Title: There Was A Reason These Were Never Released Before
Review: I read the other reviews and got so excited about the prospect of hearing the so-called lost classics that were never released. But this collection of songs is definitely second-rate compared to the real Motown classics we are all familiar with.My opinion is that the songwriting is the primary reason that these songs don't stack up to the classic Motown hits. I think this is confirmed because the Funk Brothers do some odd instrument arrangements on a lot of these songs that you don't hear on the known classics...and I think that is because they were trying to spice up the weak songwriting to make them sound more interesting.There was a reason these were never released before: there are no hits on this collection. Berry Gordy knew what he was doing.This is for completists and collectors only.
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