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Anytime...Anywhere is the sixth album by Rita Coolidge released in 1977 on the A&M Records label. The album is her most successful, reaching #6 on the Billboard 200 and having been certified platinum (over 1 million U.S. copies sold). The album spawned three Billboard top twenty hits; a cover of Boz Scaggs' "We're All Alone" (#7), a cover of The Temptations' "The Way You Do The Things You Do" (#20), and the album's biggest hit, "(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher" (#2), a remake of Jackie Wilson's "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher".

Anytime...Anywhere
Studio album by Rita Coolidge
Released	March 1977[1]
Genre	Pop
Length	36:03
Label	A&M
Producer	David Anderle
Rita Coolidge chronology
It's Only Love (1975) Anytime...Anywhere (1977) Love Me Again (1978)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Christgau's Record Guide	C[2]

Track listing

Side one

1. "(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher" (Paul Smith, Gary Jackson, Raynard Miner, Billy Davis) – 3:59
2. "The Way You Do the Things You Do" (William "Smokey" Robinson, Robert Rogers) – 3:35
3. "We're All Alone" (Boz Scaggs) – 3:38
4. "I Feel the Burden (Being Lifted Off My Shoulders)" (Glen Clark) – 2:46
5. "I Don't Want to Talk About It" (Danny Whitten) – 3:36

Side two

1. "Words" (Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb) – 3:25
2. "Good Times" (Sam Cooke) – 2:42
3. "Who's to Bless and Who's to Blame" (Kris Kristofferson) – 3:37
4. "Southern Lady" (Michael Hazlewood) – 3:30
5. "The Hungry Years" (Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield) – 4:18

Production

• Recording Engineers: Marty Lewis, Kend Nebergall & Warren Dewey
• Mixing Engineer: Kent Bevergall
• Recorded at Sunset Sound Studios, A&M Record Studios and Studio 55
• Mixed at Sunset Sound Studios
• Masterer at the Mastering Lab by Mike Reese
• Art Direction: Roland Young
• Album design: Chuck Beason
• Photographs by Dick Zimmerman
• Production Assistant: Ellen Vogt

Source: Anytime...Anywhere album cover

Personnel

• Rita Coolidge – lead vocals
• Jerry McGee – guitar
• Dean Parks - guitar
• Leland Sklar – bass
• Booker T. Jones – piano, electric piano, synthesizer, organ, backing vocals, arranger
• Mike Utley – piano, electric piano, synthesizer, organ
• Gayle Levant – harp
• Clydie King – vocals
• Sherlie Matthews – vocals
• Kim Carnes – backing vocals
• Venetta Fields – backing vocals
• Daniel Timms – backing vocals
• Mike Baird – drums
• Sammy Creason – drums
• Bobbye Hall – percussion

Charts

Chart (1977)	Peak position
Australian (Kent Music Report)[3]	9
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[4]	15
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[5]	40
UK Albums (OCC)[6]	7
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[7]	23
US Billboard 200[8]	6

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[9]	Platinum	50,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[10]	Platinum	100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[11]	Gold	100,000^
United States (RIAA)[12]	Platinum	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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