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Track Listings

Disc: 1

1 Are You My Woman (Tell Me So)
2 (For God's Sake) Give More Power To The People
3 We Are Neighbors
4 Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
5 Trouble's-A-Comin'
6 Living In The Footsteps Of Another Man
7 The Man & The Woman (The Boy & The Girl)
8 I Like Your Lovin' (Do You Like Mine)
9 Love Uprising
10 I Found Sunshine
11 One Man Band (Plays All Alone)
12 What Do I Wish For
13 Happiness Is Your Middle Name
14 I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
15 Here I Am
16 The Devil Is Doing His Work
17 You Got To Be The One
18 Stoned Out Of My Mind
19 You Don't Have To Go
20 Don't Burn No Bridges [with Jackie Wilson]

Disc: 2

1 Oh Girl
2 I Want To Pay You Back (For Loving Me)
3 A Lonely Man
4 Yes I'm Ready (If I Don't Get To Go)
5 Have You Seen Her
6 Love Is
7 The Coldest Days Of My Life
8 Never Had It So Good And Felt So Bad
9 Take A Trip
10 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
11 That's How Long
12 Go Away Dream
13 Toby
14 A Letter To Myself
15 There Will Never Be Any Peace (Until God Is Seated At The Conference Table)

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35 newly-annotated-and-remastered tracks from this all-time great Chicago soul group, their first-ever 2-CD compilation! Includes Are You My Woman (Tell Me So); (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People; Have You Seen Her; Oh Girl; a Letter to Myself; Stoned Out of My Mind; Toby; There Will Never Be Any Peace (Until God Is Seated at the Conference Table); You Got to Be the One; We Are Neighbors, and more.

About the Artist

Since Beyonce released her enduring hit single "Crazy In Love" in 2003, which sampled the catchy horn lick from "Are You My Woman (Tell Me So)," the music of The Chi-Lites has been scorching hot throughout the hip-hop and R&B worlds. Jay-Z, Talib Kweli, Paul Wall and "American Idol" champ Fantasia are just some of the artists currently featuring the smooth and funky music of The Chi-Lites on their albums. But there's more to The Chi-Lites' music than just bass lines & horn licks. Whether it was socially conscious themes or booty-shaking rhythms, sweet soul ballads or uptemp funk, or the psychedelic arrangements that rivaled or surpassed their rock contemporaries, The Chi-Lites could do it all.

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  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.88 x 5.59 x 0.47 inches; 3.67 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Brunswick Records
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2006
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ January 31, 2007
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Brunswick Records
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000EZ9142
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 100 ratings

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ROSS SINGLETARY
5.0 out of 5 stars Great CD
Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2024
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Alvin Dotson
5.0 out of 5 stars This is the BEST CD I have purchased in a long time
Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2014
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This is the BEST CD I have purchased in a long time. I'm 47 years old and yet while most of these songs came out when I was only between the ages of 3 and 6, I CAN STILL REMEMBER THEM BEING PLAYED IN MY HOUSEHOLD!!! Hands down, the Chi-Lites are simply one of THE BEST groups to emerge from the 70's and yet they are so underrated. Those beautiful harmonies and Eugene Record's brilliant songwriting coupled with the brilliant arrangements of Tom Tom Washington and the technical genius of engineer Bruce Swedien (later made famous by Michael Jackson) make this the ultimate Chi-Lites collection for anyone interested in their music and definitely the fans! I am currently an elementary music teacher (previously taught high school choral music for 9 yrs) and I can just hear the parts and the harmonies in these voices so clearly. These boys had to have been in someone's high school choir I'm sure because what they do vocally on these songs is just nothing short of amazing (God they would be a current choral director's DREAM!) Seeing them recently on TV One's "Unsung" series only peaked my interest in them even more (EXCELLENT job TV One!!!) and all the hits are on this CD as well as some classic album cuts that are equally as strong. Some of my favorites: "The Coldest Days of My Life " (full version is simply one of THE most beautiful songs EVER written in music history PERIOD!!!!), "Give It Away", "Oh Girl" (just PERFECTION, Eugene Record makes me cry every time I hear it because you can just feel his vocals on every note!), "For God's Sake (Give More Power to the People)" features Creadel "Red" Jones' indisputable bass (to me much better than even Melvin Franklin of the Temptations, no disrespect to them, "Living in the Footsteps of Another Man" (now I see why the Pasadenas remade this song in the 1990's!, "I Wanna Pay You Back" (so beautiful, innocent and child-like!), " A Lonely Man" (damn those opening vocals and that harmony just send me beyond the earth every time I hear it (take note vocal groups of today, this is how male groups should harmonize because this is some of Mr. Record's BEST songwriting here- you could listen to it a million times back to back and never get tired of it!!!), "Yes I'm Ready" (JUST TOO MUCH FOR WORDS AND JESUS THE MESSAGE OF THE SONG!!!!! THANKS SO MUCH EUGENE RECORD FOR THIS MASTERPIECE!!!), "Take a Trip" (a surprise standout cut that I fell in love with immediately!), the haunting and melancholy gorgeous "Toby" and the irresistible and classic "A Letter to Myself", which also puts me to tears every time I hear it-vocal arrangements at its finest....I wish I could have just stood there in the studio and simply watch them record this one for myself! Again, I cannot tell you in words how much I LOVE this collection and the Chi-Lites as a whole! I'm so glad they finally were inducted into the R & B Hall of fame and i am personally planning a trip to Cleveland, Ohio so that I can see what the museum has to offer on my boys! Rest in peace Eugene, Creadel and Robert and know that with classic and beautiful music like this and fans like myself, your music will continue to be CHERISHED, LOVED, RESPECTED and NEVER FORGOTTEN. These songs are what TRUE R & B music is all about and i thank you all so much for sharing your beautiful gifts with millions around the world. Marshall Thompson, I hope I can meet you one day soon, sir. It would be an honor and one of the greatest highlights of my lifetime just to shake your hand!!!! And one last cudos to Tom Tom Washington, that superb arranger! I enjoyed arrangement and orchestration classes in college but you took it to a whole new level with the Chi-Lites and your spectacular arrangements! What I wouldn't have given to be one of your students back when I was in college as a music major in 1985-1989! you are TRULY a GENIUS!!!! Again, this collection lives up to its name....The ULTIMATE CHI-LITES. THANKS GUYS FOR THE MEMORIES! THEY WILL LIVE IN MY HEART FOREVER!! YOUR #1 FAN ANYWHERE!!!! MR. ALVIN DOTSON of MEMPHIS, TN
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Donald E. Gilliland
5.0 out of 5 stars Shimmering Soul Goodness
Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2012
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The Chi-Lite were one of the very best soul acts in the 1960s and 1970s. Song after song with shimmering harmonies, catchy tunes, and that good old soul music vibe, but yet they never acheived the huge success that their contemporaries on labels like Motown and Atlantic enjoyed. Chalk that up to being on the indie Brunswick label, but even that didn't prevent the Chi-Lites from scoring a few dozen hits on the R&B and Pop charts. But I always thought: they should have been bigger. That lack of superstardom, though, wasn't due to any deficiencies in their songs. Nearly everthing this band recorded sounded thrilling. This excellent 2-CD set has all the hits you would expect, along with some other juicy album tracks and singles, many of which have been sampled by Hip Hop and Rap artists in the past couple of decades. If you enjoy 60s or 70s soul music, you MUST get something by the Chi-Lites. Of all the compilations I've bought or seen by the band, this is the strongest one yet.
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Jeffery E. Rhodes
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent collection of the Chi-Lites
Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2020
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This is a double CD collection of the Chi-Lites. It features many of their greatest hits and album cuts that cover their career at Brunswick Records. Led by songwriter and lead singer Eugene Record, the group enjoyed success during the 1970s with Oh Girl, a No;1 hot from 1972, Have You Seen Her from 1971 and others. I love this collection but I do have one complaint. It doesn't have Homely Girl or Let Me Be The Man My Daddy Was. However I do have these on another Chi-Lites collection. But for music fans, this is a worthy collection to have.
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M&M
4.0 out of 5 stars Great old school memories.
Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2021
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excellent music material......don't get no better than this.
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syg
5.0 out of 5 stars Best collection in a single cd set
Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2010
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I have never seen a more complete collection of hits from an artist in a single collection. I cannot think of one song by the Chi-Lites that is not included in this collection. Though I was young when they were performing, i can remember how good they sounded on a Saturday afternoon as we were just sitting around the house. I was also privy to see them perform a few years ago on an old school classics tour; (yes, they were wearing the trademark red suits- LOL!) Hits live "Lonley Man", Stoned Out of My Mind, Coldest Day of My Life, and Toby really took me back. There are other classics in this collection like Oh Girl and Letter to Myself that will also remind you of why these guys have a Classic status. Buy this; it is a must for your old school collection of classics.
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j sif
5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyed the double CD
Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2021
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I loved the double CD. It allowed me to put together my favorites to a personal CD so that I could travel with the tunes I enjoy. Can’t go wrong with the Chi-lites.
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twetty
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome songs
Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2021
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A great collection of the Chi-lites songs. Some gems I haven't heard in years.
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Mr M J Tarrant
5.0 out of 5 stars Chi-Lites deserve more acclaim
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 28, 2018
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Often find myself trawling the vaults for the Chi-Lites and this Xmas period was no exception. Originally I was a fan because I dug the hit singles but was more into Mayfield, Marvin etc at the time. Later reappraisal has convinced me that the Chi-Lites were up there with the best. Eugene Record not only took the lead vocal on most songs but was also producer and songwriter. Add to that his relationship and eventual marriage to songwriter and recording artiste in her own right, Barbara Acklin and you have some killer songs.
This album has been re-mastered (2006) and does sound good for a CD compilation. Many tracks unknown to me until last few years and can honestly say, don't think there's a duffer on the 2 discs. There's funk, there's "right on" politics, soul ballads, heartbreak a plenty and some great cover versions. Not many have attempted Marvin Gaye's "Inner City Blues" with such confidence and come out of it triumphant. Their output is considered part of the "Chicago Soul" genre, can heartily recommend other soul artistes on the Brunswick record label, here's a great place to start.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Story-Brunswick-Classic-Sound-Chicago/dp/B00006JYJR/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1546025962&sr=1-1&keywords=story+of+brunswick
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Vic Valentine
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 5, 2016
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Wonderful songs
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