Search - Percy Sledge :: Collection of 20 Hits

A nice album for first time listeners, not the best for fans

Cyrus Collier | St. Paul, MN United States | 03/10/2003

(3 out of 5 stars)

"This is an good collection of songs from an extremely talented soul artist. For first time listeners of Percy Sledge, this album will give a good overview of his music. For hardcore fans of his music however, this cd might be a slight disappointment. Several of the songs are not the original singles from the 60's, most notably "It Tears Me Up" and "When A Man Loves A Woman." I was most disappointed with "When A Man Loves A Woman," not only because it was not the original recording, but also because frankly, the version of this song on this cd is horrible compared to the original. I guess by itself it still stands up to being to great song that it is, but people who know the original already will not be able to listen to this version. So in summary, if you are looking for Percy Sledge's original masterpiece of "When A Man Loves A Woman," then don't buy this cd. If you don't know his music, then this is probably an pretty good cd."