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People Get Ready: The Curtis Mayfield Story
Curtis Mayfield

Released February 27, 1996

The focus of this three-CD, 51-song production is on Curtis Mayfield's solo work; much of the first disc is devoted to his most popular work with the Impressions, but the remainder of the compilation surveys his solo output from 1970 to 1990. The Impressions tracks are uniformly excellent, but the Mayfield-only cuts are more problematic. The best of these -- the Superfly highlights, of course, and early-'70s singles like "(Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below We're All Going to Go" and "Beautiful Brother of Mine" -- are as good as anything he ever did. But even in the early '70s, he was erratic. Some of the post-Superfly stuff is OK; this period takes up half of disc two and all of disc three. Mayfield never lost his vocal abilities or his production skills; after the late '70s his material got into dance music and romantic urban contemporary. For a Mayfield retrospective, most will be better off with MCA's two-disc Anthology 1961-1977, which goes into the Impressions period with much greater depth and includes the cream of his '70s solo recordings. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

TRACKS

1. Gypsy Woman
2. It's All Right
3. I'm So Proud
4. Keep on Pushing
5. Amen
6. People Get Ready
7. Woman's Got Soul
8. We're a Winner
9. I Loved and I Lost
10. Fool for You
11. This Is My Country
12. Choice of Colors
13. The Makings of You
14. (Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below, We're All Going to Go
15. Move on Up
16. We the People Who Are Darker Than Blue
17. Check Out Your Mind
18. Mighty Mighty (Spade and Whitey)
19. Stone Junkie

DISC 2

20. Beautiful Brother of Mine
21. Get Down
22. We Got to Have Peace
23. Freddie's Dead
24. Superfly
25. Give Me Your Love
26. Pusherman
27. Future Shock
28. If I Were Only a Child Again
29. Can't Say Nothin'
30. Kung Fu
31. Sweet Exorcist
32. To Be Invisible
33. Mother's Son
34. Billy Jack
35. So in Love

DISC 3

36. Only You Babe
37. Party Night
38. Mr. Welfare Man
39. Show Me Love
40. Do Do Wap Is Strong in Here
41. You Are, You Are
42. Do It All Night
43. You're So Good to Me
44. Between You Baby and Me
45. Love's Sweet Sensation
46. Love Me, Love Me Now
47. Tripping Out
48. She Don't Let Nobody (But Me)
49. Baby It's You
50. Homeless
51. Do Be Down

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