The Commodores' gift for soulful, snappy pop made them chart staples in the ‘70s and ‘80s, but the Alabama stars could get nasty when they wanted to, too. The hard-edged funk of early tracks “Gonna Blow Your Mind” and “Young Girls Are My Weakness” pulled the group right down into the mud. Elsewhere, the stirring chorus of “This Is Your Life” guarantees its place as one of the band's most powerful ballads.