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Skimpy, only 10 selections, but each a soulful essential including early rockers - "Little Latin Lupe Lu," "My Babe," and their five greatest recordings: "You Lost That Lovin' Feelin'," "(You're My) Soul And Inspiration," and stirring renditions of "Unchained Melody," "Ebb Tide," and "Georgia On My Mind." Bobby Hatfield's high tenor is the perfect foil to Bill Medley's resonant baritone on combination leads, and each stand alone masterfully on solos. ~ Andrew Hamilton
Unchained Melody is a ten-track budget-priced collection that features some of the Righteous Brothers' biggest hits, including "Unchained Melody," "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'," "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration," "Ebb Tide," and "Little Latin Lupe Lu." Although there are better collections available, this isn't a bad choice for casual fans on a budget. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Unchained Melody is a ten-track budget-priced collection that features some of the Righteous Brothers biggest hits, including "Unchained Melody," "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'," "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration," "Ebb Tide" and "Little Latin Lupe Lu." Although this isn't a bad budget-priced disc, there are far better Righteous Brothers collections available, offering more songs and better sound for not much more money. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Liner Note Author: Don Ovens.
Personnel: Bill Medley, Bobby Hatfield (vocals).
Audio Mixer: Charlie Watts .
Righteous Brothers Unchained Melody Songs Unchained Melody Music Review Average Rating: (3.3 out of 5 stars)   Re-recorded versions of classics
It's one thing for an album to contain re-recorded versions, its another for the packaging not to disclose this. Essentially, these are sold as the originals until one puts the CD in the player and hears the difference. On the second volume, the label makes it obvious that that package contains some remakes, but not here - the paragraph of liner notes continues that illusion. The disappointment with these versions is not so much that they're not the originals I hoped for (well, yes it is) but that most of the songs attempt only to replicate the glorious hit versions, rather than try for something new. "Unchained Melody" isn't the desperately hard to find classic, but it is passable (OLDIES BUT GOODIES also uses this version). But "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" and "Soul And Inspiration" don't come close to the originals. There are some good moments here, but selling remarkes as originals is a disturbing practice (I've started treating compilations with more skepticism than I used to). This collection appears to be a repackaging of a reunion disc (I can't remember the name, but I've seen it), which contained many of these same songs (I didn't listen to find out if they were the same versions.) If you want the Phil Spector and Bill Medley produced originals on a single disc a great choice is the UNCHAINED MELODY - THE VERY BEST OF THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS (titles are close), which contains twelve songs in their classic mid-late 1960s glory. The song selection is better on that disc anyway, with "He," "Hung On You," and more. I've also heard Rhino's ANTHOLOGY is a good compilation.
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This CD is horrible. It is filled with recordings of the Righteous Brothers, but they are all different versions than the ones that one would expect to hear.
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 What a CD
The 60s music would not have been complete without the Righteous Brothers.
This CD is an excelent example of just how great these two are.
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I love Unchained Melody
I just want to say that I love the song Unchained Melody and it will be my wedding song as it was my parents.
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