Various Artists - Smooth Grooves: Soulful Duets (2002)

From the back cover: "the music on this package creates a hip, smooth, groove-oriented tapestry, offering the very best in the sophisticated-soul experience." Long form, late night mood-setters in full force. When I finished spinning this compilation, my CD player asked for a cigarette and the rest of the day off.

Peak on the US Billboard Top 200 chart: Did not chart

Tracks, with my top picks checked:

Song	Artists	Year	R&B	Pop
Fire And Desire	Rick James (feat. Teena Marie)	1981
Nothing Has Ever Felt Like This	Rachelle Ferrell (feat. Will Downing)	1994	72		✔
If This World Were Mine	Cheryl Lynn (with Luther Vandross)	1982	4		✔
Is It Still Good To Ya	Ashford & Simpson	1978	12
You Don't Have To Cry	René & Angela	1985	2	75
Feel The Fire	Teddy Pendergrass & Stephanie Mills	1980
Can't We Fall In Love Again	Phyllis Hyman & Michael Henderson	1981	9		✔
Hope That We Can Be Together Soon	Sharon Paige & Harold Melvin/Blue Notes	1975	1	42	✔
Love Changes	Kashif & Meli'sa Morgan	1987	2
Between You Baby And Me	Curtis Mayfield & Linda Clifford	1979	14		✔
That's What Love Is	Miki Howard (with Gerald Levert)	1988	4
Tonight, I Celebrate My Love	Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack	1983	5	16	✔

Personal Memory Associated with this CD: Ask me tomorrow.

Previously revisited for the blog:

A Sensual Collection, Volume 1 (1995)	Smooth Grooves Live (2001)
A Sensual Collection, Volume 3 (1995)	Smooth Grooves: After Hours (2000)
A Sensual Collection, Volume 4 (1995)	Smooth Jazz, Vol. 1 (2000)
A Sensual Collection, Volume 6 (1996)	Smooth Jazz, Vol. 2 (2000)
A Sensual Collection, Volume 8 (1996)	Smooth Jazz, Vol. 3 (2000)
Smooth Grooves: Steppin' Out (2001)