The Essential George Duke

The Essential George Duke
The Essential George Duke
Greatest hits album by George Duke
Released	2004
Length	2:36:32
Label	Legacy Recordings
George Duke chronology

Released2004

Length2:36:32

LabelLegacy Recordings

The Essential George Duke is a compilation album by the American keyboardist George Duke, released by Legacy Recordings in 2004. The album covers Duke's From Me to You (1977) to his Stanley Clarke collaboration 3 (1990).^[1] The album also features 2 12" single mixes, with the first of the two being labeled as a "special disco version".^[2]

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Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[3]
The Guardian	^[4]
PopMatters	7/10^[5]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Scuse Me Miss"		From Me to You, 1977	3:34
2.	"Reach for It"		Reach for It, 1977	4:54
3.	"Starting Again"		Don't Let Go, 1978	4:32
4.	"Dukey Stick"		Don't Let Go	6:08
5.	"Movin' On"		Don't Let Go	4:25
6.	"Party Down"		Follow the Rainbow, 1979	3:09
7.	"Say That You Will"		Follow the Rainbow	3:06
8.	"Funkin' for the Thrill"	Byron Miller	Follow the Rainbow	4:50
9.	"Summer Breezin'"		A Brazilian Love Affair, 1980	4:48
10.	"Cravo E Canela"	Milton Nascimento Ronaldo Bastos	A Brazilian Love Affair	3:05
11.	"Up from the Sea it Arose and Ate Rio in One Swift Bite"		A Brazilian Love Affair	5:22
12.	"Brazilian Love Affair"		A Brazilian Love Affair	7:22
13.	"Every Little Step I Take"		Master of the Game, 1979	3:49
14.	"I Want You All for Myself"		Master of the Game	6:38
15.	"Sweet Baby"		The Clarke/Duke Project, 1981	3:47
16.	"I Just Want to Love You"		The Clarke/Duke Project	3:52
17.	"You"	Cedric Martin Felton Clyde Pilate II	Dream On, 1982	4:38

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Shine On"		Dream On	5:13
2.	"Ride On Love"		Dream On	5:25
3.	"Son of Reach for It (The Funky Dream)"	Duke Byron Miller Leon Chancler	Dream On	4:25
4.	"Every Reason to Smile"		The Clarke/Duke Project II, 1983	4:22
5.	"Heroes"		The Clarke Duke Project II	4:52
6.	"The Good Times"		The Clarke/Duke Project II	4:39
7.	"Overture"		Guardian of the Light, 1983	1:38
8.	"Reach Out"		Guardian of the Light	4:58
9.	"Give Me Your Love"		Guardian of the Light	4:20
10.	"Silly Fightin'"		Guardian of the Light	5:09
11.	"Got to Get Back to Love"		Rendezvous, 1984	4:20
12.	"She Can Wait Forever"	Geoffrey Leib	Rendezvous	4:01
13.	"Secret Rendezvous"	Jerry Knight	Rendezvous	4:52
14.	"Mothership Connection"		The Clarke/Duke Project III, 1990	5:10
Total length:				2:36:32

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dukey Stick 12"" (Special disco version)	8:05
2.	"Reach Out! 12""	6:52

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