The Lovin' Spoonful Anthology

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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

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [2]
MusicHound Rock5/5[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

  1. "Good Time Music" (John Sebastian) – 3:06
  2. "Do You Believe In Magic" (Sebastian) – 2:04
  3. "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice" (Steve Boone, Sebastian) – 2:31
  4. "Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?" (Sebastian) – 1:58
  5. "You Baby" (Mann, Phil Spector, Weil) – 2:55
  6. "Younger Girl" (Sebastian) – 2:19
  7. "Fishin' Blues" Traditional– 2:00
  8. "
    Daydream
    " (Sebastian) – 2:18
  9. "Jug Band Music" (Sebastian) – 2:51
  10. "Didn't Want to Have to Do It" (Sebastian) – 2:36
  11. "
    Summer in the City
    " (Boone, Sebastian, Mark Sebastian) – 2:39
  12. "Pow!" (Boone, Joe Butler, Sebastian, Zal Yanovsky) – 2:28
  13. "Rain on the Roof" (Sebastian) – 2:11
  14. "Nashville Cats" (Sebastian) – 2:34
  15. "Full Measure" (Boone, Sebastian) – 2:40
  16. "Lovin' You" (Sebastian) – 2:28
  17. "Coconut Grove" (Sebastian, Yanovsky) – 2:42
  18. "
    Darling Be Home Soon
    " (Boone, Sebastian) – 3:31
  19. "You're a Big Boy Now" (Boone, Butler, Sebastian) – 2:38
  20. "Lonely (Amy's Theme)" (Sebastian) – 3:19
  21. "Six O'Clock" (Sebastian) – 2:41
  22. "She Is Still a Mystery" (Sebastian) – 3:02
  23. "Money" (Sebastian) – 1:54
  24. "Younger Generation" (Sebastian) – 2:40
  25. "Never Going Back" (John Stewart) – 2:44
  26. "Me About You" (Garry Bonner, Alan Gordon) – 3:48

Personnel

According to the album's liner notes:

The Lovin' Spoonful

  • 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

References

  1. Newspapers.com
    .
  2. ^
    Allmusic
    . Retrieved June 15, 2011.
  3. ISBN 0-7876-1037-2 – via the Internet Archive
    .
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