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Respect: A Century of Women in Music | 
 enlarge | Artist: Various Artists
Label: Rhino / Wea
Category: Music
Buy New: $69.99
New (3) Used (9) Collectible (1) from $29.50
Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 200511
Format: Box Set
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 5
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 8.4 x 1.4
UPC: 081227581527
EAN: 0081227581527
ASIN: B00001T3K3
Release Date: October 5, 1999
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
One of the most ambitious box sets yet, the five-CD Respect distills 89 years of recorded women's voices. Disparate styles and attitudes meet and mix with each other in the crosstalk, with personal, social, and musical values melding into an astounding whole. Attentive fans of pop music will probably find most of their major discoveries on the first two discs; for instance, Anna Chandler's 1916 "She's Good Enough to Be Your Baby's Mother and She's Good Enough to Vote with You" may very well find the listener with her or his mouth hanging open. Those unfamiliar with Loretta Lynn's "The Pill," X-Ray Spex's "Identity," or Queen Latifah and Monie Love's "Ladies First" are also likely to be shocked into big grins and furiously nodding heads. The connections to be made here are endless: spinning these largely chronologically sequenced discs in order is mind- and ear-expanding enough, but it's also fun to play, for example, Kitty Wells's "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" and Dusty Springfield's "Son of a Preacher Man" back to back. "We Belong Together," Rickie Lee Jones insists near the end of disc four, and it's hard not to imagine that she's singing to every other woman on Respect. --Rickey Wright
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| Customer Reviews:
 It's not Rhino's fault... March 22, 2002
Agro (Trenton, NJ)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I love this boxed set, but my main mission here is to fill some of you in. Yes, the collection would be better with Joni Mitchell, but if you bothered to read the liner notes, you'd know that SHE is the one who said she would never allow any of her work to be on any collection of strictly women musicians.
 A great collection with a few minor flaws... October 16, 2001
Heather Hyrka (Nashville, TN United States)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this and I think I will get it for all my girlfriends this year. The first three CD's are alone worth the price and the box and book inside are also lovely.The only thing that bothered me about this collection was the lack of Joni Mitchell, Annie Lennox and the Indigo Girls. I like everything else about it. But these three artist deserve a place amoung these other great women (as much as Paula Cole I don't know why she's on here.) The early jazz and blues stuff is great!! CD 4 is good and thank god for Joan Baez! All in all a good collection and a nice gift for the woman in your life who has everything, chances are she doesn't have this much great music all in one place...
Where's Joni? March 6, 2001
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
If Amazon had a half-star system, I would have given this (otherwise) fantastic collection a four and a half. Missing Joni is not enough to cost it a star, just half.But rather bewildering, considering Joni being one of the most influential women in rock, and considering Rhino's access to her Reprise and Asylum catalogs. But really, this is one hell of a box set. Just the first two discs alone are worth the trouble.
Give us our due! February 11, 2001
D-Bear (New York)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
What a fabulous collection! Some others may feel that there were some glaring omissions from this collection, but I think it's perfect the way it is. I love that a lot of lesser-known artists were included. I'm tired of sets that are totally predictable and love having my musical horizons expanded. That's the best way to explore unfamiliar names without buying a whole disc you may not like. I also like that each disc has a theme so I can hear what I am in the mood for at the time. Best of all, it's not geared to only one genre. I try to be open-minded and give all music styles a chance and this allows me to do just that. Buy this for yourself, or another music-lover, you will not be disappointed!
It just keeps getting better and better January 7, 2000
HLD (Chicago)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
When I received this for Christmas, I was overwhelmed to tears reading all the wonderful talent that I held in my hand. Rhino has once again outdone themselves, working extremely hard to represent a century of women who impacted and reflected the times in which they sang. The music is amazing, I continue to get goosebumps hearing many of the songs. Rhino execs admit that they weren't able to include everyone, and have graciously printed the names of hundreds of women who were musicians in the past century. The liner notes continue to match Rhino's top quality standards. What I appreciate most about this box set is that Rhino admits they chose not to include performers who buyers likely already have in their collection (Indigo Girls, the Mamas and the Papas, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, ABBA, Helen Reddy, Karen Carpenter, etc.), but worked to expose listeners to undiscovered nuggets, while still satisfying the craving for well known treasures. I defy any 60s fan (any race, any gender) to listen to Disc 3 and not be overwhelmed with joy at the outpouring of passion, fun and love. This just rocks, plain and simple.
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