| Diana Ross and the Supremes - The Ultimate Collection | 
 enlarge | Artist: Diana Ross & The Supremes
Label: Motown
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (51 reviews)
Sales Rank: 38101
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 731453082724
EAN: 0731453082724
ASIN: B000001ANZ
Release Date: October 7, 1997
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| Tracks:
| • | When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes | | • | Where Did Our Love Go | | • | Baby Love | | • | Come See About Me | | • | Stop! In the Name of Love | | • | Back in My Arms Again | | • | Nothing but Heartaches | | • | I Hear a Symphony | | • | My World Is Empty Without You | | • | Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart | | • | You Can't Hurry Love | | • | You Keep Me Hangin' On - The Supremes, Dozier, Lamont | | • | Love Is Here and Now You're Gone | | • | The Happening - The Supremes, DeVol, Frank | | • | Reflections | | • | In and out of Love | | • | Forever Came Today - The Supremes, Dozier, Lamont | | • | Some Things You Never Get Used To - The Supremes, Ashford, Nickolas | | • | Love Child - The Supremes, Sawyer, Pam | | • | I'm Livin' in Shame - The Supremes, Sawyer, Pam | | • | I'm Gonna Make You Love Me - The Supremes, Gamble, Kenneth | | • | I'll Try Something New - The Supremes, Robinson, Smokey | | • | The Composer - The Supremes, Robinson, Smokey | | • | No Matter What Sign You Are - The Supremes, Gordy, Berry Jr. | | • | Someday We'll Be Together - The Supremes, Beavers, Jackey |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
The title is a bit of a misnomer: The Supremes are anthologized in more comprehensive fashion on Motown's three-volume Greatest Hits series, while this package is denser, and has a higher hit-per-track ratio. But if you'd rather pick up one collection than three, and if you want a good, thorough skimming of cream from the group's catalog, this is the better choice. All of the familiar songs are here, with no major omissions--and they're packed in with a liberal helping of second-magnitude hits. For a collection that samples only the extreme top end of the Supremes' output, there's Every Great No. 1 Hit, also on Motown. It's missing a lot, but it delivers exactly what it promises. --Gavin McNett
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| Customer Reviews: Read 46 more reviews...
 TRULY ULTIMATE!! April 17, 2008
This album includes all of the Supremes biggest and best hits and then some. Everything from When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes to the final Someday Well Be Together. This is an album where I can listen straight through without any stops. The only thing that I was disappointed in is the sound quality of the songs. With all the digital master machines they have today, I would hope they would be able to have better sound quality than this. The vinyl copy of my Supremes albums sound better than this. But as for the songs, they are fantastic. Baby Love,Where Did Our Love Go?,Come See About Me,The Happening,etc...they all are here. I recommend this album to you. Enjoy!!
Complete collection January 16, 2008
With the exception of maybe a few "little known" songs, this is all you need to satisfy a craving of The Supremes' music. All of the hits are included in their original recordings. My personal favorites are "Stop! In the Name of Love" and "Someday We'll Be Together." One of the great Girl Groups of the 1960s and 70s, and for that, we salute Diana, Flo, and Mary!
 Superlative Content Awful Remastering November 20, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This "Ultimate Collection" is essentially only about the songs and not about the sound. The remastering is absolutely appalling. While there is an adequate job with bass and midrange presentation, the top end is so bright that at moderate listening levels it is almost unbearable. None of the old Motown LPs sounded this bad and they were nowhere near audiophile quality. If you have an inexpensive audio set up, you can probably withstand the high end onslaught. But if your system is capable of accurate sound presentation, skip this one.
Didn't like the sound. September 30, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A very poor version of upgrade. I did'nt like the sound quality at all. I was searching for the original sound
Top Of The Line August 21, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am writing this review on the assumption that you are familiar with the musical offerings of this legendary girl group inducted into the R&R Hall of Fame in 1988, and whose hits and top performances are well covered in any of the other 5-star reviews here.
My purpose in submitting this is to inform you that it is but one of a wonderful series from Motown. However, a search in Music under the heading Ultimate Collection will garner you thousands of hits, and even searching in Album Title will result in quite a few, ranging from Benny Hill and George Formby to 10cc and The Who, and just about everyone in between. Even Motown uses Ultimate Collection on a number of their CDs, but the best of the lot where they are concerned is this series, each with 25 tracks and similar cover art by David Irvin, and involving The Four Tops, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, The Marvelettes, Martha (Reeves) & The Vandellas, Jr. Walker & The All Stars, Gladys Knight & The Pips, and Mary Wells.
It would seem, judging by the number of reviews submitted to date for each that Diana Ross & The Supremes were at the head of the Motown class in terms of public appeal. That might have been challenged had there been a release for each of Marvin Gaye, The Jackson 5, The Temptations and Stevie Wonder in this specific series but, alas, they were not included (or at least I haven't come across them). There are Jackson 5 and Temptations "Ultimate Collections" issued by Motown, but they don't follow this format. A Marvin Gaye Ultimate Collection is also available, but that is an import from the Dutch offices of Universal.
Forget the carping elsewhere about the sound quality. It is just fine, thank you, and as bonuses you get a complete discography of the contents, numerous photographs, and detailed liner notes, in this instance three pages by journalist Diane Marie Weathers.
One of the best such series available and may it never go out of circulation.
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