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| 1. I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore |
| 2. Good Lovin' |
| 3. Mustang Sally |
| 4. You Better Run |
| 5. Come On Up |
| 6. Love Is A Beautiful Thing |
| 7. What Is The Reason |
| 8. Lonely Too Long |
| 9. Groovin' |
| 10. A Girl Like You |
| 11. How Can I Be Sure |
| 12. It's Wonderful |
| 13. A Beautiful Morning |
| 14. People Got To Be Free |
| 15. Heaven |
| 16. See |
| 17. Carry Me Back |
| 18. Find Somebody |
| 19. Easy Rollin' |
| 20. A Ray Of Hope |
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Title Is Accurate - Now Re-Issue Their Atlantic Albums,
By BluesDuke "A sacred cow is worth but one thin... (Las Vegas, Nevada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Ultimate Rascals (Audio CD)
There's really no good reason why the Rascals' Atlantic albums - even the sometimes-obstreperous "Freedom Suite" - should remain out of print in the United States (they can be found as various import sets). The best white soul band of the 1960s deserves better than just a greatest-hits-plus anthology...but what an anthology this is. (It beats the earnest but lesser "Very Best of the Rascals" hollow.) Not just because it reminds you just why the Rascals were one of the prime reasons the top 40 was a legitimate wonderland between 1965 and 1969 (you have to be a real sourpuss to say you've heard as much of "I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore," "Good Lovin'," "Groovin'," "A Girl Like You," "How Can I Be Sure," "A Beautiful Morning," or "I've Been Lonely Too Long" too many times), but because it includes the absolute best of their handful of near-misses from those years, particularly the oddly delightful "It's Wonderful" and the badly-underappreciated "See."As a songwriting team, Felix Cavaliere and Eddie Brigati for long enough were at least on a par with Lennon and McCartney, Jagger and Richards, Holland-Dozier-Holland, and (before the dope ate the muse) John Phillips. As a band, the Rascals need no apology, particularly Dino Danelli (the no-questions-asked best white R and B drummer of his time) and Cavaliere (if he seemed like a seminar study in every known soul style, he still managed to sound completely like himself). Nor does singer Eddie Brigati need apology; he could shout with the best but his way with a ballad (remind yourself, if nothing else, with "Groovin'" and, especially, "A Beautiful Morning") was equally gripping. And since he's almost the forgotten Rascal, I'll give him his props right here: Gene Cornish was an excellent rhythm guitarist - he couldn't pull off a solo to save his life, but he didn't have to; you could call him the Ringo Starr of the guitar: he delivered just what was needed, added just a few subtleties of his own, and the Rascals would no sooner have sounded the same without him than without Danelli's deep drumming (if any 1960s drummer could have been called his own Wall of Sound, Danelli was he) or Cavaliere's broad keyboards. Just why Cavaliere and Danelli forsook their smartly evolving soul for an ill-fated excursion into jazz (with the forgettable if well-enough played "Peaceful World,"), almost as though apologising for having "wasted" their time before, remains a mystery to me. If the pair (Cornish and Brigati were gone by 1970) thought they needed to get to a "next level," all they proved in the end was that they didn't appreciate they were already on their own level, one no one else could approach. (Lacking their songwriting acumen, Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels - the only other white soul act of the time who played with the Rascals' bristling fire and then some - were goners within two years.) Perhaps by now the endurance of their classic Atlantic recordings has shown them. The Rascals as the world preferred them remain timeless. And until their Atlantic albums are resissued in full, the proof begins here.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Best Single Disc Rascals Collection Available.,
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This review is from: The Ultimate Rascals (Audio CD)
There is one reason why you should purchase "The Ultimate Rascals", over the Rhino collections, "Best Of", or "Anthology". The Warner collection is the only one that has the full album length version of "Lonely Too Long". It is hard to believe that Rhino would place a short edit version of the song and eliminate a whole verse? The "Ultimate", collection is just the perfect sampler for the casual fans, who would like a nice 20 song overview of this great band at a great price. All the chart-toppers are here as well as several great album cuts.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Attention warranted,
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This review is from: The Ultimate Rascals (Audio CD)
This compilation contains all The Rascals' big AM hits and many other fine songs. Indeed, this '60s band's earthy sound blending R&B and soul turned out to be a good fit for AM radio, and The Rascals also achieved substantial commercial success with their LPs. The veritable classic "Good Lovin'" and the anthem "People Got to Be Free," along with the group's trademark smoothie, "Groovin'," were all No. 1 hits. A superb cover of Wilson Pickett's "In the Midnight Hour" is a noteworthy omission, but this CD does contain The Rascals' rendition of Mack Rice's "Mustang Sally," Pickett's version of which is more well known, and it is one of their best moments. The group could be pretty, too, with songs like "It's A Beautiful Morning" and the syrupy "How Can I Be Sure." The gorgeous soul masterpiece "Love Is A Beautiful Thing" is my favorite. "The Ultimate Rascals" provides an opportunity to experience quite thoroughly one of the more important '60s groups.
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