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1.StopHearts Were Made to Love – The Pretenders 03:24
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2.StopMaybe So, Maybe No – New Holidays 03:05
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3.StopMannish Boy – The Newcomers 02:51
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4.Stop(I've Been a Winner, I've Been a Loser) I've Been in Love – The Smith Connection 03:30
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5.StopFriends or Lovers – Act One 03:20
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6.StopI've Been Trying – Sadler, Reggie Revue 02:49
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7.StopBaby It's You – The Masqueraders 03:33
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8.StopThe Echo – The Epsilons 02:39
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9.StopPlease Don't Leave – Tuxedo 02:35
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10.StopLove Can Be So Wonderful – Tempress 04:22
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11.StopFrightened Girl – Silent Majority 02:18
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12.StopI Guess That Don't Make Me a Loser – Brothers of Soul 02:52
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13.StopI Wanna Be Loved – Teacher's Edition 03:07
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14.StopOne Last Memory – Smallwood Brothers 02:45
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15.StopWhat Did I Do Wrong? – Mayberry Movement 02:57
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16.StopYou Send Me – Ponderrosa Twin Plus One 03:18
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17.StopIf You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now – Philadelphia Story 03:48
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18.StopBig Boy – The Jackson 5 02:57
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19.StopYou Make Me Feel Good – Equations of Eternity 02:14
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20.StopWhat Am I Guilty Of – New Cymbals 03:18
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21.StopMy Love, Pt. 1 – LTG Exchange 04:25
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22.StopLet Your Heart Be the Judge – Gods Gift To Women 03:03
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23.StopI Am So Glad I Took My Time – The Floaters 05:20
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24.StopLooking in from the Outside – The El Dorados 03:31
The title In Perfect Harmony: Sweet Soul Groups 1968-77 describes this 24-track compilation well enough, though a scan of the songs tells you that this isn't any old soul anthology for the average oldies radio listener. None of these tunes were big hits, and most in fact were quite obscure. It's good second-level lush soul: exquisite harmony singing and production values (even for the numbers licensed from tiny labels), though bereft of the killer melodies and hooks that might have ended up making these records more well-remembered than they are. Since Kent has licensed from many labels, some renowned (Stax, Hi, Wand, Hot Wax) for their soul output, some known only to soul collectors, that at least ensures a good variety of sounds falling within the sweet soul heading. And actually, there are a couple of fairly well-known artists here: the Temprees and, more surprisingly, the Jackson 5, represented by a rare anthology appearance of their pre-Motown 1968 Steeltown 45 "Big Boy," on which Michael Jackson's high preteen singing is most evident, even if the song's nothing special. A few of the other singles were modest RB charters, including the Smith Connection's "(I've Been a Winner, I've Been a Loser) I've Been in Love," Act One's "Friends or Lovers," the Brothers of Soul's "I Guess That Don't Make Me a Loser," and the Jackson 5-like "You Send Me" by the Ponderosa Twins Plus One. On the whole it's pleasing if unstartling romantic soul with male falsetto vocals aplenty, the most eccentric aspects being a few of the group names (God's Gift to Women, the Silent Majority, the Philadelphia Story) and the LTG Exchange's funk-soul cover of Wings' "My Love." Also, Elvis Costello fans will want to keep an ear out for Teacher's Edition's original 1973 single version of "I Wanna Be Loved," which Costello covered for a small hit U.K. single in 1984. Richie Unterberger, Rovi
- Genre: Rock
- Subgenre: R&B/Soul
- Category Southern Soul, Pop-Soul, Soul, Northern Soul
- Release Date: July 22, 2003
- Artist: In Perfect Harmony: Sweet Soul Groups 1968-1977
- Additional Artist: Jasper "Jabbo" Phillips (Vocals), Charles Clark (Vocals), Bertram Brown (Vocals), Terry Bartlett (Vocals), Lee Toussaint (Vocals), Fred Bridges (Vocals), Michael Smith (Vocals), William Somlin (Vocals), Various artists collection