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Summary: Exposé still strong after more than 20 years!
Comment: Exposé became one of my favorite dance/pop girl-groups back in the 80s. They had this distinctive sound, -call it latin/dance/disco pop- and managed to accomplish a string of top ten hits...too bad they only released three studio albums, for which this Greatest Hits album could have been a bit premature, but knowing the quality of their music it was justified. This CD contains their best works: "Come Go With Me" , "Point Of No Return" "Let Me Be The One", "Seasons Change" among others...missing are "Stop, Listen, Look & Think" from their second release and, I have to say I was a bit disappointed two or three tracks from their Exposé album weren't included here: "As Long As I Can Dream", "In Walked Love" and "Angel". Instead, two remixes that are not that great were, that's why I give this compilation 4 stars. Now, if you want to hear the pure Exposé sound, I recommend their first CD Exposure...buy it if available: all the gems are there, it's a five star album for sure!
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Summary: A talented group that should have stuck around longer
Comment: A great cross-section of the best of Expose - if you don't have all their albums already, this is a good substitute. I was lucky enough to see Expose twice live, and they were fantastic. Unlike so many of the girl groups that were thrown together in the studio by some male Svengali, the three members of Expose could really perform. The second time I saw them they (especially Gioia) commented that it was depressing that their male boss basically owned them, they couldn't choose what songs to record, and he wouldn't let them do the songs they wrote themselves. I imagine he took the lion's share of the money, too. But anyway, for a while, they were great, and the music lives on.
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Summary: one of my fave 80s girl groups
Comment: Expose' was one of my favorite 80s girl groups. They had a nice mix of dance tunes and heartfelt ballads. I loved their ballads the best.
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Summary: GH vs. original release
Comment: I bought this for my hubby who is a big fan of Expose. He prefers their original release as this doesn't have all of their songs from that first album. Otherwise he says it is an okay album.
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Summary: Continuing in the long tradition of great American girl groups.
Comment: From the earliest days of the "Your Hit Parade" radio program in the mid 1930's American radio audiences have been treated to a succession of great girl groups. Starting with the Boswell Sisters in the 1930's and succeeded by such notable recording acts as the Andrews Sisters in the 40's and 50's and the Ronettes, Supremes and Shangri-La's in the 1960's the girl group sound always proved to be an extremely popular genre. Oddly enough, girl groups largely disappeared from the airwaves during the 1970's and it was not until 1984 when the British group Bananarama burst onto the scene with the classic hit "Cruel Summer" did interest in the girl group sound begin to re-emerge. Shortly thereafter a pair of promising American girl groups found their way onto the Billboard charts. The Bangles would appear first with the great single "Manic Monday" in early 1986. Just about a year later in February 1987 three talented young ladies from Miami released their debut single "Come Go With Me". Over the next six years Expose would amass a total of 10 Top 40 hits. "Expose: Greatest Hits" features most of these tunes along with some cuts from their albums and a pair of Remixes that were wildly popular on the nation's dance floors during those years.
"Seasons Change" would prove to be Expose's biggest hit. Released in the fall of 1987 it would spend one week at the top of the Billboard charts. All in all, Expose would rack up a total of 8 Top Ten hits including "Tell Me Why", "Let Me Be The One", "Point of No Return" and 1989's "What You Don't Know". All are included in this collection. I also enjoyed "When I Looked At Him" as well as the group's take on the old Skeeter Davis tune "The End of The World". Of all of the tunes that Expose released my favorite hands down has to be "I'll Never Get Over You Getting Over Me". Released in 1993 this would prove to be Expose's last big hit. Too bad because my ears tell me that the group had really matured and come of age and was probably destined for much bigger and better things. But alas, this simply never happened. History seems to suggest that with the exception of the Andrews Sisters girl groups only have a shelf life of 5 or 6 years.
I have owned "Expose: Greatest Hits" for several years now and I don't believe I have ever played it from end to end until now. But I have gained a new respect for the vocal prowess of this extremely talented group. Some of the tracks on this disc I really didn't enjoy all that much. The remixes of tunes like "I Specialize In Love" and "Come Go With Me" may sound great on the dance floor but do nothing for me listening at home or in my car. Perhaps my age is showing here. In any event I found Expose to be a worthy successor to the long line of great American girl groups. See if you agree! Recommended.
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