Rating:
Genre:
R&B
Release Date: 10/16/2001
This is an
Ultimate Collection for
the Impressions, not
Curtis Mayfield, which are two separate things, no matter how closely intertwined their histories are. This begins with
"For Your Precious Love," when
Jerry Butler was the lead singer, and ends with two tracks that he neither wrote nor sang, giving a good basic history of the band's career from 1958 to 1975. Not every great
Impressions song is here, but nearly ever song here is great (the quality does dip a bit toward the end); this certainly delivers a good summary of -- and even introduction to -- the group, which was one of the greatest of its time, regardless of genre. That said, it won't give you everything you need -- but it certainly will get your love started.
~Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide