Commodores – Greatest Hits (VG+/VG+) – LP, SG 1978

Greatest Hits is an LP by Commodores from 1978 released on the Motown label.

About this album

Commodores’ Greatest Hits distils the group’s late-1970s peak into a sharply sequenced snapshot of funk, soul and crossover R&B. By 1978, the band had turned out some of Motown’s most durable singles, from the punchy grit of Machine Gun and Brick House to the smoother pull of Easy and Three Times A Lady. The compilation shows the breadth that made the Commodores unusually successful: tight rhythm work, polished harmonies and Lionel Richie’s growing gift for melodic balladry. As a career overview, it captures the point where hard-edged dance-floor energy and radio-friendly soul met to make the band one of the era’s most consistent hitmakers.