Starting in the mid-’70s, urban radio DJs began filling the late-night airwaves with a silky new brand of R&B ballad; it was rooted in the soulful vocal expressions of the ‘50s and ‘60s but featured an unprecedented degree of plushness and smoothness. Named after a stellar track by Smokey Robinson and epitomized by such iconic artists as Al Green, Roberta Flack, and Anita Baker, the Quiet Storm format soon caught on nationwide, showcasing many of the era’s most versatile and emotive singers at their most sensitive and most seductive. Spacious arrangements, laidback grooves, and sumptuous strings all became trademarks of the sound. Delivering performances that were direct and sincere yet never too aggressive, specialists like Teddy Pendergrass and Patti LaBelle helped give vivid new life to even the most familiar of love-song sentiments.
Tracklist: 01. Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On 02. Al Green - Let's Stay Together 03. Anita Baker - Sweet Love 04. Grover Washington, Jr. - Just the Two of Us 05. The Manhattans - Shining Star (Single Version) 06. The Deele - Two Occasions 07. Shalamar - This Is for the Lover In You 08. L.T.D. - Love Ballad 09. Luther Vandross - A House Is Not a Home 10. Maze, Frankie Beverly - Joy And Pain 11. Con Funk Shun - Love's Train 12. Zapp - Computer Love 13. Shirley Murdock - As We Lay 14. The Emotions - Don't Ask My Neighbors 15. Champaign - How 'Bout Us (Single Version) 16. Aretha Franklin - Something He Can Feel 17. Major Harris - Love Won't Let Me Wait 18. Bobby Caldwell - What You Won't Do For Love 19. Levert - (Pop, Pop, Pop) Goes My Mind 20. Roberta Flack - Feel Like Makin' Love 21. Anita Baker - Caught Up in the Rapture 22. Atlantic Starr - All in the Name of Love 23. Deniece Williams - Free 24. Teddy Pendergrass - Love T.K.O. 25. Earth, Wind & Fire - Love's Holiday 26. The Gap Band - Yearning For Your Love 27. The Isley Brothers - Groove with You, Pts. 1 & 2 28. Kool & The Gang - Too Hot 29. George Benson - This Masquerade 30. Luther Vandross - Superstar / Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) 31. Sade - Smooth Operator 32. Marvin Gaye - After The Dance 33. Maze, Frankie Beverly - Can't Get over You 34. Eugene Wilde - Rainbow 35. Teena Marie - Portuguese Love 36. Phyllis Hyman - Living All Alone 37. Miki Howard - Come Share My Love 38. Surface - Shower Me With Your Love 39. Teddy Pendergrass - When Somebody Loves You Back 40. Patti LaBelle - If Only You Knew 41. Prince - Adore 42. Michael Jackson - I Can't Help It 43. DeBarge - All This Love 44. René & Angela - My First Love (Remastered) 45. Cameo - Sparkle 46. Patrice Rushen - Where There Is Love 47. Lionel Richie - Hello 48. Rose Royce - I Wanna Get Next To You 49. Roger - I Want to Be Your Man (Remastered Version) 50. Stevie Wonder - Overjoyed 51. Whitney Houston - Saving All My Love for You 52. Rufus, Chaka Khan - Sweet Thing 53. Dionne Warwick - That's What Friends Are For (with Elton John, Gladys Knight & Stevie Wonder) 54. Switch - There'll Never Be 55. The Dramatics - Welcome Back Home (Single Version) 56. Norman Connors, Phyllis Hyman - Betcha by Golly Wow (feat. Phyllis Hyman) (Remastered) 57. Billy Ocean - There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry) 58. Jean Carne - Closer Than Close 59. Commodores - Easy 60. Earth, Wind & Fire - After the Love Has Gone 61. The Gap Band - Outstanding (Original 12" Mix) 62. Rick James, Teena Marie - Fire And Desire 63. Debra Laws - Very Special 64. The Isley Brothers - For the Love of You, Pts. 1 & 2 65. Cheryl Lynn - If This World Were Mine (with Luther Vandross) 66. Luther Vandross - So Amazing 67. Smokey Robinson - Quiet Storm 68. Maze, Frankie Beverly - Happy Feelin's (Remastered) 69. Barry White - I've Got So Much To Give 70. G.Q. - I Do Love You 71. Roberta Flack, Donny Hathaway - The Closer I Get to You (Single) 72. Minnie Riperton - Lovin' You 73. The Whispers - Lady 74. The O'Jays - Cry Together 75. Klymaxx - I Miss You 76. The Spinners - Love Don't Love Nobody 77. Ray, Goodman & Brown - Special Lady 78. Tower of Power - You're Still a Young Man 79. Shirley Brown - Woman To Woman 80. A Taste of Honey - Sukiyaki 81. The Jones Girls - Who Can I Run To 82. Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) 83. Bobby Womack, Patti LaBelle - Love Has Finally Come At Last 84. Deniece Williams - It's Gonna Take a Miracle 85. Jeffrey Osborne - You Should Be Mine (The Woo Woo Song) 86. Lionel Richie - Love Will Conquer All 87. Marvin Gaye - I Want You 88. Teena Marie - Ooo La La La 89. Glenn Jones - We've Only Just Begun (The Romance Is Not Over) 90. Miki Howard with Gerald Levert - That's What Love Is 91. Cherrelle, Cherrelle with Alexander O'Neal, Alexander O'Neal - Everything I Miss At Home 92. Smokey Robinson - Being With You (Single Version) 93. DeBarge - Time Will Reveal 94. Anita Baker - Angel 95. Peaches & Herb - Reunited 96. Luther Vandross - Here and Now 97. The O'Jays - Brandy 98. The Stylistics - Hurry Up This Way Again