Artist: Roy Ayers
Album: The Best of Roy Ayers: Love Fantasy
Genre: Jazz-Funk, Soul
Label: Polydor/PolyGram
Released: 1997
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- Love Will Bring Us Back Together (5:54)
- Running Away (4:00)
- Red, Black and Green (4:40)
- Mystic Voyage (3:42)
- What You Won't Do for Love (5:52)
- Don't Stop the Feeling (8:16)
- Coffy Is the Color (3:02)
- We Live in Brooklyn, Baby (3:46)
- Searching (4:10)
- Everybody Loves the Sunshine (3:59)
- Gotta Find a Lover (7:12)
- You Send Me (8:29)
- For Real (3:50)
- Destination Motherland (4:54)
- He's a Superstar (5:35)
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This greatest-hits title was the first of its kind upon its release in 1979. During that time, Roy Ayers was one of the leading acts on Polydor Records and solidified his R&B/disco success with "Running Away," included here. The dichotomy between Ayers as a jazz act and an R&B/jazz quiet storm presence is all but kicked off by this album. The emphasis is on the earlier work. The definitive early-'70s songs "Red Black and Green" and "We Live in Brooklyn Baby" both retain their snap and visceral charm. A few great tracks aren't here (including "Kiss" and "Is It Too Late to Try"), but The Best of Roy Ayers: Love Fantasy goes the extra mile to include not only the best of Roy Ayers' work but also key non-hits such as "Gotta Find a Lover" and "You Send Me."
Review by Jason Elias