I don't know if u guys have seen this, but 2 of their cds have been combined to one disc. Does anyone remember the singles released from this album?

Here is the tracklist:
1. I Wanna Make You Feel Good
2. Dangerous
3. Lollipops and Everything
4. Get Jumpin'
5. Escape
6. Promises Can Break
7. X-Periment
8. Bad Girl
9. I Can't Take Losing You
10. Pleasure Seekers
11. It Takes 2
12. Big City Beat
13. Love Won't Wait for Lovin'
14. This Is for You
15. My Radio Rocks
16. Did in by a Friend
17. I Don't Run From Danger

WOW! I love this group they were the REAL DEAL back in the day, i got to get this one.....Thanks for the post!

Okay. I want this.

oh my god! i absolutely love the system! i have been playing all those 2 cds for the past month on some seriously heavy rotation. they are both great discs. they are so talented and underrated. what a shame.

my fave tracks from them are

big city beats
i don't run from danger
bad girl
pleasure seekers
don't disturb this groove
escape
i can't take losing you
this is for you

i'm trying to get a hold of their first cd called Sweat that i heard is slammin!

woah

funny you just made this topic

i just brought this album today:

question: is there a greatest hits album by The System? I like their music,but I don't really want to buy the individual albums.I'd rather have a good compilation by them.

SoulAlive said:

If I had to submit a compilation, it would look a little something like this.

You Are In My System - 12" Version 7:47 ***** Sweat
Sweat 7:15 ***** Sweat
I Wanna Make You Feel Good 4:23 ***** X-Periment
Lollipops And Everything 3:57 ***** X-Periment
Promises Can Break 4:18 ***** X-Periment
The Pleasure Seekers 4:41 ***** The Pleasure Seekers
This Is For You-Vocal/Long Version 6:01 ***** The Pleasure Seekers
I Don't Run From Danger (extended remix version) 5:59*****The Pleasure Seekers
Baptize The Beat 4:25 ***** Beat Street Soundtrack
Coming To America 5:43 ***** Coming To America Soundtrack
Rock And Roll Me Again 3:17 ***** Beverly Hills Cop Soundtrack
Don't Disturb This Groove 5:19 ***** Don't Disturb This Groove
Nighttime Lover 5:27 ***** Don't Disturb This Groove
Come As You Are (Superstar) 5:12 ***** Don't Disturb This Groove
Soul To Soul 5:23 ***** Rhythm And Romance
Midnight Special 3:55 ***** Rhythm And Romance
Have Mercy 5:04 ***** Rhythm And Romance
Good As Gold 4:12 ***** Esp
Tu Estas En Mi Systema (Spanish Version ) 6:07 ***** Sweat

I have everything they ever recorded (released) including associated artist and produced by. I always considered myself thier biggest fan!

Check out:
Jeff Lorber - Step By Step
Go west - Eye To Eye (remix by The System)
Attitude - We Got The Juice
Evelyn King - Romantic
Angela Bofill - Let Me Be The One

I don't think a greatest hits compilation has been issued for them. Most people only remember them for "Don't Distrub This Groove" or "You Are In My System". Maybe Rhino will put together a compilation soon.

tricky2 said:

that's a good tracklist.

daPrettyman said:

I wonder why they don't have a compilation by now.I can name numerous 80s acts that have had less hits than The System and yet,they still have a compilation on the market.

SoulAlive said:

Well, it's not like The System have had that many hits (five Billboard top 10 singles), but I can understand. I find them not to have that big enough of a fan base or reputation within the music community that people are clamoring for their music. Like daPrettyman said, most people associate them only with "Don't Disturb This Groove" and that album still can be bought as a stand-alone.

Najee said:

Yeah,they were never major stars,but I'd still like to hear forgotten songs like "This Is For You","Sweat","I Just Wanna Make You Feel Good",etc.The albums are out of print so the least they could do is compile a "Best Of".I realize that they would have to pad it out with album tracks Hell,I have a Wild Cherry 'Best Of' CD in my collection!

SoulAlive said:

I have every album of The System's on CD, so I would be happy to make a compilation for you.

I don't feel it's as much as The System was not major stars as much as Mic Murphy and David Frank never had some sort of tangibly devout following for their music. The reason why someone like O'Bryan (a contemporary of The System's who only had two top 10 hits and two others in the top 20) has a compilation is because he had "Right On!"/"Rock and Soul" fan base and he was considered a sex symbol (several of his ballads are played frequently on Quiet Storm formats).

The System is not really a novelty act who had one major hit; "Don't Disturb This Groove" was a big soul and pop hit during its time but it's like not some 30-year-old anthem like Wild Cherry's "Play That Funky Music." In a lot of respects, Murphy and Frank were faceless -- they wouldn't be recognizable to someone who is not a hardcore fan unless you said "The white guy who plays the keyboards and the black guy who sings."

IMO, I feel The System's biggest downfall is two-fold:

1.) Mic and David never put together a consistent run of hit songs and IMO it wasn't until their final album during their commercial run ("Rhythm and Romance") that they assembled a consistent, good album. When they had brilliant songs ("You Are in My System," "This Is for You," "Lollipops and Everything") they were great, but it was few and far between in their initial three albums.

2.) Their music is a little hard to fit into a format on soul music stations. It was fairly difficult in the 1980s, but it's very difficult into today's music scene. Most popular stations are rap and The System's music was too techno-oriented to put on those old school soul formats.
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