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Putting together a comprehensive boxed set for an artist such as Barry White--whose multifaceted recording career extends across several decades--is a daunting task, especially considering that the man with the instantly recognizable, unmistakable voice has racked up nearly 50 hit singles in his capacity as a recording artist. Add to that his work as the creator and mastermind of the vocal trio Love Unlimited and the Love Unlimited Orchestra and the notion of a collection that's truly representative of this contemporary pop and soul legend seems nigh on impossible. Fortunately, the compilers of this three-CD set succeeded in capturing all of White's major hits--from his first chart entry (1973's "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby") to "Dark and Lovely," a 1992 duet with fellow deep-voiced lover man Isaac Hayes--as well as selections from the Orchestra (including 1973's unforgettable "Love Theme") and the trio ("Walkin' in the Rain with the One I Love"), giving a complete musical picture of White, the singer, producer, and writer. The addition of a previously unreleased track ("Love's Beginning") and the essential "Secret Garden" (from Quincy Jones's 1990 set, Back on the Block) make this the definitive Barry White collection. --David Nathan

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Disc: 1

01 - Prologue
02 - Love's Theme - Love Unlimited Orchestra
03 - I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More, Baby
04 - Never, Never Gonna Give You Up
05 - Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe
06 - You're the First, the Last, My Everything
07 - What Am I Gonna Do with You
08 - Let the Music Play
09 - You See the Trouble with Me
10 - Honey Please, Can't Ya See
11 - Don't Make Me Wait Too Long
12 - It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me
13 - Your Sweetness Is My Weakness
14 - L.A. My Kinda Place

Disc: 2

01 - My Sweet Summer Suite
02 - Change
03 - Sho' You Right
04 - Sheet Music
05 - Love Makin' Music
06 - Playing Your Game, Baby
07 - It's Only Love Doing Its Thing
08 - Love Serenade, Pt. 1
09 - Baby Blues - Love Unlimited Orchestra
10 - I've Got So Much to Give - Love Unlimited Orchestra
11 - I've Found Someone - Love Unlimited Orchestra
12 - Oh What a Night for Dancing - Love Unlimited Orchestra

Disc: 3

01 - Satin Soul - Love Unlimited Orchestra
02 - It Ain't Love, Babe (Until You Give It) - Love Unlimited Orchestra
03 - I'll Do for You Anything You Want Me To - Love Unlimited Orchestra
04 - Rio de Janeiro - Love Unlimited Orchestra
05 - All Around the World - Lisa Stansfield, Barry White
06 - Midnight and You
07 - Walkin' in the Rain with the One I Love
08 - Just the Way You Are
09 - Beware
10 - Who's the Fool
11 - Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)
12 - All of Me - Big Daddy Kane, Barry White
13 - Dark and Lovely (You over There)
14 - Love's Interlude/Good Night My Love