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Release Date: 08/08/2006
There was a need for a smartly selected two-disc
Chic compilation.
The Definitive Groove Collection plugs that gap. Ardent
disco fanatics who aren't quite crazed enough to obtain all the albums, and yet not completely sated by a single-disc anthology, would do well to pick it up. As with a lot of the other volumes in
Rhino's
The Definitive Groove Collection and
The Definitive Soul Collection series, this set is basically an update and combination of two single-disc sets that were released during the '90s and early 2000s. It contains every
Chic song that touched a chart in the U.S., from
"Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" through 1992's
"Your Love" and
"Chic Mystique." And, crucially, there are a few cases (including
"Good Times," "At Last I Am Free," and
"I Want Your Love") where it favors full-length versions over single edits.
The Very Best of Chic, released in 2000 by
Rhino, remains the best single-disc introduction, but setting yourself back a few extra bucks to get a more extensive overview would not be an unwise decision.
~Andy Kellman, All Music Guide
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