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| | The Lovin' Spoonful - Greatest Hits | | | Music Artist : | | The Lovin' Spoonful | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Buddha | | Release Date : | | 2000-02-22 | | Store Price : | | $8.99 | | Artistopia's Price: $7.99 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Do You Believe in Magic?
2. You Didn't Have to Be So Nice
3. Daydream
4. You Baby
5. Did You Ever Have to Make up Your Mind?
6. Wild About My Lovin'
7. Younger Girl
8. On the Road Again
9. Didn't Want To Have To Do It
10. Jug Band Music
11. Summer in the City
12. Rain on the Roof
13. Pow! [Theme from What's Up Tiger Lily?]
14. Nashville Cats
15. Lovin' You
16. Darlin' Companion
17. Coconut Grove
18. Full Measure
19. Darling Be Home Soon
20. Lonely (Amy's Theme)
21. You're a Big Boy Now
22. Six O'Clock
23. She Is Still a Mystery
24. Money
25. Younger Generation
26. Never Going Back
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 26 Cuts of Good-Time Music
Submitted on: 2009-07-25 |
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| This is the real thing, with 26 cuts of good-time music, most of them featuring the inimitable voice of John Sebastian. About 10 years ago, Rhino released a Spoonful anthology that also contained 26 cuts, but this newer release on Buddha is slightly preferable (big-time Spoonful fans will want both), if for no other reason than that it contains the songs "Wild About My Lovin'" and "On the Road Again," which the Rhino collection omits. Audiophile sound was never a feature of Spoonful recordings, but the sound is certainly serviceable. |
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Great Music from One of the 60's Best Bands
Submitted on: 2009-03-01 |
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Phil's review covers a lot of good ground, so I won't re-hash. Here's my 2 cents:
Never flashy, always fun, drawing on the folk and jug-band scene of early 60's Greenwich Village, they lit up the top 40's airwaves with much needed balance to the British gang and served as a reminder that this country had better music to offer than the pop-vomit of the likes of Jay and the Americans, the Buckinghams, Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, and others too painful to recall let alone mention in print. The Spoonful were musician's musicians (Zal Yanovski's country influenced leads were one of the underrated treasures of the era - the break in "Do you Believe in Magic" being a fine example and one of the tastiest solos ever), and the band as a whole was as tight as it gets while maintaining a sense of good-time looseness.
Unfortunately, after Zal returned to his native Canada following a run-in with the law, the band lost a lot of its verve and humor. John Sebastian remained the band's center; but Jerry Yester's contributions were weak at best. The band began sliding into weaker and weaker tunes until the curtain came down and Sebastian went off to do his solo thing.
This compilation has most of the best of the band's output although, I would have included "Night Owl Blues" - a great 12-bar instrumental that shows off Sebastian's harp (as in harmonica, not autoharp) and Zal's blues roots - and I would have 86'd "Lonely" - the worst song on the album. I also would have included "Blues in the Bottle," Bald-Headed Lena" and "Butchie's Tune" (a Steve Boone original )from the "Daydream" album - all gems - in place of clunkers like "Full Measure," "Younger Generation," "Money" - none of which were either "great" or "hits" by any sober standards, unfortunately.
These guys warmed a lot of hearts and brought a lot of smiles. They deserve a place on your shelf and/or your I-Pod. |
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Lovin' Spoonful
Submitted on: 2008-11-01 |
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If you are 50 something like me and dont own this one already what are you waiting for?
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LOVIN SPOONFUL AT LAST WITH CLEAR SOUND
Submitted on: 2008-10-27 |
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I have bought lots of the songs here before many of them twice and was disappointed by ghastly transfers resulting in thin murky sound. These on the other hand are crystal clear and the lesser known tracks make a case for themselves. If you want quality 60's hits in good sound here they are.
AT LAST! |
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 Good but not great!
Submitted on: 2008-09-29 |
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| I think the CD meets most of my expectations but it doesn't appear to be digitally remastered so it is a bit scratchie - but the mix of titles is great so no complaints. |
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