Anthology (The Supremes album)

Infobox Album
Name = Anthology
Type = compilation
Artist = The Supremes


Released = May 1974
Recorded =
Genre = R&B
Length =
Label = Motown
Producer = Nickolas Ashford, Gil Askey, Johnny Bristol, Henry Cosby, Hal Davis, Lamont Dozier, Harvey Fuqua, Marc Gordon, Berry Gordy, Jr., Brian Holland, Lawrence Horn, Clarence Paul, Deke Richards, Smokey Robinson, Valerie Simpson, R. Dean Taylor, Frank Wilson [First edition producers only. For full series producers, see Series production personnel.]
Reviews = *Allmusic (1974 edition) Rating|5|5 [http://wm08.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hbfuxqq0ldke~T1 link]
*Allmusic (1986 & 1995 editions) Rating|4|5 [http://wm08.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:f9fwxq85ld0e~T1 link]
*Allmusic (2001 edition) Rating|5|5 [http://wm08.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3vfexq80ldae~T1 link]
Last album = "Every Great #1 Hit"
(1974)
This album = "Anthology"
(1974)
Next album = "Stop in the Name of Love"
(1976)

"Anthology", also known as "Anthology: The Best of The Supremes", first released in May 1974, is a series of same or similarly titled compilation albums by The Supremes. Motown released revised versions in 1986, 1995 and 2001. In its initial version, a 35-track triple record collection of hits and rare material, the album charted at #24 on Billboard's "Black Albums" and #66 on "Pop Albums". [allmusicguide |id=10:hbfuxqq0ldke~T3 |label=Anthology, Billboard Albums] In 2003, "Rolling Stone Magazine" listed the 2001 version of the album at #431 in its list of "Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". [ [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6626866/431_anthology Anthology] Rolling Stone Magazine online. (November 1 2003). Accessed Month Day 2007.] Without specifying which edition, music journalist Robert Christgau lists the album as part of his recommended "core collection" of albums representing rock music before 1980. [Christgau, Robert. (1990) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/bk-cg80/rocklib.php Rock Library: Before 1980] . Official website. Excerpted from "Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s". Pantheon Books, ISBN 0-679-73015-X.]

History

The "Anthology" series of The Supremes' releases began in 1974 with a three-disc compilation album that surpassed in scope any releases previously compiled to represent "one of the 1960s' most popular groups".allmusicguide |id=10:hbfuxqq0ldke~T1 |label=Anthology: The Best of The Supremes (1974)] . The three-album set not only included all of the R&B hits and most of the pop hits of the Supremes, but also included several tracks of the bands more experimental material, including forays made by the band into 1960s British pop, country music and musical theatre. The August 1986 CD release of the album added 15 songs to a total of 50; the September 28 1995 raised the number to 52. [allmusicguide |id=10:f9fwxq85ld0e |label=Anthology (1986)] . On December 18, 2001, Motown released a fourth version of "Anthology" with 50 songs representative of The Supremes' period with Diana Ross.allmusicguide |id=10:3vfexq80ldae |label=Anthology (2001)] This version includes three previously unreleased versions of songs in addition to the 1960s hits and a selection of cover songs.

Track listing

1974 Edition

Side One (The Early Sessions)
1-Let Me Go The Right Way
2-A Breath Taking Guy
3-When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes
4-Standing At The Crossroads Of Love
5-Run, Run, Run
6-Where Did Our Love Go

Side Two (The Big Boom)
1-Baby Love
2-Ask Any Girl
3-Come See About Me
4-Stop! In The Name Of Love
5-Back In My Arms Again
6-Nothing But Heartaches

Side Three (Non-Stop Hitmaking)
1-I Hear A Symphony
2-My World Is Empty Without You
3-Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart
4-You Can't Hurry Love
5-You Keep Me Hangin' On
6-Love Is Here And Now You're Gone

Side Four (New Horizons)
1-The Happening
2-Reflections
3-In And Out Of Love
4-Forever Came Today
5-Some Things You Never Get Used To
6-Love Child

Side Five (Versatile Stylists)
1-A Hard Day's Night
2-Funny How Time Slips Away
3-You Send Me
4-Falling In Love With Love
5-I'm The Greatest Star

Side Six (Memories, Moving On)
1-I'm Gonna Make You Love Me (with the Temptations)
2-I'm Livin' In Shame
3-The Composer
4-I'll Try Something New (with the Temptations)
5-No Matter What Sign You Are
6-Someday We'll Be Together

1986 Edition

"Except where otherwise noted, tracks composed by Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland and Eddie Holland."

#"Your Heart Belongs to Me" (Smokey Robinson) – 2:34 [Track listing from allmusicguide |id=10:f9fwxq85ld0e | label=Anthology (1986)]
#"Let Me Go the Right Way" (Berry Gordy, Jr.) – 2:33
#"A Breathtaking Guy" (Robinson) – 2:21
#"When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes" – 2:39
#"Standing at the Crossroads of Love" – 2:28
#"Run Run Run" – 2:21
#"Where Did Our Love Go" – 2:30
#"Baby Love" – 2:34
#"Ask Any Girl" – 2:43
#"Come See About Me" – 2:36
#"Stop! In the Name of Love" – 2:49
#"Back in My Arms Again" – 2:51
#"Nothing But Heartaches" – 2:55
#"I Hear a Symphony" – 2:40
#"My World Is Empty Without You" – 2:33
#"Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart" – 2:55
#"You Can't Hurry Love" – 2:46
#"You Keep Me Hangin' On" – 2:41
#"Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" – 2:36
#"The Happening" (Frank DeVol, Dozier, Faye Hale, B. Holland) – 2:49
#"A Hard Day's Night" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:20
#"Funny How Time Slips Away" (Willie Nelson) – 4:12
#"You Send Me" (Sam Cooke) – 2:09
#"Falling in Love With Love" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 2:28
#"I'm the Greatest Star" (Bob Merrill, Julie Styne) – 5:55
#"Reflections" – 2:48
#"In and Out of Love" – 2:38
#"Forever Came Today" (Dozier, E. Holland) – 3:13
#"Some Things You Never Get Used To" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) – 2:23
#"Love Child" (Deke Richards, Pam Sawyer, R. Dean Taylor, Frank Wilson) – 2:54
#"I'm gonna Make You Love Me" (with The Temptations) (Kenny Gamble, Jerry Ross, Jerry Williams, Jr.) – 3:06
#"I'm Livin' in Shame" (Richards, Sawyer, Taylor, Wilson) – 2:55
#"The Composer" (Robinson) – 2:58
#"I'll Try Something New" (with The Temptations) (Robinson) – 2:17
#"The Young Folks" (George Gordy, Allen Story) – 3:09
#"No Matter What Sign You Are" (Henry Cosby, B. Gordy) – 2:47
#"Someday We'll Be Together" (Jackey Beavers, Johnny Bristol, Harvey Fuqua) – 3:19
#"Up the Ladder to the Roof" (Vincent DiMirco, Wilson) – 3:10
#"Everybody's Got the Right to Love" (Lou Stallman) – 2:36
#"Stoned Love" (Yennik Samoht, Wilson) – 4:05
#"Nathan Jones" (Leonard Caston, Kathy Wakefield) – 2:58
#"Floy Joy" (Robinson) – 2:30
#"Touch" (Sawyer, Wilson) – 3:39
#"Automatically Sunshine" (Robinson) – 2:36
#"Your Wonderful, Sweet Sweet Love" (Robinson) – 2:56
#"I Guess I'll Miss the Man" (Stephen Schwartz) – 2:38
#"Bad Weather" (Ira Tucker, Stevie Wonder) – 3:02
#"It's All Been Said Before" (Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter) – 2:26
#"I'm Gonna Let My Heart Do the Walking" (Harold Beatty, Holland, Holland) – 3:09

1995 edition

ongs added to the 1995 edition

*"I Want a Guy" (Berry Gordy, Freddie Gorman, Brian Holland)
*"Buttered Popcorn" (Berry Gordy, Barney Ales)
*"Long Gone Lover" (William "Smokey" Robinson)
*"Send Me No Flowers"
*"Mother Dear" (Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Edward Holland, Jr.)
*"Too Hurt to Cry, Too Much in Love to Say Goodbye"
*"He's All I Got"
*"Remove This Doubt"
*"Things Are Changing" (Phil Spector)
*"I'm Gonna Make It (I Will Wait for You)"
*"Then"
*"Sweet Thing"
*"Keep an Eye" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson)
*"Discover Me (And You'll Discover Love)" (Beatrice Verdi, Johnny Bristol, Doris McNeil)
*"River Deep, Mountain High" (with the Four Tops) (Phil Spector)
*"Paradise" (Harry Nilsson)

2001 edition

ongs added to the 2001 edition

*"I Want a Guy" (B Gordy, Freddie Gorman, B. Holland) – 2:54 [Track listing from allmusicguide |id=10:3vfexq80ldae~T1 | label=Anthology (2001)]
*"Buttered Popcorn" (Barney Ales, B. Gordy) – 2:58
*"The Tears" (Robinson) – 2:49
*"Whisper You Love Me Boy" (single mix) (Dean, E. Holland) – 2:42
*"Mother Dear" (Dozier, Holland, Holland) – 2:45
*"This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)" (Dozier, Holland, Holland, Moy) – 2:36
*"Things Are Changing" (Phil Spector) – 2:59
*"He" (Richard Mullen, Jack Richards) – 3:48
*"The Nitty Gritty" (Lincoln Chase) – 2:55
*"Sweet Thing" (Ivory Joe Hunter, William "Mickey" Stevenson) – 2:28
*"Try it Baby" (with The Temptations) (B. Gordy) – 3:50
*"It Makes No Difference Now" (Floyd Tillman) – 3:28
*"Ain't That Good News" (Cooke) – 2:49
*"Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" (Hart, Rodgers) – 2:16
*"Whistle While You Work" (Frank Churchill, Larry Morey) – 2:21
*"If a Girl Isn't Pretty" (Bob Merrill) – 3:14
*"Where Do I Go/Good Morning, Starshine" (Galt MacDermot, James Rado, Gerome Ragni) – 3:08
*"Can't Take My Eyes Off You" (Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio) – 2:20
*"Rhythm of Life" (Diana Ross and The Temptations) (Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields) – 4:13
*"The Impossible Dream" (live) (Joe Darion, Mitch Leigh) – 4:43

=Songs removed from the 1986 edition=

*"Ask Any Girl"
*"Automatically Sunshine"
*"Bad Weather"
*"Everybody's Got the Right to Love"
*"Falling in Love With Love"
*"Floy Joy"
*"Funny How Time Slips Away"
*"I Guess I'll Miss the Man"
*"I'm Gonna Let My Heart Do the Walking"
*"I'm the Greatest Star"
*"It's All Been Said Before"
*"Nathan Jones"
*"Standing at the Crossroads of Love"
*"Stoned Love"
*"Touch"
*"Up the Ladder to the Roof"
*"You Send Me"
*"The Young Folks"
*"Your Wonderful, Sweet Sweet Love"

Personnel

Performance

*H.B. Barnum – conductor [Personnel sourced from allmusicguide |id=10:hbfuxqq0ldke~T2| label=Credits, Anthology: The Best of Diana Ross & the Supremes (1974), allmusicguide |id=10:f9fwxq85ld0e~T2 |label=Credits, Anthology (1986) and allmusicguide |id=10:3vfexq80ldae~T2 |label=Credits, Anthology (2001)]
*Melvin Franlin – vocals
*Eddie Kendricks – vocals
*Diana Ross – vocals
*The Supremes – background vocals
*The Temptations – background vocals
*Julia Waters – background vocals
*Paul Williams – vocals

eries production

*Nickolas Ashford – producer
*Gil Askey – producer
*H.B. Barnum – arranger
*Mathieu Bitton – design
*Candace Bond – executive producer
*Johnny Bristol – producer
*The Clan – producer
*Henry Cosby – producer
*Hal Davis – producer
*Lamont Dozier – producer
*Harvey Fuqua – producer
*Geoff Gans – art direction
*Marc Gordon – producer
*Berry Gordy, Jr. – producer
*George Gordy – producer
*Suha Gur – mixing, digital remastering
*Amy Herot – executive producer
*Dan Hersch – mastering
*Brian Holland – producer
*Lawrence Horn – producer
*Bill Inglot – mastering, compilation producer
*Wade Marcus – arranger, producer
*Sherlie Matthews – producer
*Warren "Pete" Moore – producer
*Gene Page – string arranger
*Clarence Paul – producer
*Kevin Reeves – mixing
*Deke Richards – producer
*Paul Riser – arranger
*Smokey Robinson – producer
*Valerie Simpson – producer
*Andrew Skurow – associate producer
*Phil Spector – producer
*R. Dean Taylor – producer
*Vartan – art direction
*Harry Weinger – compilation producer
*Norman Whitfield – producer
*Frank Wilson – producer
*Stevie Wonder – producer

References