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The Commodores stood at a rare crossroads of muscle and tenderness throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, equally capable of delivering hard-hitting funk workouts and some of the most enduring ballads in soul music history. This CD brings together 14 of their finest Motown moments, spanning the full range of the band’s appeal. The propulsive bass and brass attack of ‘Brick House’ and the groove-locked ‘Machine Gun’ represent the group at their toughest, while ‘Easy’ and ‘Three Times A Lady’ — the latter a number one hit — showcase the smooth, sweeping balladry that made Lionel Richie a household name. Later entries like ‘Still’ and ‘Lady (You Bring Me Up)’ round out a collection that traces the arc of one of R&B’s most commercially successful and musically versatile acts…