Whispers, The - Bingo: The Janus Recordings 1972-1974 '2002

Tracks list

Tracklist

CD1
01. Your Love Is So Doggone Good
02. Cant Help But Love You
03. Youve Chosen Me
04. Theres a Love for Everyone
05. You Fill My Life With Music
06. Youre Whats Been Missing From My Life
07. Cant Stop Talkin
08. Hey Who Really Cares
09. If You
10. A Hopeless Situation
11. I Only Meant to Wet My Feet
12. Cracker Jack (B-Side Version)
13. It Sure Aint Pretty (Hard Core Unemployed)
14. Here Comes Tomorrow
15. Somebody Loves You
16. I Love The Way You Make Me Feel

CD2
01. Life And Breath
02. Set This Happiness Inside Me Free
03. Can We Love Forever
04. Does She Care
05. Speak Softly Love
06. Give Me A Little Love
07. My Illusions
08. P.O.W.-M.I.A.
09. A Mother for My Children
10. Someones Waiting
11. Will You Be Mine
12. Little Red Riding Hood
13. Bingo
14. Once More With Feeling
15. God Gave Me Everything
16. Where There Is Love
17. What More Can a Girl Ask For
18. Dont Take Your Love
19. Broken Home
20. All I Ever Do (Is Dream About You) (Live Version)

This two-disc set is a goldmine, assembling in their entirety the three
hard-to-find LPs the Whispers recorded for the Janus label during the early
1970s, along with a handful of period B-sides and unreleased cuts. Its
fascinating to follow the groups evolution from the harmony ballads and slow
jams that comprise Love Story to the shimmering, up-tempo Philly soul of Bingo
-- truth be told, the first disc weighs a little too heavily on the slow stuff,
but beginning with their second Janus effort, Life and Breath, the Whispers
really began to hit their stride, infusing their lush, confectionary soul with
an increasingly pronounced dancefloor edge.

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