The Lovin' Spoonful Anthology
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| Released | January 23, 1990[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1965–1968 | |||
| Genre | Folk rock | |||
| Length | 68:37 | |||
| Label | Rhino | |||
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The Lovin' Spoonful Anthology is a compilation album by the folk rock group the Lovin' Spoonful, released in 1990.
The Lovin' Spoonful Anthology focuses mainly on The Lovin' Spoonful's 1965-1966 releases with a few obscure tracks such as "Pow!" from their What's Up, Tiger Lily? soundtrack and "Good Time Music", an early song found on a label sampler. All the band's biggest hits are included as well as a booklet with comments about the songs from John Sebastian.
Reception[edit]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [2] |
| MusicHound Rock | 5/5[3] |
In his Allmusic review, music critic Richie Unterberger wrote "Unquestionably the finest collection of a major band that did much to launch American folk-rock in the mid-'60s. Anthology jams 26 cuts onto a single CD, including all of their hits and some of their strongest album tracks, drawing mostly from their 1965-1966 prime."[2]
Track listing[edit]
- "Good Time Music" (John Sebastian) – 3:06
- "Do You Believe In Magic" (Sebastian) – 2:04
- "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice" (Steve Boone, Sebastian) – 2:31
- "Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?" (Sebastian) – 1:58
- "You Baby" (Mann, Phil Spector, Weil) – 2:55
- "Younger Girl" (Sebastian) – 2:19
- "Fishin' Blues" Traditional– 2:00
- "Daydream" (Sebastian) – 2:18
- "Jug Band Music" (Sebastian) – 2:51
- "Didn't Want to Have to Do It" (Sebastian) – 2:36
- "Summer in the City" (Boone, Sebastian, Mark Sebastian) – 2:39
- "Pow!" (Boone, Joe Butler, Sebastian, Zal Yanovsky) – 2:28
- "Rain on the Roof" (Sebastian) – 2:11
- "Nashville Cats" (Sebastian) – 2:34
- "Full Measure" (Boone, Sebastian) – 2:40
- "Lovin' You" (Sebastian) – 2:28
- "Coconut Grove" (Sebastian, Yanovsky) – 2:42
- "Darling Be Home Soon" (Boone, Sebastian) – 3:31
- "You're a Big Boy Now" (Boone, Butler, Sebastian) – 2:38
- "Lonely (Amy's Theme)" (Sebastian) – 3:19
- "Six O'Clock" (Sebastian) – 2:41
- "She Is Still a Mystery" (Sebastian) – 3:02
- "Money" (Sebastian) – 1:54
- "Younger Generation" (Sebastian) – 2:40
- "Never Going Back" (John Stewart) – 2:44
- "Me About You" (Garry Bonner, Alan Gordon) – 3:48
Personnel[edit]
According to the album's liner notes:
The Lovin' Spoonful
- John Sebastian – guitars, lead vocals, autoharp, harmonica, Wurlitzer electric piano, Irish harp, clarinet, harmonium, marxophone
- Zal Yanovsky – lead guitars, vocals, lead six-string bass, electric gorgle, Chinese gong
- Steve Boone – bass, pianos, organs
- Joe Butler – drums, percussion, vocals; lead vocals ("You Baby", "Never Going Back" and "Me About You")
- Jerry Yester (replaced Zal Yanovsky for tracks 22–26) – lead guitars, keyboards, vocals, vocal and orchestral arrangements
Additional musicians
- Chip Douglas – bass ("Never Going Back")
- Red Rhodes – pedal steel guitar ("Never Going Back")
- John Stewart – guitar ("Never Going Back")
References[edit]
- ^ Anon. (January 19, 1990). "Pipeline". Chicago Tribune. p. 7S – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Unterberger, Richie. "The Lovin' Spoonful Anthology > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
- ^ Rucker, Leland (1996). "Lovin' Spoonful / John Sebastian". In Graff, Gary (ed.). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Detroit, Michigan: Visible Ink Press. pp. 422–423. ISBN 0-7876-1037-2 – via the Internet Archive.