100 Hits : Ultimate Soul - 100 Definitive Smooth Sounds / Various Artists

100 Hits : Ultimate Soul - 100 Definitive Smooth Sounds / Various Artists　（2016）

中古ショップで安値で見付けてサッと収録アーティストを確かめたら、ビル・ウィザース、アレサ・フランクリン、ポインター・シスターズなど、自分の好きなアーティストが多く入っていたので何も考えず買った5枚組100曲のソウル・ミュージックの編集盤。収録アーティストと曲は以下の通り。

1-01 Bill Withers – Ain't No Sunshine
1-02 Champaign – How 'Bout Us
1-03 Marvin Gaye – Sexual Healing
1-04 Billy Paul – Me And Mrs. Jones
1-05 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – If You Don't Know Me By Now
1-06 Teddy Pendergrass – Turn Off The Lights
1-07 Little Richard – A Little Bit Of Something (Beats A Whole Lot Of Nothing)
1-08 Johnny Nash – Tears On My Pillow
1-09 The Vibrations – 'Cause You're Mine
1-10 Luther Vandross – So Amazing
1-11 The Drifters – You're More Than A Number In My Little Red Book
1-12 Trammps – Hold Back The Night
1-13 James & Bobby Purify – Let Love Come Between Us
1-14 Earth, Wind & Fire – After The Love Has Gone
1-15 Heatwave – Mind Blowing Decisions
1-16 O'Jays – Brandy
1-17 The S.O.S. Band – Just Be Good To Me
1-18 The Delfonics – Ready Or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide From Love)
1-19 Bobby Womack – Home Is Where The Heart Is
1-20 The Peddlers – Birth

2-01 The Ronettes – Be My Baby
2-02 Reparata And The Delrons – Captain Of Your Ship
2-03 Freda Payne – Band Of Gold
2-04 Gladys Knight & The Pips – Midnight Train To Georgia
2-05 Erma Franklin – Piece Of My Heart
2-06 The Three Degrees – Woman In Love
2-07 Peaches & Herb – I Need Your Love So Desperately
2-08 Dionne Warwick – I'll Never Love This Way Again
2-09 Nina Simone – Do What You Gotta Do
2-10 Aretha Franklin – Mockingbird
2-11 Deniece Williams – That's What Friends Are For
2-12 Cheryl Lynn – All My Lovin'
2-13 Barbara Mason – From His Woman To You
2-14 Jackie Moore – Personally
2-15 Phoebe Snow – Every Night
2-16 Cherrelle & Alexander O'Neal – Saturday Love
2-17 Pointer Sisters – I Need You
2-18 Freddie Scott – Are You Lonely For Me, Baby
2-19 The Tymes – People
2-20 General Johnson – Don't Walk Away

3-01 Marvin Gaye – 'Til Tomorrow
3-02 Luther Vandross – Here And Now
3-03 Johnny Nash – I Can See Clearly Now
3-04 The Emotions – Don't Ask My Neighbours
3-05 O'Jays – Backstabbers
3-06 Chairmen Of The Board – Give Me Just A Little More Time
3-07 Earth, Wind & Fire – Can't Hide Love
3-08 The Drifters – Like Sister And Brother
3-09 The Delfonics – La-La (Means I Love You)
3-10 Average White Band – A Love Of Your Own
3-11 Heatwave – Always And Forever
3-12 Bobby Womack – How Could You Break My Heart
3-13 Odyssey – If You're Lookin' For A Way Out
3-14 Lou Rawls – Lady Love
3-15 Robert Knight – Love On A Mountain Top
3-16 Jeff Perry – Love Don't Come No Stronger
3-17 Gary Puckett – Lady Willpower
3-18 Herb Ward – Honest To Goodness
3-19 James & Bobby Purify – I'm Your Puppet
3-20 Johnny Mathis – I'm Stone In Love With You

4-01 Bill Withers – Lean On Me
4-02 Cassius Clay – Stand By Me
4-03 Alexander O'Neal – A Broken Heart Can Mend
4-04 Gary Puckett & The Union Gap – Young Girl
4-05 The Peddlers – Girlie
4-06 Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio – Jack And Jill
4-07 Ronnie Dyson – When You Get Right Down To It
4-08 Teddy Pendergrass – Love TKO
4-09 The Emotions – Flowers
4-10 Lou Rawls – You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine
4-11 The Manhattans – Kiss And Say Goodbye
4-12 Robert Knight – Everlasting Love
4-13 The Vibrations – Gonna Get Along Without You Now
4-14 Ronnie Dyson – (If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) Why Can't I Touch You
4-15 Chairmen Of The Board – You've Got Me Dangling On A String
4-16 Average White Band – Queen Of My Soul
4-17 Gene Chandler – Does She Have A Friend?
4-18 Holland Dozier  Ft. Lamont Dozier – Why Can't We Be Lovers
4-19 Little Richard – I Don't Want To Discuss It
4-20 Steve Shelto – Don't Give Your Love Away

5-01 Peaches & Herb – Let's Fall In Love
5-02 Gladys Knight & The Pips – Part Time Love
5-03 Aretha Franklin – Soulville
5-04 Deniece Williams – Free
5-05 Freda Payne – Deeper And Deeper
5-06 The Ronettes – Baby I Love You
5-07 Barbara Mason – Give Me Your Love
5-08 Shirley Ellis – Soul Time
5-09 Phyllis Hyman – You Know How To Love Me
5-10 The Honeycone – Stick Up
5-11 Pointer Sisters – Fire
5-12 Cherrelle – I Didn't Mean To Turn You On
5-13 The Three Degrees – A Toast Of Love
5-14 Johnny Mathis – Too Much, Too Little, Too Late
5-15 Tyrone Davis – Give It Up (Turn It Loose)
5-16 Johnny Johnson And The Bandwagon – Sweet Inspiration
5-17 The Tymes – Ms. Grace
5-18 Stevie B – Because I Love You (The Postman Song)
5-19 The Manhattans – Hurt
5-20 The S.O.S. Band – The Finest

ガキの小遣いのような値段なので正直細かい内容はどうでもよく、自分の知らないアーティストでも好みの曲が見つかれば、程度の気分だった。にしても1曲5円80銭（←貧乏計算）。安い（笑）。しっかりと副題”Smooth”を見ていなかったので、自分にはちょっとスウィート過ぎる曲が続くのが難点か。それでも丸々100曲ロマンチックでスローという訳でもないので、十分に楽しめた。この5枚を繰り返し聴くかというとちょっと微妙なところ。

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• Label ‏ : ‎ Sony
• ASIN ‏ : ‎ 5014797894662
• Disc ‏ : ‎ 5