Search - Rick James :: Gold

A pointless repackage of the brilliant "Anthology"

whitesocked funker | Netherlands | 03/09/2005

(2 out of 5 stars)

"Unfortunately, now over 6 months after Rick James' untimely death, Motown/Universal have not put much effort in re-releasing his back catalog on CD. Of his albums, only a few are still in print, the out of print ones sound pretty badly as they were mastered in the 80's and "Love Gun", "Garden Of Love" and "Glow" have never ever been released on CD.



Instead we get "Gold", which is basically a repackaged version of the superior "Anthology" from 2002. It has almost the same liner notes and a very similar track listing, shamefully omitting several tracks or favoring single edits instead of the album versions that are on "Anthology". The remastering also seems the same as the "Anthology" set, so why bother releasing "Gold"? Universal could have lowered the list price of "Anthology" if they wanted a more affordably priced 2-cd set. Most casual fans would opt for a single disc best of anyway.



So powers that be at Universal (HW!!!): do us Rick James fans and especially Rick James himself some justice by releasing stuff the fans want!"

It's useless 2 keep on releasing the hits...

Funkyjurist | Italy | 03/18/2005

(1 out of 5 stars)

"Reprint/remaster RJ's gr8 original album on CD!!!!!!!!!"

Inaccurate AMG review

A. Thompson | Canada | 07/07/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This is not actually a repackaging of Anthology, as it contains 6 fewer tracks. At around 100 minutes, it's skimpy for a 2CD set, but the price is right."