Greatest Remixes, Vol. 1

• Artist: Clivillés & Cole
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• Release Date: 1992
• Total Time: 74:49
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Rock

Review

The ambitiously-named Greatest Remixes, Vol. 1 was released in the wake of producers Robert Clivillés and David Cole's success with the dance-pop confection of C+C Music Factory's Gonna Make You Sweat. Bloated at 13 tracks, Greatest Remixes nevertheless succeeds by revisiting what made us sweat in the first place. The blatant "C+C Music Factory MTV Medley" runs through each single's memorable hook, and ups the danceable ante with beats that bring the music back into the club where it was born. At first, a re-recording of U2's "Pride (In the Name of Love)" would seem sacrilegious, or at least ill-advised. But the Factory finds a way to pull it off, employing a coed duet style, some serious bass, and a throaty gospel chorus to marry the original's grandeur to the reversion's insistent club beats. The outro breakdown is a nice touch, too. Greatest Remixes is fleshed out with re-workings of Clivillés and Cole's productions outside of C+C Factory. Of these, the best is a remix of the Cover Girls' "Because of You." It retains its infectious freestyle vibe, but additional keyboard squiggles and drum programming give the song an edgy feel that's even more dancefloor-friendly. Nothing else really hits with the same immediacy; the remix of David Cole's simpering ballad "You Take My Breath Away" is just selfish. But the inclusion of "Do It Properly" (from an early C + C incarnation known as Two Puerto Ricans, A Black Man & a Dominican) and the remix of a Chaka Khan track from 1980 does add some texture and posterity to a set that's otherwise doomed to in-the-moment status. ~ Johnny Loftus, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
C & C Music Factory MTV Medley	Freedom Williams, Robert Clivillés	C+C Music Factory	(5:16)
Because of You (Lyrics)	David Cole	The Cover Girls	(5:20)
Don't Take Your Love Away	Ken Taylor, Tonya Wynn, Robert Clivillés	Lydia Lee Love, Clivillés & Cole	(6:30)
Two to Make It Right	David Cole	Seduction	(5:58)
Pride (In the Name of Love) [Techno House Version]	U2	Clivillés & Cole	(5:26)
Let the Beat Hit 'Em	David Cole, Duran Ramos, Robert Clivillés, Alan Friedman	Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam	(4:53)
Mind Your Business	David Cole, Robert Clivillés	Clivillés & Cole	(4:21)
You Take My Breath Away	David Cole	David Cole	(5:48)
A Deeper Love	Robert Clivillés, David Cole	Clivillés & Cole	(5:37)
Clouds	Valerie Simpson, Nickolas Ashford	Chaka Khan	(6:17)
True Love	Robert Clivillés, David Cole	Billy	(8:39)
Notice Me	Robert Clivillés, David Cole	Clivillés & Cole, Sandeé	(5:07)
Do It Properly	David Cole, Robert Clivillés	2 Puerto Ricans, A Black Man & A Dominican	(5:43)

Credits

Sandeé (Performer), Joe Hornof (Programming), Bruce Calder (Assistant Engineer), Ken Nahoum (Art Direction), John Parthum (Assistant Engineer), Craig Derry (Vocals (Background)), Alan Friedman (Overdubs), David Cole (Producer), Ron Allaire (Assistant Engineer), Freedom Williams (Vocals), Ricky Crespo (Keyboards), Bruce Miller (Engineer), Lisa Lisa (Vocals), David Cole (Performer), Paul Pesco (Vocals), Tonya Wynn (Vocals), Alan Friedman (Producer), Clivillés & Cole (Performer), Lisa Lisa (Vocals (Background)), David Cole (Keyboard Arrangements), Acar S. Key (Engineer), David Cole (Arranger), Angel Sabater (Vocals), Seduction (Performer), Robert Clivillés (Editing), C+C Music Factory (Performer), Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam (Performer), April Harris (Vocals), Norma Jean Wright (Vocals (Background)), Albert Cabrera (Editing), Robert Clivillés (Producer), George Morel (Editing), Arif Mardin (Producer), David Cole (Mixing), Robert Clivillés (Mixing), Larry Yasgar (Executive Producer), David Cole (Keyboards), Deborah Cooper (Vocals), Alan Friedman (Assistant Producer), Bob Rosa (Editing), Jimmy Paterson (Assistant Engineer), Martha Wash (Vocals), James T. Alfano (Assistant Engineer), Robert Clivillés (Percussion), Zelma Davis (Vocals), Paul Pesco (Guitar), Jim Caruso (Producer), Alan Friedman (Programming), Will Downing (Vocals (Background)), David Cole (Percussion), Brian Pollack (Assistant Engineer), Fernando Aponte (Engineer), Acar S. Key (Mixing), Robert Clivillés (Arranger), Ricky Crespo (Editing), Ricky Crespo (Mixing), Bob Rosa (Mixing), Jim Caruso (Engineer), Bonzai Jim Caruso (Engineer), Fernando Aponte (Assistant Engineer), David Cole (Drums), Karen Bernod (Vocals (Background)), Christopher Austopchuk (Art Direction), David Cole (Vocals), Lisa Lisa (Performer), Veronica McHugh (Coordination), Barbara Warren-Pace (Coordination), Robert Clivillés (Vocals (Background)), Carole Sylvan (Vocals (Background)), 2 Puerto Ricans, A Black Man & A Dominican (Performer), Alec Head (Engineer), Barbera Aimes (Engineer), Robert Clivillés (Vocals), David Cole (Vocals (Background)), Robert Clivillés (Drums), James T. Alfano (Programming), Billy (Performer), Richard Joseph (Engineer), The Cover Girls (Performer), Rodney Ascue (Mixing), Ricky Crespo (Producer), Robert Clivillés (Keyboards), Chaka Khan (Performer), Deborah Cooper (Vocals (Background))