Luther

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LUTHER VANDROSS--Love, Luther is a great holiday gift for almost perhaps everybody) on your gift list. The four-CD box set offers a retrospective on the life and career of the beloved balladeer who died in 2005. There are 56 tracks that cover Vandross' career from 1973 until 2003. including R&B and pop hits, album tracks, long-form video tracks, background session vocals and productions with fellow artists. There are duets with Beyonce ("The Closer I Get To You" from Dance With My Father), Dionne Warwick ("How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye" from Busy Body), Mariah Carey ("Endless Love" from Songs), and Gregory Hines ("There's Nothing Better Than Love" from Give Me the Reason), as well as previously unreleased cuts, including "There's Only You" from The Montserrat Sessions (1986). Most importantly, this is PURE Luther all buttery and sensual and joyous and titillating and vibrant and entertaining as we remember him. And yes, there are the favorites--"If Only For One Night," "Always And Forever," "A House Is Not A Home," "Creepin'," and, of course, the incredibly beautiful and still popular "Dance With My Father." The CD of that title earned three Grammy Awards. Share the love and spend the with Luther, and be blessed.

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