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    Back to Black: 1900-1999

    02/13/2001 | Polygram Uk 

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      $73.99

      BACK TO BLACK 1900-1999 / VARIOUS

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    All Music Guide Review

    Back to Black: 1900-1999 is an imposing achievement. A ten-disc box set that chronicles the history of black music in the 20th century, it spans 100 years in 220 tracks, beginning with Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag," and ending with DJ Luck's "A Little Bit of Luck." It touches on every conceivable style and artist between those two points. Moving from early blues, through jazz and big band/swing, the birth of R&B, the rock & roll years, early classic soul, deep soul, Nu Wave soul, disco, black pop, early and late hip-hop, to the edge of the current urban scene, this collection seems to simply have everything, from Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, Robert Johnson, Count Basie, Muddy Waters, Ella Fitzgerald, Chuck Berry, Nina Simone, Miles Davis to Public Enemy, D'Angelo and Arrested Development. Also included are forays into black gospel, Jamaican ska and reggae, Motown, Stax, and Philly soul. One is struck by the seemingly endless ways that polyrhythmic patterns and melismatic vocals can be reshuffled, reinvented and reapplied, always breaking fresh musical ground. It is impossible to imagine Western pop music without this stuff, and one wonders how there would even be a Western pop music without these contributions. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

    Back to Black: 1900-1999 Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • Artist
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 20
  • T-Bone Blues
  • 3:16
  • Sound Clip for T-Bone Blues from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 23
  • I Wonder
  • 2:44
  • Sound Clip for I Wonder from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 31 (2)
  • Good Rockin' Tonight
  • 2:58
  • Sound Clip for Good Rockin' Tonight from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 32 (2)
  • Up Above My Head
  • 2:29
  • Sound Clip for Up Above My Head from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 33 (2)
  • Were Gonna Rock, We're Gonna Roll
  • Moore, Wild Bill Sextet
  • 2:38
  • Sound Clip for Were Gonna Rock, We're Gonna Roll from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 40 (2)
  • Flamingo
  • Bostic, Earl
  • 2:41
  • Sound Clip for Flamingo from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 42 (2)
  • One Mint Julep
  • Clovers
  • 2:29
  • Sound Clip for One Mint Julep from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 51 (2)
  • Manhattan
  • 2:53
  • Sound Clip for Manhattan from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 54 (3)
  • Yakety Yak
  • Coasters
  • 1:50
  • Sound Clip for Yakety Yak from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 66 (3)
  • Passing Strangers
  • 2:39
  • Sound Clip for Passing Strangers from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 90 (4)
  • My Guy
  • Wells, Mary
  • 2:45
  • Sound Clip for My Guy from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 104 (5)
  • Soul Man
  • Sam & Dave
  • 2:39
  • Sound Clip for Soul Man from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 115 (5)
  • Private Number
  • 2:41
  • Sound Clip for Private Number from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 124 (6)
  • War
  • Starr, Edwin
  • 3:21
  • Sound Clip for War from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 141 (6)
  • Everything I Own
  • Booothe, Ken
  • 3:17
  • Sound Clip for Everything I Own from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 143 (6)
  • Love Train
  • OJays
  • 2:57
  • Sound Clip for Love Train from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 145 (7)
  • Boogie Wonderland
  • 4:48
  • Sound Clip for Boogie Wonderland from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 146 (7)
  • Disco Inferno
  • Trammps
  • 3:17
  • Sound Clip for Disco Inferno from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 147 (7)
  • Car Wash
  • Rose Royce
  • 3:17
  • Sound Clip for Car Wash from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 148 (7)
  • The Hustle
  • 3:35
  • Sound Clip for The Hustle from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 152 (7)
  • Good Times
  • Chic
  • 3:38
  • Sound Clip for Good Times from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 154 (7)
  • Lady Marmalade
  • Labelle
  • 3:58
  • Sound Clip for Lady Marmalade from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 159 (7)
  • One Drop
  • Marley, Bob
  • 3:48
  • Sound Clip for One Drop from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 164 (8)
  • Upside Down
  • Ross, Diana
  • 3:42
  • Sound Clip for Upside Down from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 172 (8)
  • Superfreak
  • James, Rick
  • 3:20
  • Sound Clip for Superfreak from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 174 (8)
  • Planet Rock
  • 4:50
  • Sound Clip for Planet Rock from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 176 (8)
  • Rockit
  • Hancock, Herbie
  • 3:20
  • Sound Clip for Rockit from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 178 (8)
  • Joy and Pain
  • Maze
  • 4:22
  • Sound Clip for Joy and Pain from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 183 (8)
  • Baby Come to Me
  • 3:37
  • Sound Clip for Baby Come to Me from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 186 (9)
  • Don't Turn Around
  • Aswad
  • 3:37
  • Sound Clip for Don't Turn Around from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 189 (9)
  • Solid
  • Ashford & Simpson
  • 3:21
  • Sound Clip for Solid from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 190 (9)
  • Word Up!
  • Cameo
  • 4:18
  • Sound Clip for Word Up! from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 192 (9)
  • Do Me Right
  • Guy
  • 3:42
  • Sound Clip for Do Me Right from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 193 (9)
  • Eye Know
  • De La Soul
  • 4:09
  • Sound Clip for Eye Know from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 194 (9)
  • Express Yourself
  • N.W.A.
  • 4:15
  • Sound Clip for Express Yourself from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 201 (9)
  • I Don't Think That Man Should Sleep Alone
  • Parker, Ray Jr.
  • 4:16
  • Sound Clip for I Don't Think That Man Should Sleep Alone from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 202 (10)
  • No Diggity
  • 4:13
  • Sound Clip for No Diggity from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 203 (10)
  • Phenomenon
  • LL Cool J
  • 3:07
  • Sound Clip for Phenomenon from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 204 (10)
  • Brown Sugar
  • D'Angelo
  • 3:58
  • Sound Clip for Brown Sugar from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 207 (10)
  • C.R.E.A.M.
  • Wu-Tang Clan
  • 4:14
  • Sound Clip for C.R.E.A.M. from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 208 (10)
  • Ruf Ryders' Anthem
  • DMX
  • 3:36
  • Sound Clip for Ruf Ryders' Anthem from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 213 (10)
  • Real Love
  • Blige, Mary J.
  • 3:58
  • Sound Clip for Real Love from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 214 (10)
  • On and On
  • Bandu, Erykah
  • 3:49
  • Sound Clip for On and On from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 215 (10)
  • Walk on By
  • Gabrielle
  • 3:16
  • Sound Clip for Walk on By from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 216 (10)
  • All My Life
  • K-Ci and Jo Jo
  • 3:42
  • Sound Clip for All My Life from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 218 (10)
  • I Wanna Be the Only One
  • 3:37
  • Sound Clip for I Wanna Be the Only One from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 219 (10)
  • Inner City Life
  • Goldie
  • 3:47
  • Sound Clip for Inner City Life from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • 220 (10)
  • A Little Bit of Luck
  • 5:54
  • Sound Clip for A   Little Bit of Luck from Back to Black: 1900-1999


  • Credits of Back to Black: 1900-1999



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