The Lovin' Spoonful Anthology is a compilation album by the folk rock group the Lovin' Spoonful, released in 1990.

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Anthology
Compilation album by the Lovin' Spoonful
Released	January 1990
Recorded	1965-September 1969
Genre	Folk rock
Length	68:37
Label	Rhino
The Lovin' Spoonful chronology
The Very Best of the Lovin' Spoonful (1970) Anthology (1990) Live at the Hotel Seville (1999)

The Lovin' Spoonful Anthology focuses mainly on The Lovin' Spoonful's 1965-1966 releases with a few obscure tracks such as "Pow!" from their What's Up, Tiger Lily? soundtrack and "Good Time Music", an early song found on a label sampler. All the band's biggest hits are included as well as a booklet with comments about the songs from John Sebastian.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

In his Allmusic review, music critic Richie Unterberger wrote "Unquestionably the finest collection of a major band that did much to launch American folk-rock in the mid-'60s. Anthology jams 26 cuts onto a single CD, including all of their hits and some of their strongest album tracks, drawing mostly from their 1965-1966 prime."[1]

Track listing

1. "Good Time Music" (John Sebastian) – 3:06
2. "Do You Believe In Magic" (Sebastian) – 2:04
3. "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice" (Steve Boone, Sebastian) – 2:31
4. "Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?" (Sebastian) – 1:58
5. "You Baby" (Mann, Phil Spector, Weil) – 2:55
6. "Younger Girl" (Sebastian) – 2:19
7. "Fishin' Blues" Traditional– 2:00
8. "Daydream" (Sebastian) – 2:18
9. "Jug Band Music" (Sebastian) – 2:51
10. "Didn't Want to Have to Do It" (Sebastian) – 2:36
11. "Summer in the City" (Boone, Sebastian, Mark Sebastian) – 2:39
12. "Pow!" (Boone, Joe Butler, Sebastian, Zal Yanovsky) – 2:28
13. "Rain on the Roof" (Sebastian) – 2:11
14. "Nashville Cats" (Sebastian) – 2:34
15. "Full Measure" (Boone, Sebastian) – 2:40
16. "Lovin' You" (Sebastian) – 2:28
17. "Coconut Grove" (Sebastian, Yanovsky) – 2:42
18. "Darling Be Home Soon" (Boone, Sebastian) – 3:31
19. "You're a Big Boy Now" (Boone, Butler, Sebastian) – 2:38
20. "Lonely (Amy's Theme)" (Sebastian) – 3:19
21. "Six O'Clock" (Sebastian) – 2:41
22. "She Is Still a Mystery" (Sebastian) – 3:02
23. "Money" (Sebastian) – 1:54
24. "Younger Generation" (Sebastian) – 2:40
25. "Never Going Back" (John Stewart) – 2:44
26. "Me About You" (Garry Bonner, Alan Gordon) – 3:48

Personnel

• John Sebastian (except tracks 25 and 26) – lead vocals (except tracks 5, 15, 20, 25 and 26), guitar, autoharp
• Steve Boone – bass, vocals
• Joe Butler – drums, percussion, vocals, lead vocals on tracks 5, 15, 25 and 26
• Zal Yanovsky (except tracks 22-26) – guitar, vocals
• Jerry Yester (tracks 22-26) – guitar, vocals

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