Motown: The Classic Years (2000)

About this title: Motown: The Classic Years collects two discs' worth of highlights from the label's heyday in the '60s and '70s, including 23 number one hits. Smokey Robinson & the Miracles' "Tears of a Clown," the Temptations' "Ain't Too Proud to Beg," the Supremes' "Where Did Our Love Go?," Edwin Starr's "War," and Marvin Gaye's "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" are among the Motown standards included on this collection, along with songs from Gladys Knight & the Pips, Stevie Wonder, Jr. Walker & the All-Stars, Mary Wells, the Four Tops, and the Spinners. The Classic Years' double-disc size allows it to ... read more

Tracks:

1. Money (That's What I Want) [Gordy/Bradford]
2. Shop Around [Robinson/Gordy]
3. Please Mr. Postman [Dobbins/Garrett/Hol]
4. Do You Love Me [Gordy]
5. You Beat Me to the Punch [Robinson/White]
6. Fingertips, Pt. 2 [Live] [Paul/Cosby]
7. (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave [Dozier/Holland/Holl]
8. My Guy [Robinson]
9. Where Did Our Love Go [Holland/Dozier/Holl]
10. Dancing in the Street [Stevenson/Gaye/Hunt]
11. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) [Dozier/Holland]
12. My Girl [Robinson/White]
13. Shotgun [DeWalt]
14. Stop! In the Name of Love [Holland/Dozier/Holl]
15. I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) [Dozier/Holland/Holl]
16. The Tracks of My Tears [Robinson/Moore/Tarp]
17. Uptight (Everything's Alright) [Cosby/Moy/Wonder]
18. Going to a Go-Go [Moore/Robinson/Roge]
19. Ain't Too Proud to Beg [Holland/Whitfield]
20. What Becomes of the Brokenhearted [Weatherspoon/Riser/]
21. You Can't Hurry Love [Dozier/Holland/Holl]
22. Reach Out (I'll Be There) [Dozier/Holland/Holl]
23. Jimmy Mack [Dozier/Holland/Holl]
24. Your Precious Love [Ashford/Simpson]
25. I Heard It Through the Grapevine [Whitfield/Strong]
26. I Heard It Through the Grapevine [Whitfield/Strong]
27. My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me) [Bristol/Fuqua/Roach]
28. I Can't Get Next to You [Whitfield/Strong]
29. I Want You Back [Perren/Mizell/Gordy]
30. Someday We'll Be Together [Beavers/Bristol/Fuq]
31. Up the Ladder to the Roof [DiMirco/Wilson]
32. Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) [Whitfield/Strong]
33. Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours [Wonder/Garrett/Wrig]
34. It's a Shame [Garrett/Wonder/Wrig]
35. War [Whitfield/Strong]
36. Tears of a Clown [Cosby/Robinson/Wond]
37. What's Going On [Benson/Cleveland/Ga]
38. Smiling Faces Sometimes [Whitfield/Strong]
39. Papa Was a Rollin' Stone [Strong/Whitfield]
40. Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye) [Weatherly]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.