Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [2021] - Motown With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (A Symphony Of Soul) [Island]

As you will no doubt be aware two tracks have already been pre-released and the Marvin Gaye featuring Beverly Knight has gone ballistic (on this blog at least) with by far the most views of anything posted this year. I don't listen to national radio but I would imagine that this has been all over BBC Radio 2? Surprisingly the Jimmy Ruffin track featuring Mica Pars isn't following suit!

When I posted the first pre-released track at the beginning of October I quipped that the track listing was a bit unimaginative, which is still the case. Indeed Beverly Knight has performed live versions of Stevie Wonder's 'hidden gem' "Ribbon In The Sky" (posted here), so wouldn't it have been a treat to have something like that that included instead of being all the tried and tested, 'run-of-the-mill', 'standard' Motown tunes?  I'm not knocking what they have done as they are all performed exquisitely but would have been nice to have something a bit different, but then I would guess the timing of it's release is for the Christmas market.

I think my pick of the bunch would have to be "Just My Imagination".

01/ Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Dancing In The Street

02/ Four Tops - Reach Out I'll Be There

03/ Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine

04/ Jimmy Ruffin Feat. Mica Paris - What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted

05/ Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - The Tears Of A Clown

06/ Jackson 5 - I'll Be There

07/ The Supremes - I Hear A Symphony

08/ Marvin Gaye Feat. Beverley Knight - Abraham, Martin & John

09/ The Temptations - My Girl

10/ The Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)

11/ Billy Preston & Syreeta - With You I'm Born Again

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Details

Rating:	8
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Classic Soul / Motown / Remixes
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Island
Cat No:	None
Date:	19/11/2021
Value:	£8.99