.est of the Softones album for sale by Softones was released Sep 10, 1996 on the Amherst label. The easy harmony sounds of Baltimore's Softones - Marvin Brown, Steve Jackson, Elton Lynch, and Byron Summerville - enjoyed limited popularity in the States, rarely ranging beyond the boundaries of the East Coast. Under Hugo & Luigi guidance, they scored with a fancy reworking of That Old Black Magic on H & L Records, but got labeled as remake artists and Hugo & Luigi studio puppets - the producers/writers who stifled the Stylistics' record sales in the States. Best of the Softones CD music contains a single disc with 17 songs.
1) My Dream
2) Can't Help Falling in Love
3) I'm Gonna Prove It
4) The First Day
5) Silly Billy
6) Hey There Lonely Girl
7) Any Street
8) Maybe Tomorrow
9) That Old Black Magic
10) Laundromat
11) And I Remember Your Face
12) I Played the Fool
13) Extra Ordinary People
14) That's What Love Can Do
15) Sweet Dreamer
16) I'm Gonna Make the Score
17) You Go Your Way I'll Go Mine (Live in Japan)