The Complete Eddie Holland

by Eddie Holland

Overview

It took a Belgian recording company to finally release a complete collection of Eddie Holland recordings. Motown only released one album on Holland, and it didn't contain many of his better recordings; United Artists never released an album on Eddie Holland. The compilers only missed "You Deserve What You Get," the follow-up to "Jamie," but did include "Welcome Back," an unissued Motown recording, and many hard-to-find United Artists cuts. The sound quality is poor, especially on "Everybody's Going," which is virtually unplayable. However, in this case, you take the bitter with the sweet. What you have is 78 minutes and 31 tracks of a Jackie Wilson soundalike who's in the Rock Hall of Fame as one of the greatest pop songwriters in history. Three songs here didn't make Holland's first album -- "Just Ain't Enough Love," "Candy to Me," and "Leaving Here" -- and they're among his best, showing that he had the voice to sell a Holland-Dozier-Holland song as well as anybody. If he had chosen to, he could have been a significant recording artist, but obviously his head was elsewhere. "Brenda" is one of few compositions that Eddie wrote alone; the tender ballad was later recorded by the Four Tops. "Merry-Go-Round" was first released on Tamla, then United Artists, but despite some clever lyrics and a good reading from Holland, it flopped. Many recordings from his first LP are overblown attempts, musically and vocally, to make Holland a pop artist and may not go over well to lovers of that classic Motown sound. This collection would be much better if digitally remastered, and channeled for stereo. ~ Andrew Hamilton

Product Details

Release Date:	07/19/2024
Label:	Marginal
UPC:	0097037074265
Rank:	227691

Tracks

1. A Little Bit of Lovin'
2. Take a Chance on Me
3. If Cleopatra Took a Chance
4. Gotta Have Your Love
5. Jamie
6. If It's Love (It's Alright)
7. What About Me
8. Its Not Too Late
9. True Love Will Go a Mighty Long Way
10. Last Night I Had a Vision
11. I Couldn't Cry If I Wanted To
12. I'm on the Outside Looking In
13. Candy to Me
14. Just a Few More Days
15. Leaving Here
16. Welcome Back
17. Baby Shake
18. Brenda
19. Just Ain't Enough Love
20. Darling I Hum Our Song
21. If You Don't Want My Love
22. Merry Go Round
23. It Moves Me
24. Will You Love Me?
25. Magic Mirror
26. The Last Laugh
27. Why Do You Want to Let Me Go
28. Because I Love Her
29. Everybody's Going
30. Come on Home
31. What Goes Up Must Come Down

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Eddie Holland   Primary Artist