The Very Best Of collects Curtis Mayfield's greatest hits. The emphasis is on the seventies, the period in which the singer proved to be one of the most important innovators of soul. Curtis' versatility can be heard from this album. Besides well-known tracks such as Superfly and the hypothermic (Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below We're All Going to Go, there is room for the bedroom ballads The
… Making Of You and So In Love. We Got To Have Peace and Future Shock prove that Curtis Mayfield also had a lot to say in the social field. Mayfield shows his soulful falsetto in all songs. That voice in combination with the detailed arrangements make the music of the singer a feast for the ear.more
