Solid outrage!

I nearly threw up in my mouth a little this morning. I opened a package from Warner Brothers, thinking they might just make my day with Ashford & Simpson's "Hits, Remixes & Rarities." But upon closer inspection of this double disc, I noticed something. Their signature song (and only No. 1 hit on the R&B charts), "Solid," is nowhere to be found on either disc.

What kind of sick, twisted world are we living in when a best of A&S comp doesn't include "Solid?" Would you release Prince's greatest hits without "Purple Rain"? How about a remix disc by Sade missing "Smooth Operator"? Didn't think so.

I don't care what kind of music publishing behind-the-scenes scenario went down here, and I know the offering is subtitled "The Warner Bros. Years," but Warner Music (via Rhino) got "Solid" the last time they put out a greatest-hits package in 2002. What gives, guys? Next time, do the fans a "solid" and get a decent remix added to the package. That said, we are feelin' the "Over and Over" remix and the "Found a Cure" mix.

-- Charlie Amter

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