You really can't go wrong with this excellent 2-CD Anthology.All the hits are accounted for (in their full-length album versions!),and there are some key album tracks as well.The liner notes are very good and informative,too.To those of you who are just getting into their music,this is the place to start.

woogiebear said:

I was listening to that song yesterday Lionel's spoken intro is a highlight,lol.

SoulAlive said:

Yes i have this anthology set as well which contains gimme my mule from the movin on album. You could just look at the cover and tell the commodores were having a ball then. They were on top of the world baby. Then lionel started doing duets with diana and kenny rogers and started getting all artsy fartsy and lost his funk card along the way.

phunkdaddy said:

I reckon that was a sad day for urban music when Lionel went Johnny Mathis on us.

Hot on the tracks was the first album i ever bought. I was a little fart
in the 4th grade. I played the hell out of that album. My uncle turned me on to the commodores with the caught in the act and movin on albums. Movin on is one of their more underrated albums. Give me my mule is my shit. That was lionel puttin the stank on it back then. I wish they would release that album on cd. I liked all of their albums with lionel but i would have to say natural high was probably my least favorite.
Say yeah, x rated movie, and i like what you do keeps my interest in natural high. Three times a lady is classic but after hearing it so many times it kind of reminds you of the stuff lionel would come to do as a solo artist.
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phunkdaddy said:

I reckon that was a sad day for urban music when Lionel went Johnny Mathis on us.

Love this band. Grew up on them as a kid. Have all of their albums. My fave all time 2 songs by them though are ;

This Is Your Life ( wrote a thread about this one on here before) and
Zoom
Of course I dig all of the songs that everybody else on here has already listed but I ADORE these two songs. ESPECIALLY "This Is Your Life". It has that beautiful "I Want To Be Free " from the Ohio Players vibe all over it.

Timmy84 said:

And the only way he can regain his Funk card, is to rejoin the remaining members of the Commodores and tour.

SoulAlive said:

Yes i have this anthology set as well which contains gimme my mule from the movin on album. You could just look at the cover and tell the commodores were having a ball then. They were on top of the world baby. Then lionel started doing duets with diana and kenny rogers and started getting all artsy fartsy and lost his funk card along the way.

How FUNNY - today "Just To Be Close To You" came across my ITunes. I had to find the disc & play it in the car b/c it sounded so damn good once was NOT enough I'll be blasting that shit on the way home too. Don't know what's my fave by them, maybe that one

I would shell out untold amounts of money to see Lionel get back with The Commodores. One can only dream.

Lovesexy82 said:

I'm pissed that they haven't done a reunion tour by now.The 90s would have a perfect time to do it,with the Old School funk revival going on back then.Shame on Lionel for not cooperating!

Motown really needs to release a Commodores Box Set. Im talking 'bout a hardcore 4-5 cd funk anthology and not just the pop hits.

phunkdaddy said:

damm.. how did I forget that cut.

SoulAlive said:

HELL YEAH!!!!! INSTEAD OF RE-UNITING W/HIS HOMIES ONE MO' TIME 4 THA "OLD SCHOOL", LION-EL CONTINUES TO PUT OUT MIDDLE OF THE ROAD BULLSH*T THAT HARDLY ANYONE CARES ABOUT!!!!! DOUBLE SHAME BECAUSE KEYBOARDIST MILAN WILLIAMS RECENTLY PASSED AWAY.....R.I.P. MILAN WILLIAMS

Yeah the nineties have zipped by without any sort of reunion tour by the band.
It has been talked about by both parties during the nineties but you got to feel that some of lionel richie's misfortunes in his personal life probably put a little distance from the reunion ever taking place. I know i saw the remaining members of the commodores myspace page earlier this year and the band stated while they acknowledge and appreciate all the bands past accomplishments with past members they are concentrating on the here and now. A reunion at this point doesn't look to good.

phunkdaddy said:

I thinks Lionel doesn't want to perform at state fairs

funkpill said:

If Lionel got back with the band, it's pretty much guaranteed they wouldn't play state fairs. Since it's taken so long to happen it would be a big deal.

FuNkeNsteiN said:

I'd like to know what songs you think are "filler" on that album To me,that album is filler-free.Every song is top notch.The hit singles were "Brick House" and "Easy",but I think several other songs were just as strong ("Zoom","Funky Situation","Funny Feeling").

'Hot On The Tracks' is my second favorite Commodores album,but I think it loses steam after "Come Inside".The last three songs aren't that great.

SoulAlive said:

Filler-ish!
Anyways, the album has a couple of killer cuts, namely Zoom, Easy & Brick House.
Squeeze The Fruit & Funny Feelings are strong cuts.
Heaven Knows & Patch It Up are kinda... boring and so is Won't You Come Dance With Me.

Lovesexy82 said:

I agree.A Commodores reunion tour would be a big deal.They could easily fill arenas,just like Earth Wind and Fire regularly does.