The Motown Anthology (2005)

About this title: Along with so many other artists on the Motown imprint, Chris Clark stood in the shadows of music giants, waiting patiently to get her turn in the spotlight under the magic spell of the Motor City music machine. Like many of these artists, Clark had her brief moment in the sun, then languished in near obscurity, save for the die-hard loyalists of the Northern soul scene, who relished every move she made from her Motown years and beyond. Thankfully, the folks over at the U.K. imprint of Motown had the good sense to include her in their recent onslaught of catalog reissues highlighting the ... read more

Tracks:

1. I Want to Go Back There Again [Gordy]
2. Love's Gone Bad [Holland/Dozier/Holl]
3. Born to Love You Baby [Lambert/Gentile]
4. If You Should Walk Away [Wilson/Gordy]
5. Whisper You Love Me Boy [Holland/Dozier/Holl]
6. Got to Get You into My Life [Lennon/McCartney]
7. Day by Day or Never [Gordy]
8. From Head to Toe [Robinson]
9. Do Right Baby, Do Right [Gordy]
10. Until You Love Someone [Holland/Dozier/Holl]
11. Put Yourself in My Place [Holland/Dozier/Holl]
12. Sweeter as the Days Go By [Gordon/Wilson]
13. C.C. Rider [Traditional]
14. Spinning Wheel [Clayton-Thomas]
15. How About You [Richards/Saunders]
16. Good Morning Starshine [Ragni/Rado/MacDermo]
17. With a Little Help from My Friends [Lennon/McCartney]
18. One [Nilsson]
19. In the Ghetto [Davis]
20. Can I See You in the Morning [Richards]
21. You've Made Me So Very Happy [Gordy/Wilson/Hollow]
22. Get Back [Lennon/McCartney]
23. Don't Be Too Long [Gordy]
24. I Love You [Gaye/Gaye/Johnson]
25. The Beginning of the End [Johnson]
26. Ask Any Girl [Holland/Dozier/Holl]
27. Everything Is Good About You [Dean/Holland]
28. Try It Baby [Gordy]
29. I Like Everything About You [Holland/Dozier/Holl]
30. Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me for a Little While) [Holland/Dozier/Holl]
31. In the Neighbourhood [Weatherspoon/Steven]
32. Yester-Me Yester-You Yesterday [Miller/Wells]
33. I Just Can't Forget Him [Lambert/Gentile/Moy]
34. If You Let Me Baby [Richards/Verdi]
35. Your Wonderful Love [Gordy]
36. Do Like I Do [Robinson/Stevenson/]
37. Let Me Go [Gordy]
38. Mr. Maestro Play a Blue Sonata [Cleveland]
39. Soft Touch [Dean/Capps]
40. Crying in the Chapel [Glenn]
41. He's Got the Whole World in His Hands [Traditional/Public]
42. It Must Be Love Baby [Taylor/Holland]
43. Stay Away from Temptation [Williams/Stevenson]
44. He's Good for Me [Morris/Dean/Weather]
45. I Just Wanna Be Lovin' You [Taylor/Davis/Richar]
46. Bad Seed [Jones/Sawyer]
47. Something's Wrong [Stevenson]
48. Mighty Good Lovin' [Robinson]
49. Everything's Right Everything's Wrong [Richards/Matthews]
50. What You Doing [Baird]

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