THE VAULTS / CD REISSUES : The Commodores, “The Best of the Commodores,” Motown.***
More than any other popular R&B; vocal group of the ‘70s, the Commodores stretched the boundaries of the genre as it branched out from its funk-gospel roots into country and sweet pop. Fortunately, most of the songs on this two-disc set--including “Brick House” and “Sail On”--are from the ‘70s and not the lame, post-Lionel Richie period in the ‘80s.
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