevie Wonder
2:38
4.7 ★
10
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Gladys Knight & the Pips
2:53
3.8 ★
CD 5
1
It Takes Two
Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston
2:59
3.0 ★
2
I Wish It Would Rain
The Temptations
2:53
3
Baby I’m for Real
The Originals
3:20
4.0 ★
4
What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)
Jr. Walker & the All Stars
2:31
5
Nowhere to Run
Martha and the Vandellas
2:59
6
Friendship Train
Gladys Knight & the Pips
3:49
7
War
Edwin Starr
3:28
4.2 ★
8
The Tears of a Clown
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
3:06
9
You’re All I Need to Get By
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
2:41
1.0 ★
10
Love Child
Diana Ross & The Supremes
3:02
11
Just Enough to Ease the Pain
Stevie Wonder
3:06
CD 6
1
Cloud Nine
The Temptations
3:38
3.6 ★
2
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Marvin Gaye
3:15
3.8 ★
3
Does Your Mama Know About Me
Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers
2:49
4
Someday We’ll Be Together
Diana Ross & The Supremes
3:36
5.0 ★
5
Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours
Stevie Wonder
2:48
6
I Can’t Get Next to You
The Temptations
2:56
2.5 ★
7
The Nitty Gritty
Gladys Knight & the Pips
3:02
8
I Want You Back
The Jackson 5
3:02
4.1 ★
9
It’s a Shame
The Spinners
3:09
4.0 ★
10
Smiling Faces Sometimes
The Undisputed Truth
3:14
CD 7
1
Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
The Temptations
3:54
4.4 ★
2
The Bells
The Originals
2:57
3
Stoned Love
The Supremes
3:01
4
The Love You Save
The Jackson 5
3:05
4.3 ★
5
Hey Big Brother
Rare Earth
4:48
6
Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
Marvin Gaye
2:32
7
Never Can Say Goodbye
The Jackson 5
3:02
4.5 ★
8
My Cherie Amour
Stevie Wonder
2:54
4.3 ★
9
Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone
The Temptations
6:59
3.4 ★
10
Touch Me in the Morning
Diana Ross
3:28
3.5 ★
CD 8
1
Let’s Get It On
Marvin Gaye
4:04
3.6 ★
2
I Just Want to Celebrate
Rare Earth
2:55
3
Keep on Truckin’, Part 1
Eddie Kendricks
3:35
4
Psychedelic Shack
The Temptations
3:54
2.8 ★
5
I Wanna Be Where You Are
Michael Jackson
3:00
4.2 ★
6
What’s Going On
Marvin Gaye
3:57
7
If I Were Your Woman
Gladys Knight & the Pips
3:13
3.5 ★
8
Brick House
Commodores
3:35
3.7 ★
9
Love Machine, Part 1
The Miracles
3:01
10
Don’t Leave Me This Way
Thelma Houston
3:41
4.4 ★
11
The Nitty Gritty
Diana Ross & The Supremes
2:53
CD 9
1
Got to Give It Up, Part 1
Marvin Gaye
4:13
3.4 ★
2
Let It Whip
Dazz Band
4:06
3
Walk Away From Love
David Ruffin
3:17
4
Love Hangover
Diana Ross
3:48
3.2 ★
5
Upside Down
Diana Ross
3:37
4.5 ★
6
Let’s Get Serious
Jermaine Jackson
3:34
7
Distant Lover
Marvin Gaye
3:54
8
Zoom
Commodores
4:21
9
Cruisin’
Smokey Robinson
4:58
10
Boogie Down
Eddie Kendricks
3:58
CD 10
1
Heaven Must Have Sent You
Bonnie Pointer
3:36
5.0 ★
2
Dancing Machine
The Jackson 5
2:43
3.2 ★
3
Too Hot Ta Trot
Commodores
3:34
4
Square Biz
Teena Marie
3:44
5
All This Love
DeBarge
4:11
6
Don’t Look Any Further
Dennis Edwards
4:04
4.0 ★
7
Nightshift
Commodores
5:07
4.4 ★
8
Treat Her Like a Lady
The Temptations
4:19
3.5 ★
9
My, My, My
Johnny Gill
4:09
10
Dial My Heart
The Boys
4:25
11
It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday
Boyz II Men
2:51
3.6 ★
12
Keep on Tryin’ (Til You Find Love)
Dennis Edwards
2:10

Release credits

Abdul “Duke” Fakir
background vocals [2.9, 3.4]
Al McKay
producer [8]
Ali Ollie Woodson
lead vocals [8]
Ambrose Price
choir vocals [7]
Andrew “Mike” Terry
baritone saxophone [4.2, 1.6, 3.9, 2.2, 2.9]
Annette Beard
background vocals [6-7]
Art Stewart
producer [1]
Arthur Wright
arranger [10.2, 8.10]
BIV
executive [11]
Barrett Strong
piano [1]
Benjamin Wright
arranger [5]
Benny Benjamin
drums (drum set) [4.2, 1.1, 1.7, 1.10]
Berry Gordy
producer [1.1, 1.3, 1.5, 3.5]
Betty Kelly
background vocals [6]
Billy Gordon
lead vocals [3]
Billy Hoggs
additional [3], background vocals [3], lead vocals [3]
Bobby Rogers
background vocals [2, 7]
Boyz II Men
arranger [11]
Brian Holland
producer [3.3-5, 3.9, 1.7-8, 2.1-2, 2.5, 2.8-9, 4.8], tambourine [1]
Clarence McDonald
keyboard [8]
Clarence Paul
arranger [5]
Claudette Robinson
background vocals [2, 7]
Clay Drayton
arranger [4]
Clay McMurray
producer [7]
Dallas Austin
arranger [11], mix [11], producer [11]
Damon Harris
lead vocals [9]
Darryl Phinnessee
choir vocals [7]
Dave Blumberg
arranger [4]
Dave Hamilton
vibraphone [10]
David Ruffin
lead vocals [4.4, 3.2, 3.7]
David Swanson
choir vocals [7]
David T. Walker
guitar [6.8, 7.4]
David Van dePitte
arranger [3]
DeBarge
performer [5]
Dennis Edwards
lead vocals [6.1, 6.6, 8.4, 7.9]
Dennis Lambert
arranger [6], choir vocals [7], producer [6], synthesizer [6]
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
performing orchestra [2], strings [9]
Diana Ross
lead vocals [3.3, 3.9, 2.1-2, 6.4]
Don White
trombone [2]
Donald Ozga
French horn [2]
Donald Peake
guitar [6.8, 7.4]
Doris Garrett
choir vocals [7]
Earl Van Dyke
Hammond organ [2], organ [10], piano [1.6, 2.2, 2.9, 3.9]
Ed Townsend
producer [1]
Eddie Kendricks
background vocals [4], lead vocals [7.1, 6.1, 6.6]
Eddie Willis
electric sitar [9], guitar [4.2, 3.6, 3.9, 1.6, 1.10, 6.2, 2.2, 2.9]
Eddie “Bongo” Brown
congas [2]
Edwin Jones
French horn [2]
Edwin Starr
performer [7]
El DeBarge
arranger [5], producer [5]
Emil Richards
percussion [1]
Florence Ballard
background vocals [2.1-2, 3.3, 3.9]
Floyd Jones
trumpet [2]
Fonce Mizell
piano [8]
Frank Wilson
producer [3]
Freddie Perren
keyboard [4], piano [8]
Gene Page
arranger [7, 10]
Gene Pello
drums (drum set) [7.4, 6.8]
George Bohanon
trombone [3.6, 1.10]
Gregory Alexander
choir vocals [7]
Hal Davis
producer [8.5, 8.10, 10.2, 7.7, 9.4]
Harold Taylor
recording [2]
Henry Cosby
producer [3.8, 4.5, 4.9, 7.8], tenor saxophone [2.2, 1.6, 3.6]
Herbert Williams
trumpet [1.10, 3.6]
Holland–Dozier
producer [8]
Hubert Johnson
background vocals [3]
Huey Davis
guitar [3]
Iris Gordy
producer [5]
Ivy Jo Hunter
background vocals [6], other instruments [6]
J.D. Nicholas
choir vocals [7], performer [7]
Jack Ashford
congas [1.6, 6.2], percussion [6], tambourine [6.2, 2.9, 3.6], vibraphone [3.6, 3.9, 2.2, 4.2]
Jack Brokensha
vibraphone [9]
Jack Gibson
background vocals [7]
Jackie Hicks
background vocals [6.2, 2.9, 3.4, 4.2, 1.10]
Jackie Jackson
background vocals [6.8, 7.4], vocal [8]
James Anthony Carmichael
arranger [5], producer [8]
James Jamerson
bass [4.2, 4.9, 3.9, 6.2, 1.5-6, 1.10, 2.2, 2.9], bass guitar [6]
Jean Terrell
lead vocals [3]
Jeremy Smith
recording [6]
Jermaine Jackson
background vocals [6.8, 7.4], lead vocals [4]
Joe Billingslea
background vocals [3]
Joe Messina
guitar [2.9, 3.6, 6.2]
Joe Sample
piano [8]
Johnny Bristol
guest [4], producer [4]
Johnny Griffith
Hammond organ [2], Wurlitzer electric piano [2], piano [10]
Johnny Jackson
drums (drum set) [8]
Johnny Trudell
trumpet [2]
Julia Waters
background vocals [4]
Keith Washington
background vocals [8]
Kim Weston
vocal [1]
L.A. & Babyface
producer [9]
Lamont Dozier
producer [1.7-8, 2.1-2, 2.5, 2.8-9, 4.8, 3.3-5, 3.9]
Larry Moses
bass [5]
Lawrence Payton
background vocals [3.4, 2.9]
Lawrence T. Horn
mix [2]
Levi Stubbs
lead vocals [2.9, 3.4]
Louie Shelton
guitar [7.4, 6.8]
Louvain Demps
background vocals [1.10, 2.9, 6.2, 3.4, 4.2]
Marlene Barrow
background vocals [1.10, 3.4, 6.2, 2.9, 4.2]
Marlon Jackson
background vocals [6.8, 7.4], percussion [8]
Martha Reeves
background vocals [6-7], lead vocals [6]
Marvin Gaye
drums (drum set) [3.6, 1.5-6], lead vocals [6.2, 1.6], producer [5.3, 8.1]
Marvin Tarplin
guitar [2, 7]
Mary Wells
lead vocals [10]
Mary Wilson
background vocals [3.3, 3.9, 1.7, 2.1-2]
Maxine Waters
background vocals [4]
Melvin Franklin
background vocals [4], vocal [6]
Merry Clayton
background vocals [4]
Michael Jackson
background vocals [7.4, 6.8], lead vocals [6.8, 7.4, 8.5]
Michael Masser
producer [10]
Michael Valvano
foot stomps [2.2, 3.9]
Nathan East
bass guitar [6]
Norman Whitfield
producer [3.7, 4.4, 4.10, 7.1, 7.9, 8.4, 8.11, 6.1-2, 6.6]
Norris Patterson
tenor saxophone [2]
Otis Williams
background vocals [4], vocal [6]
Patricia Hamlin
choir vocals [7]
Paul Jackson, Jr.
arranger [6], associate [6], bass synthesizer [6], co [6], drum machine [6], electric guitar [6]
Paul Riser
arranger [7.9, 8.7, 5.3, 5.10], conductor [9], orchestrator [2], strings [2], trombone [3.6, 4.2, 1.10]
Paul Williams
background vocals [4], lead vocals [1, 6]
Paulinho da Costa
cabasa [6], shakers [6], talking drum [6], tambourine [6], timbales [6]
Philip Ingram
choir vocals [7]
Ralph Johnson
producer [8]
Renaldo Benson
background vocals [3.4, 2.9]
Richard "Pistol" Allen
drums (drum set) [2.2, 2.9, 3.9], tom-tom [2]
Richard Morris
producer [3]
Richard Street
lead vocals [9]
Rick Sheppard
programming [11], samples from artist [11]
Robert White
guitar [2.9, 3.6, 3.9, 4.2, 6.4, 1.10]
Ronald LaPread
choir vocals [7]
Ronald White
background vocals [2, 7]
Ronnie Rancifer
keyboard [8], piano [8]
Rosalind Ashford
background vocals [3.6, 1.6-7]
Russ Terrana
recording [2.9, 4.2]
Russell Conway
trumpet [3.6, 1.10]
Sandra Crouch
percussion [8]
Sheldon Reynolds
choir vocals [7]
Siedah Garrett
choir vocals [7], guest [6], performer [6]
Smokey Robinson
lead vocals [2, 7], producer [4.2-3, 3.2]
Stevie Wonder
bongos [5], harmonica [4.9, 1.5], lead vocals [1.5, 3.8, 4.5, 4.9, 7.8], producer [9]
Suzee Ikeda
executive [8]
Sylvester Potts
background vocals [3]
Tammi Terrell
performer [9]
The Andantes
background vocals [2.9, 3.3-4, 5.10, 1.10, 6.2]
The Clan
producer [10]
The Corporation
arranger [6.8, 7.4], producer [6.8, 7.4]
The Funk Brothers
instrument [3.3-4, 3.9, 6.2, 6.6, 1.2-3, 1.7, 1.10, 2.1-2, 2.9, 4.4, 4.9]
The Marvelettes
background vocals [7]
The Temptations
background vocals [7], lead vocals [4], vocal [1]
Thelma Houston
vocal [10]
Thomas Bowles
baritone saxophone [6], flute [6]
Tito Jackson
background vocals [7.4, 6.8], guitar [8]
Tom Baird
arranger [10], producer [10]
Tracy Augcomfar
choir vocals [7]
Uriel Jones
drums (drum set) [2]
Victor Carstarphen
arranger [8]
Vida Sparks
executive [11]
Wade Marcus
arranger [4]
Walter Orange
choir vocals [7], performer [7]
Wanda Rogers
lead vocals [2]
Warren “Pete” Moore
background vocals [2, 7]
William King
choir vocals [7]
William Stevenson
background vocals [6], producer [3.5-6, 3.8, 4.1, 1.6]
Wilton Felder
bass guitar [7.4, 6.8]

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The Complete Motown Anthology
10x CD
1997