Track Listing

1. When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes - Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, The Supremes
2. Where Did Our Love Go - Brian Holland, The Supremes, Lamont Dozier
3. Baby Love - Lamont Dozier, The Supremes, Brian Holland
4. Come See About Me - Brian Holland, The Supremes, Lamont Dozier
5. Stop! In The Name Of Love - Brian Holland, The Supremes, Lamont Dozier
6. Back In My Arms Again - Brian Holland, The Supremes, Lamont Dozier
7. Nothing But Heartaches - Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, The Supremes
8. I Hear A Symphony - Brian Holland, The Supremes, Lamont Dozier
9. My World Is Empty Without You - Brian Holland, The Supremes, Lamont Dozier
10. Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart - Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, The Supremes
11. You Can't Hurry Love - Brian Holland, The Supremes, Lamont Dozier
12. You Keep Me Hangin' On - Brian Holland, The Supremes, Lamont Dozier
13. Love Is Here And Now You're Gone - Brian Holland, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Lamont Dozier
14. The Happening - Brian Holland, The Supremes, Lamont Dozier
15. Reflections - Brian Holland, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Lamont Dozier
16. In And Out Of Love - Brian Holland, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Lamont Dozier
17. Forever Came Today - Brian Holland, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Lamont Dozier
18. Some Things You Never Get Used To - Diana Ross & The Supremes, Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson, The Andantes
19. Love Child - Berry Gordy Jr., Diana Ross & The Supremes, Henry Cosby, Frank Wilson, Deke Richards, R. Dean Taylor, The Andantes
20. I'm Livin' In Shame - Berry Gordy Jr., Diana Ross & The Supremes, Henry Cosby, Frank Wilson, Deke Richards, R. Dean Taylor, The Andantes
21. I'm Gonna Make You Love Me - Diana Ross & The Supremes, Frank Wilson, Nickolas Ashford, The Temptations
22. I'll Try Something New - Diana Ross & The Supremes, Frank Wilson, The Temptations
23. The Composer - Diana Ross & The Supremes, William Robinson, Jr., The Andantes
24. No Matter What Sign You Are - Berry Gordy Jr., Diana Ross & The Supremes, Henry Cosby
25. Someday We'll Be Together - Diana Ross & The Supremes, Johnny Bristol

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12900 in Music
• Released on: 1998-08-10
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .22 pounds
• Running time: 70 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
The title is a bit of a misnomer: The Supremes are anthologised in more comprehensive fashion on Motown's 40 Golden Motown Greats, while this package is denser, and has a higher hit-per-track ratio. But if you'd rather not spend the extra money, and if you want a good, thorough skimming of cream from the group's catalogue, 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. --Gavin McNett

CD Description
Be assured that the title here is not remotely hyperbolic; in fact, it's hard to imagine a better single disc Supremes greatest hits collection. Every Supremes song you could conceivably want is here in chronological order, beginning with their first Top 40 hit, 1963's "When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes", to 1969's cleverly calculated farewell smash "Someday We'll Be Together".
All of them are in the original glorious mono. This compilation is also a pretty interesting time capsule look at various '60s pop styles; for example, in retrospect, it's hard to think of the Supremes as having ever been remotely psychedelic, but even theygot a little trippy with songs like "The Happening" and "Reflections".

Customer Reviews

70 minutes of the world's greatest girl band. Fantastic.
If you've ever hummed along to You Keep mr Hangin' On, this is your ticket. In the month since I bought the CD, it has seldom been out of my hi-fi. This collection is filled with gorgeous nuggets of motown magic. The Supremes were done and dusted way before my time, but this is the best music investment I've made for a long time. Guaranteed to get you singing into your hairbrush. Brilliant.

The best single CD compilation of their music
The Supremes were a brilliant group but there was plenty of sadness behind the scenes. Florence Ballard was the original lead singer. Several singles were released without success, after which Diana Ross replaced Florence as lead singer. Songwriters Holland-Dozier-Holland were brought in at the same time and nobody will ever know which change was the most significant. Florence eventually left the Supremes, to be replaced by Cindy Birdsong. Diana Ross left to go solo in 1970, at which point this compilation ends.

The Supremes had just one British number one hit (Baby love) but they had many number ones in the American pop charts. Many of those were also top ten hits in Britain, but even those that weren’t became famous anyway.

A glance at the track listing shows several classic songs, including Baby love, Stop in the name of love, Back in my arms again, I hear a symphony, My world is empty without you, You can’t hurry love, You keep me hanging on and Someday we’ll be together. Anybody who has listened to sixties pop music will know all these songs and at least some of the others. Furthermore, some songs have been cover hits for others, keeping the music alive for future generations. I particularly remember Kim Wilde’s version of You keep me hanging on, but there have been others.

There have been many compilations of Supremes music, including double CD’s and boxed sets, but this single CD contains all the essentials. If you only want one CD of their music, this is the one to buy.

One Big Hit Missing
This is a (virtually) chronlogical compilation so there's not much to review. The Supremes certainly got the pick of the Holland-Dozier-Holland hit mix (except "Jimmy Mack") and some of these songs are breathtakingly well written. Ironically, Diana Ross' limited delivery helped - she sang the songs totally straight - just like a good pop singer should.

But where the hell is "Stoned Love". This was one of my all time favourites and any Supremes collection without it is not worth buying. On that basis it's a bad compilation and is why it gets one star.

Next time get all the songs in. Imagine a Rolling Stones compilation without "The Last Time" or "Jumpin' Jack Flash". No, I wouldn't buy it either.