If I Were Your Woman/Standing Ovation Gladys Knight
Released November 06, 2006
Another installment in Motown's excellent reissue campaign of Gladys Knight & the Pips full-length recordings, this edition combines 1971's excellent If I Were Your Woman with Standing Ovation. "If I Were Your Woman" is one of the group's finest moments, with a vocal performance by Knight that has few rivals in the soul music world. The rest of the album, much like a large percentage of Standing Ovation, is made up of filler tunes and cover versions that are curiosities for die-hard fans only. At times the group makes a concerted effort to take a song and give it a unique spin (a cover of James Taylor's "Fire and Rain" is especially noteworthy), but there are other times when the experiment flat-out fails (the "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"/"Bridge Over Troubled Water" medley, for example). ~ Rob Theakston, All Music Guide
TRACKS
1. If I Were Your Woman 2. Feeling Alright 3. One Less Bell to Answer 4. Let It Be 5. I Don't Want to Do Wrong 6. One Step Away 7. Here I Am Again 8. How Can You Say That Ain't Love 9. Is There a Place (In His Heart for Me) 10. Everybody Is a Star 11. Signed Gladys 12. Your Love's Been So Good for Me 13. Make Me the Woman That You Go Home To 14. Can You Give Me Love with a Guarantee 15. Fire and Rain 16. Master of My Mind 17. Medley: He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother/Bridge Over Troubled Water [Med 18. It Takes a Whole Lotta Man for a Woman Like Me 19. Help Me Make It Through the Night 20. The Long and Winding Road 21. If You Gonna Leave (Just Leave) 22. No One Could Love You More 23. You Need Love Like I Do (Don't You) [*]
Released November 06, 2006
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