Absolute (Time-Life album)

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Absolute is a music compilation album under both the Body and Soul and Midnight Soul collection series. Distributed by Time Life through its music division, the album was released January 28, 2003, originally under the Body and Soul series.[1] It was re-released in 2008 when Time Life launched the Midnight Soul series.[2]

It is distributed both in two versions: the single CD sold-in-stores and the Time-Life exclusive version on the double CD set. The sold-in-stores version features seventeen urban contemporary R&B hits, with many of them released in the neo soul music era. The Time Life exclusive version features 24 hits on two CDs,[3] including seven more songs not featured in stores.

Track listing[edit]

Sold-in-stores version[edit]

  1. Alicia Keys – A Woman's Worth
  2. K-Ci & JoJo – All My Life
  3. Monica – Angel of Mine
  4. Brian McKnight – Anytime
  5. Angie Stone – Brotha
  6. Boyz II Men – Four Seasons Of Loneliness
  7. Rome – I Belong to You (Every Time I See Your Face)
  8. Joe – I Wanna Know
  9. D'Angelo – Lady
  10. Usher – Nice and Slow
  11. Deborah Cox – Nobody's Supposed to Be Here
  12. Jimmy Cozier – She's All I Got
  13. Tyrese – Sweet Lady
  14. Luther Vandross – Take You Out
  15. Next – Too Close
  16. Toni Braxton – Unbreak My Heart
  17. Babyface – When Can I See You

Time Life exclusive version[edit]

Disc one[edit]

  1. Joe – I Wanna Know
  2. D'Angelo – Lady
  3. Angie Stone – Brotha
  4. Lucy Pearl – Dance Tonight
  5. Usher – Nice and Slow
  6. Monica – Angel of Mine
  7. Rome – I Belong to You (Every Time I See Your Face)
  8. K-Ci & JoJo – All My Life
  9. En Vogue – Giving Him Something He Can Feel
  10. Brian McKnight – Anytime
  11. Jimmy Cozier – She's All I Got
  12. Tyrese – Sweet Lady

Disc two[edit]

  1. Alicia Keys – A Woman's Worth
  2. Next – Too Close
  3. Luther Vandross – Take You Out
  4. Toni Braxton – Unbreak My Heart
  5. Babyface – When Can I See You
  6. R.L. – Good Man
  7. Boyz II Men – Four Seasons Of Loneliness
  8. SWV – You're the One
  9. Shanice – When I Close My Eyes
  10. Tony Rich – Nobody Knows
  11. Az Yet and Peter Cetera – Hard to Say I'm Sorry
  12. Deborah Cox – Nobody's Supposed to Be Here

References[edit]

  1. ^ Various Artists - Absolute Body and Soul Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-04-18
  2. ^ "Welcome to TimeLife.com | Midnight Soul 11 CD Set". Timelife.com. 1976-12-21. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
  3. ^ Various Artists - Midnight Soul: Absolute Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-04-18