Choice: A Collection of Classics

• Artist: Frankie Knuckles
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• Release Date: November 14, 2000
• Type: Mix-album
• Genre: Electronica

Review

Spreading his fingers over the history of electronic dance music, from the '70s to the '90s, Frankie Knuckles mixed a solid collection of tracks, definitely focused more on contemporary house but also stretching back to the heyday of disco and jazz-funk. Knuckles ably sprinkles George Duke's "I Want You for Myself," Candido's Latin classic "Thousand Finger Man," Billy Ocean's "Nights (Feel Like Getting Down)," even a song from ex-Time singer Alexander O'Neal. While the first disc concentrates more on the old school of dance, the second captures the house scene of the early '90s with tracks from Soul II Soul ("Back to Life"), Lisa Stansfield ("Set Your Loving Free"), Jestofunk ("I'm Gonna Love You"), and Donell Rush ("Symphony"). ~ John Bush, All Music Guide

Tracks

CD 1

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Let's Do It	Martha Williams	Convertion	(5:23)
You Saved My Day	Charles May	Cheryl Lynn	(3:50)
Love Bug	Patrick Adams	Bumblebee Unlimited	(4:54)
We Got the Funk	Martha Williams, Nate Edmonds	Positive Force	(6:33)
Do You Like the Way That It Feels		Tempest Trio	(3:22)
Can You Handle It	Rodney Brown, Willie Lester	Sharon Redd	(5:10)
Billy Who?		Billy Frazier & Friends	(4:58)
Thousand Finger Man	L. Small	Candido	(5:31)
Nights (Feel Like Getting Down)	Billy Ocean, Nigel Martinez	Billy Ocean	(4:12)
Change (Lyrics)	Mauro Malavasi		(4:06)
I Want You for Myself	George Duke	George Duke	(5:40)
Night Cruiser	Deodato, David Bravo	Deodato	(4:36)
A Little Bit of Jazz		Nick Straker Band	(2:43)
Inside America	Juggy Murray		(4:27)

CD 2

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
I'll Be Waiting	Clive Griffin	Clive Griffin	(6:32)
Feel It		Adonte	(8:07)
I Want You	Eddy Riley, Tammy Lucas	Starpoint	(5:59)
What Is This Thing Called Love?	James Harris, T. Lewis	Alexander O'Neal	(3:42)
I'm Gonna Love You	Claudio Moz-Art Rispoli	Jestofunk	(4:37)
Notice Me	Robert Clivillés	Sandeé	(4:25)
Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)	Caron Wheeler, Simon "The Funky Ginger" Law, Paul Hooper, Beresford Romeo	Soul II Soul	(3:49)
Set Your Loving Free (Lyrics)	Andy Morris, Lisa Stansfield, Ian Devaney	Lisa Stansfield	(5:35)
G-Man's Groove		Mental Instrum	(4:40)
Symphony	Donell Rush	Donell Rush	(5:12)
What You Need	Claudio Moz-Art Rispoli	Soft House Company	(7:26)

Credits

Convertion (Performer), Niles Airranton (Flute), Ben Jennings (Photography), Billy Ocean (Performer), Cheryl Lynn (Performer), Nick Straker Band (Performer), Mauro Malavasi (Producer), Nick Bailey (Producer), Billy Frazier & Friends (Performer), Gene Griffin (Producer), Greg Carmichael (Producer), Larry Sturm (Engineer), Steve "Silk" Hurley (Producer), David Clayton (Producer), Mozart (Producer), George Duke (Performer), Starpoint (Performer), Patrick Adams (Producer), Claudio Moz-Art Rispoli (Producer), Deodato (Producer), Juggy Murray (Producer), Lisa Stansfield (Performer), Mental Instrum (Performer), Soul II Soul (Performer), Terry Lewis (Producer), Sandeé (Performer), Jestofunk (Producer), Tempest Trio (Performer), Jimmy Smith (Producer), Clive Griffin (Producer), Joe Dworniak (Producer), Checco Montefiori (Producer), Jacques Fred Petrus (Producer), Teddy Riley (Producer), Jimmy Jam (Producer), Umbi Damiani (Producer), Bumblebee Unlimited (Performer), Sharon Redd (Performer), Candido (Performer), Adonte (Producer), Positive Force (Performer), Donell Rush (Performer), Soft House Company (Performer)