Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
2. Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Dancing In The Street
3. The Supremes - Baby Love
4. Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
5. The Velvelettes - Needle in a Haystack
6. The Temptations - Get Ready
7. The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love
8. The Elgins - Heaven Must Have Sent You
9. martha Reeves and the vandellas - Nowhere to Run
10. Martha Reeves and The Vandellas - Jimmy Mack
11. The Isley Brothers - This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak For You)
12. Smokey Robinson and The Miracles - The Tears of A Clown
13. Jackson 5 - ABC
14. Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston - It Takes Two
15. Mary Wells - My Guy
16. The Contours - Do You Love Me
17. Frank Wilson - Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)
18. R. Dean Taylor - There's A Ghost In My House
19. The Supremes - Stop! In The Name of Love
20. Jr. Walker and The All Stars - Shotgun
21. Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)
22. Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
23. Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye - You Are Everything
24. Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough

Disc 2:

1. Stevie Wonder - Superstition
2. The Temptations - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone
3. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
4. Commodores - Brick House
5. Edwin Starr - War
6. The Temptations - My Girl
7. Smokey Robinson and The Miracles - The Tracks of my Tears
8. Lionel Richie and Diana Ross - Endless Love
9. Commodores - Easy
10. Dianan Ross amd The Supremes - Reflections
11. Four Tops - Reach Out I'll Be There
12. Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
13. Jimmy Ruffin - What Becomes of The Brokenhearted
14. Michael Jackson - Got To Be There
15. Smokey Robinson - Being With You
16. Diana Ross - I'm Still Waiting
17. Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke
18. The Miracles - Love Machine
19. Lionel Richie - All Night Long (All Night)
20. Diana Ross - Love Hangover

Disc 3:

1. Stevie Wonder - Masterblaster
2. Commodores - Nightshift
3. Diana Ross - Upside Down
4. Rick James - Super Freak
5. The Temptations - Treat Her Like A Lady
6. Lionel Richie - My Destiny
7. Stevie Wonder - Light My Fire
8. Four Tops - Everybody's Talking
9. Rare Earth - Get Ready
10. Kim Weston and Marvin Gaye - Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love)
11. Martha Reeves and The Vandellas - I Say A Little Prayer
12. Smokey Robinson and The Miracles - Wichita Lineman
13. Thelma Houston - Jumpin' Jack Flash
14. The Temptations - The First Time Ever I saw Your Face
15. The Supremes - Come Together
16. David Ruffin - Put A Little Love In Your Heart
17. Michael Jackson - You've Got A Friend

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #728 in Music
• Released on: 2008-12-01
• Number of discs: 3
• Format: Box set
• Dimensions: .40 pounds

Customer Reviews

Going for Gold, but not quite reaching it.
If you want a Motown collection, the white covered album, Motown Gold, which has been out for a few years now, is much better.

This being the 50th anniversary of Motown, I had high hopes for this album being a success. Well, it is a success in terms of sales; I see it's charting pretty highly.

But it's not as definitive or varied as it could be, and although yes, it includes all the classics, it's nothing new or different. I think a wider variety of artists could have been used, and/or different tracks from the ones being featured, as this label already has many of the tracks from this record on the "original" white covered album.

THIS IS NOT THE CELEBRATION IT SHOULD OF BEEN
As stated in a previous review this is not the Celebration of Motown 50
I was expecting to hear.
If this is what the voters thought was the best of Motown from the past 50 years, as a Motown fan, I am appalled!
I cannot believe that Motown fans would vote to listen to an artist sing a cover version of "pop" song when that artist has been credited to have recorded classic original Motown songs of thier own.
Thank goodness there are quite a few CDs available that do represent the true Motown sound of the last 5o years, several of which are available here on Amazon.
Something has gone terribly wrong in putting this Album together!
I was so looking forward to writing a review of this CD on the new Dunoon Community Radio Web Music Review page as an insight into what Motown has contributed to music over the last 50 years-Not with this CD I am sad to say.

Why bother ?
I can't add much to the comments hitherto but, most Motown afficiendos will more probably have most of the better quality "classic" tracks on this album so I must ask whoever compiled this, why ever did you bother?

There was so much more that could have been done to compile an "outstanding" selection that would have been testimony to the Motown ethos, its standards, its musicians, songwriters and performers. Sadly, this is not THE compilatiion.

As it's Motown's half-century, why not the BEST 50 tracks ? Yes, that would be "subjective" but, I'll bet that 99 Motown fans out of a 100 could have compiled a better playlist than this.

Motown have without doubt made a sow's ear of this!

I must stress that I DO NOT possess this specific compilation but, do have the majority of these tracks and I wouldn't waste my money on this compilation.

If Motown want to consult with me about what should be a definitive collection I'm here waiting, but then again, so are another 98 Motowners!