BARBARA ACKLIN — The Best Of Barbara Acklin (2009) Priceless Collection Series | FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Barbara Acklin is one of the great lost soul singers of the late '60s/early '70s. Her biggest hit, the sultry "Love Makes a Woman," only made a tiny splash on the charts. The rest of her work was doomed to be heard only by soul fanatics and collectors. Brunswick has done a fine job keeping her work in the public eye by releasing her original albums and a couple of collections. EMI Special Markets' The Best of Barbara Acklin: Ten Best Series attempts to take her work to a larger audience, but at only ten tracks falls short of capturing the soul of Acklin. "Love Makes a Woman" is here along with her other semi-hit, the sunny "Am I the Same Girl," as are her lush duet with Gene Chandler, "Show Me the Way to Go," and a song Acklin wrote with Eugene Record, the finger-popping "After You." The collection is let down, however, by the inclusion of her pedestrian covers of "The Look of Love" and "What the World Needs Now Is Love." Adding a couple of her own fine compositions would have been much more satisfying. Still, if all you care about is getting hold of Acklin's two best-known songs and don't need much else, this collection is OK. Tim Sendra
Tracklist :
1. Love Makes A Woman 2:57
 Carl Davis / Eugene Record / William Sanders / Gerald Simms
2. Am I The Same Girl 2:58
 Eugene Record / Sonny Sanders
3. Show Me The Way To Go (With Gene Chandler) 2:34
 Barbara Acklin / Carl Davis / Eugene Record
4. After You 2:29
 Barbara Acklin / Cole Porter / Eugene Record
5. Just Ain't No Love 2:47
 Carl Davis / Eugene Record
6. I Did It 2:39
 Eugene Record
7. You've Been In Love Too Long 3:04
 Ivory Joe Hunter / Ivy Jo Hunter / Clarence Paul / William "Mickey" Stevenson
8. What THe World Needs Now Is Love 2:27
 Burt Bacharach / Hal David
9. The Look Of Love 2:25
 Burt Bacharach / Hal David
10. Fool, Fool, Fool (Look In The Mirror) 2:41
 Rudy Clark