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- Artist: Barry White
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- Release Date: 1995
- Total Time: 77:45
- Type: Compilation (best of)
- Genre: Rhythm & Blues
Review
It took quite a while for a definitive Barry White compilation to hit the market, but All-Time Greatest Hits -- part of Mercury's Funk Essentials series -- finally filled the bill in 1995. Boasting a full 20 tracks from White's heyday of 1973-1978, more than half of which made the R&B Top Ten, All-Time Greatest Hits is easily the most generous single-disc White collection on the market. It includes the edited single versions, not the full-length album tracks, which actually makes for a more digestible introduction to White's achievements. Like his forebear Isaac Hayes, White was not just a deep-voiced crooner, but a talented producer and arranger who'd spent years honing his craft behind the scenes in the industry. And like Hayes, White spent a great deal of time setting up moods on his albums, using lush, sweeping orchestrations to build very gradually to climaxes. (Actually, that probably explains a good deal of his effectiveness.) But White was not simply a Hayes disciple; his swirling productions were less complex than Hayes', but more in tune with the emerging disco sound, which certainly boosted his popularity. Plus, he took full advantage of R&B's new lyrical permissiveness in the wake of Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On. If his voice was limited, it was also a tremendous asset for the kind of music he recorded -- deep, resonant, caressing, but always suggestively masculine. The total package made White an R&B love-man icon not just for the disco era, but all time. For all but the most dedicated fans, All-Time Greatest Hits is one-stop shopping. ~ Steve Huey, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Love's Theme | Barry White | Barry White | (4:08) |
| I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More, Baby | Barry White | Barry White | (3:59) |
| I've Got So Much to Give | Barry White | Barry White | (5:18) |
| Never, Never Gonna Give You Up | Barry White | Barry White | (4:07) |
| Honey Please, Can't Ya See | Barry White | Barry White | (3:13) |
| Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe | Barry White | Barry White | (3:52) |
| You're the First, the Last, My Everything | Barry White, |
Barry White | (3:24) |
| What Am I Gonna Do With You | Barry White | Barry White | (3:34) |
| I'll Do for You Anything You Want Me To | Barry White | Barry White | (4:10) |
| Let the Music Play | Barry White | Barry White | (3:30) |
| You See the Trouble With Me | Barry White, Ray Parker, Jr. | Barry White | (3:20) |
| Baby, We Better Try to Get It Together | Barry White | Barry White | (4:36) |
| Don't Make Me Wait Too Long | Barry White | Barry White | (4:36) |
| I'm Qualified to Satisfy You | Barry White | Barry White | (3:08) |
| It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me | Barry White | (3:25) | |
| Playing Your Game, Baby | Barry White | (3:36) | |
| Oh, What a Night for Dancing | Barry White | (3:18) | |
| Your Sweetness Is My Weakness | Barry White | Barry White | (4:12) |
| Just the Way You Are | Billy Joel | Barry White | (4:10) |
| Satin Soul | Barry White | Barry White | (4:12) |
