The Best of the Lovin' Spoonful

Infobox Album
Name = The Best of the Lovin' Spoonful
Type = Greatest hits
Artist = The Lovin' Spoonful
Released = 1967
Genre = Folk Rock
Length = 29:10
Label = Kama Sutra Records
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dxftxqw5ldse]
This album = The Best of the Lovin' Spoonful
(1967)
Next album = "More Golden Spoonful"
(1974)

"The Best of the Lovin' Spoonful" is a best of album of The Lovin' Spoonful hits featuring tracks from three of their previous four albums. Despite being a "best of", this album charted the highest of the bands career hitting number three on the billboard charts [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/searchResult.jsp?configType=BBCOM_SIMPLEDEFAULT&pubList=Billboard&an=bbcom&action=Submit&kw=&exposeNavigation=true&keyword=The+best+of+the+lovin%27+spoonful&submit.x=0&submit.y=0&submit=Submit&searchType=ARTICLE_SEARCH billboard.com artist search] ] .

The album also included a 12'x9' pictures of John Sebastian, Joe Butler, Steve Boone, and Zal Yanovsky.

Track listing

# "Do You Believe in Magic?" (John Sebastian) – 2:04
# "Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?" (John Sebastian) – 2:00
# "Butchie's Tune" (Steve Boone - 2:34
# "Jug Band Music" (John Sebastian) – 2:49
# "Night Owl Blues" (John Sebastian/Zal Yanovsky/Steve Boone/Joe Butler) – 3:00
# "You Didn't Have to be so Nice" (John Sebastian/Steve Boone) – 2:29
# "Daydream" (John Sebastian) – 2:18
# "Blues in the Bottle" (Arranged and adapted by John Sebastian/Zal Yanovsky/Steve Boone/Joe Butler/Stephen Weber/Peter Stampfel) – 2:10
# "Didn't Want to have to do it" (John Sebastian) - 2:06
# "Wild About My Lovin'" (Arranged and adapted by John Sebastian)
# "Younger Girl" (John Sebastian) - 2:23
# "Summer in the City" (John Sebastian/Mark Sebastian/Steve Boone) – 2:39

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