Vinyl LP pressing including digital download. The Best of Sam Cooke is the second greatest hits album by singer-songwriter Sam Cooke. Produced by Hugo & Luigi, the album was released in 1962 in the United States by RCA Victor. The compilation contains most of Sam Cooke's most well-known hits from 1957 to 1962. Sam Cooke was an American singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur. Influential as both a singer and composer, he is commonly known as the King of Soul for his distinctive vocals and importance within popular music. He began singing as a child and joined The Soul Stirrers before moving to a solo career where he scored a string of hit songs
The Best Of Sam Cooke - Vinyl
Record Label: RCA
Music Genre: R&B / Soul
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According to Wikipedia, here was a critical take on the compilation:
Meanwhile, the recommended compilation, Portrait of a Legend, has 30 songs, for the price of $26.99 on Amazon and Best Buy, for the rate of $0.89 per song.
I see no reason to buy this when the other superior compilation exists at a better value.
No, A Change Is Gonna Come?
Well good thing it's his music that's for sale. 🙄😒
He was a civil rights activist, which means he fought for rights you're enjoying this very minute. You're welcome. And songs like Chain Gang and A Change is Gonna Come gave voice and continue to bring awareness and relevance to oppressive forces faced by millions in this country. Not bad for a mere 30 some odd years on this rock.
How you livin? How have you changed the world?
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5 Star Rating on Amazon. with over 1000 ratings. I'll take that over one reviewer's opinion.
Reaped, thank you..
It wasn't just one reviewer's opinion:
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Biographer Peter Guralnick, author of Cooke's biography Dream Boogie and the liner notes for the disc, writes: "For an overview of Sam's career, from his gospel beginnings through "A Change Is Gonna Come," nothing can compare to Portrait of a Legend which serves as a guide to Sam at his very best."[3] The BBC's Alwyn Turner writes, "With perfect sound quality, and with sleeve-notes by Peter Guralnick, this is the best single-volume introduction to his work available."[2] Bruce Eder of AllMusic considered it an improvement on the 1986 compilation The Man and His Music in terms of running time and audio quality; he did, however, lament the lack of inclusion of "'That's Heaven to Me' and 'Soothe Me', arguably one of Cooke's most important songs."[1]
It is Cooke's highest placing position on Rolling Stone's 2003 list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All-Time, at number 107,[4] maintaining the rating in a 2012 revised list,[5] dropping to number 307 in a 2020 revised list.[6] In 2010, Time included the compilation on their list of the All-TIME 100 Albums, covering "the 100 greatest and most influential musical compilations since 1954." In the article, Alan Light writes, "The 31 tracks on Portrait of a Legend impressively capture Cooke's range on a single disc […] Many artists are called "legends," but Sam Cooke truly earned this title."[7]
If you cared so much about Amazon reviews (ugh), you would've noticed Portrait of a Legend is also five stars and has three times as many reviews.
You literally chose less songs for more money and you didn't get "Change Is Gonna Come". That was silly, don't you think?
According to Wikipedia, here was a critical take on the compilation:
Meanwhile, the recommended compilation, Portrait of a Legend, has 30 songs, for the price of $26.99 on Amazon and Best Buy, for the rate of $0.89 per song.
I see no reason to buy this when the other superior compilation exists at a better value.
According to Wikipedia, here was a critical take on the compilation:
Meanwhile, the recommended compilation, Portrait of a Legend, has 30 songs, for the price of $26.99 on Amazon and Best Buy, for the rate of $0.89 per song.
I see no reason to buy this when the other superior compilation exists at a better value.
Diminishing marginal returns or capital constraints could both be good reasons, though then shopping Slickdeals may not be appropriate for someone in that position
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According to Wikipedia, here was a critical take on the compilation:
Meanwhile, the recommended compilation, Portrait of a Legend, has 30 songs, for the price of $26.99 on Amazon and Best Buy, for the rate of $0.89 per song.
I see no reason to buy this when the other superior compilation exists at a better value.
He was a civil rights activist, which means he fought for rights you're enjoying this very minute. You're welcome. And songs like Chain Gang and A Change is Gonna Come gave voice and continue to bring awareness and relevance to oppressive forces faced by millions in this country. Not bad for a mere 30 some odd years on this rock.
How you livin? How have you changed the world?
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That's my theme song !
Reaped, thank you..
It is Cooke's highest placing position on Rolling Stone's 2003 list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All-Time, at number 107,[4] maintaining the rating in a 2012 revised list,[5] dropping to number 307 in a 2020 revised list.[6] In 2010, Time included the compilation on their list of the All-TIME 100 Albums, covering "the 100 greatest and most influential musical compilations since 1954." In the article, Alan Light writes, "The 31 tracks on Portrait of a Legend impressively capture Cooke's range on a single disc […] Many artists are called "legends," but Sam Cooke truly earned this title."[7]
You literally chose less songs for more money and you didn't get "Change Is Gonna Come". That was silly, don't you think?
According to Wikipedia, here was a critical take on the compilation:
Meanwhile, the recommended compilation, Portrait of a Legend, has 30 songs, for the price of $26.99 on Amazon and Best Buy, for the rate of $0.89 per song.
I see no reason to buy this when the other superior compilation exists at a better value.
As you say, it's far superior.
According to Wikipedia, here was a critical take on the compilation:
Meanwhile, the recommended compilation, Portrait of a Legend, has 30 songs, for the price of $26.99 on Amazon and Best Buy, for the rate of $0.89 per song.
I see no reason to buy this when the other superior compilation exists at a better value.
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