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| The Lovin' Spoonful - Greatest Hits | 
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| Artist: The Lovin' Spoonful
Label: Buddha
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (44 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1221
Format: Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 99716
UPC: 744659971624
EAN: 0744659971624
ASIN: B00004KD24
Release Date: February 22, 2000
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Do You Belive In Magic | | • | You Didn't Have To Be So Nice | | • | Daydream | | • | You Baby | | • | Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind | | • | Wild About My Lovin' | | • | Younger Girl | | • | On The Road Again | | • | Didn't Want To Have To Do It | | • | Jug Band Music | | • | Summer In The City | | • | Rain On The Roof | | • | Pow (Theme From 'What's Up, Tiger Lily?') | | • | Nashville Cats | | • | Lovin' You | | • | Darlin' Companion | | • | Coconut Grove | | • | Full Measure | | • | Darling Be Home Soon | | • | Lonely (Amy's Theme) | | • | You're A Big Boy Now | | • | Six O'Clock | | • | She Is Still A Mystery | | • | Money | | • | Younger Generation | | • | Never Going Back |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
It sometimes feels as though the Lovin' Spoonful have been reduced to a footnote in the history of rock & roll. Yet few of their contemporaries could match the likes of "Daydream," "Summer in the City," and the transcendent "Do You Believe in Magic?"--a song that can still turn January into June. Legend has it that the Spoonful auditioned for The Monkees, and they'd have been good in those roles, having the right candy-sweet sound and a warm humor in constant evidence. But it wouldn't have lasted: lead songwriter John Sebastian was too willful and idiosyncratic, coming on like an American Ray Davies on songs such as "Younger Generation," a prescient meditation on the hippie generation's future parental dilemmas. Greatest Hits is a fine 26-song introduction to a perennially underrated band. --Taylor Parkes
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| Customer Reviews: Read 39 more reviews...
 DRM damaged by Design August 19, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Do not buy this disk. It is NOT a CD, it does not meet the standards for audio CDs and th CD icon is notably absent on the cover. The DRM used causes skipping making the music unlistenable.
Amazon should pull this disk from its inventory
 Half a teaspoon of Full Lovin' June 11, 2008
Lovin' Spoonful deserves a full Box set of all recorded LPs.
Any single CD complilation skips favorites and shakes out hits like a turned-over salt/pepper combo on a buffet platter.
John Sebastian wrote classic songs, was as important to his time as
Irving Berlin or Cole Porter to their era.
The humor, the rhyme, the ache of the times!
 awesome tunes from The Lovin' Spoonful !!! May 26, 2008
13 out of 15 found this review helpful
The Lovin' Spoonful - Greatest Hits has quite a bit of their very best on a single CD compilation album. The sounds of The Lovin' Spoonful were distinct and very good to hear; and this album proves it! The quality of the sound is quite good and the artwork is very nicely done as well.
"Do You Believe In Magic?" starts the album with a fine hit from The Lovin' Spoonful; their sound is great! The electric guitar work makes this so good and they sing and harmonize to perfection! "Do You Believe In Magic?" amazes me with its great rhythm and they perform this with a lot of soul and feeling. "You Didn't Have To Be So Nice" is another tune you'll probably recognize when you hear it; this excellent number from The Lovin' Spoonful rocks well and the percussion enhances the number while marking the beat at the same time. They sing this number very well, too. "Daydream" is one of my very favorite tunes by The Lovin' Spoonful; this number has an excellent folk rock flavor to it and the harmonica and whistling really make this number shine. I really like "Daydream" a whole lot; and I predict that you will, too.
"Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind?" is an amusing song about a young man who wants two girlfriends--but it seems that he has to choose between the two and "settle" for just one of them as his girlfriend! The melody is quite catchy and memorable and many young men--and women--can relate to this song sooner or later in their lives. Excellent! "On The Road Again" has a flavor that reminds me of early rock and roll; and The Lovin' Spoonful make this a major highlight of this album. How's about that electric guitar? "Summer In The City" was yet another huge hit for The Lovin' Spoonful; they sing and play this wonderfully. I remember this song getting lots of airplay when it first hit the airwaves; and it still sounds great today!
"Nashville Cats" has another folk rock flavor mixed in with traditional country and this combination makes "Nashville Cats" a rather strong number with a bouncy, upbeat melody that I really enjoy every time I hear this song. "Coconut Grove" has a wonderful slow moody feel to it that draws in the listener and "Coconut Grove" is definitely one of the best songs ever made by The Lovin' Spoonful. "You're A Big Boy Now" again mixes folk rock and a country sound to make another fine number; "You're A Big Boy Now" has great guitar work as the band members sing this very well.
"Money" is a fine tune that I could never forget; and the sound effects are very special. There's also "Younger Generation;" and the CD ends with The Lovin' Spoonful performing "Never Going Back." "Never Going Back" is a strong number and it leaves you wanting more from this awesome group.
The Lovin' Spoonful really gave us so much while they were together; and this CD will be a joy for their fans. People who enjoy classic pop and folk rock will enjoy this music as well.
Amazing CD Packed With Hits October 4, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Get this CD for all the timeless tunes & great songs of THE LOVIN' SPOONFUL. Surely, they are one of the greatest groups ever . This CD is just packed with every hit you'd ever want from them. It's a very generous amount of songs, and the liner notes & photos truly add to the best of the best of the Spoonful.
So few HITS September 2, 2007
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
More filler songs than actual HITS (about three). I did not realize they had so few biggies if the CD is the factual record of their "Greatest Hits".
The filler songs were never really played in USA and for good reason they are not worthy of Billboard ratings. I have these few HITS on Time-Life CD's, this is a CD I should have passed up. This CD is only for the die-hard Lovin Spoonful fans.
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