Golden Classics

by People's Choice

Overview

Golden Classics isn't so much a greatest-hits collection as it is a repackaging of People's Choice's first album for Philadelphia International, with a few B-sides thrown in for good measure. That album, 1975's Boogie Down U.S.A., recast the sometimes-gritty funk group in the Gamble & Huff mold, featuring a four-on-the-floor pulse and an overall smoother production. Joined here by members of MFSB, it's not surprising that they sound like a tougher version of that group on their crossover pop and R&B hit "Do It Any Way You Wanna." The studio gloss sometimes works against the gruff voice of Frankie Brunson, but ultimately prevails on instrumentals like "Boogie Down USA" and minimal vocal tracks with the lyric reduced to a basic chant, like "Party Is a Groovy Thing." Certainly the strongest album of People's Choice, and as such, the best place to start listening. ~ Wade Kergan

Product Details

Release Date:	11/05/1996
Label:	Collectables
UPC:	0090431581827
Rank:	179641

Tracks

1. Do It Any Way You Wanna
2. Are You Sure
3. Micky D's
4. I'm Leaving You
5. The Sooner You Get Here
6. Boogie Down U.S.A.
7. Nursery Rhymes
8. Party Is a Groovy Thing
9. If You Want Me Back
10. Don't Send Me Away
11. Big Hurt
12. Love Shop
13. Asking for Trouble

Album Credits

Performance Credits

People's Choice   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Leon Huff   Producer,Composer
Kenny Gamble   Producer
Raymond Jackson   Composer
Smokey Robinson   Composer
Wayne Shanklin   Composer
Eddie Kendricks   Composer
Mark Marymont   Liner Notes
Homer Banks   Composer