Their 16 Greatest Hits

Their 16 Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by The Grass Roots
Released September 1971 (1971-09)[1]
Recorded 1965–1971
Genre Pop
Label Dunhill
Producer Steve Barri, P. F. Sloan[2]
The Grass Roots chronology
More Golden Grass
(September 1970)		 Their 16 Greatest Hits
(September 1971)		 The ABC Collection
(1976)

Their 16 Greatest Hits is a greatest hits collection by American pop group The Grass Roots. The album was originally released by Dunhill Records in September 1971,[1] shortly after the success of "Sooner or Later" earlier in the year (see 1971 in music).[3] The album also included many other hit singles that were released from 1966 to 1971.

Contents

Songs

As the group's third greatest hits collection, Their 16 Greatest Hits contained many of the hit songs from the group's first two greatest hits albums, Golden Grass and More Golden Grass.[3] This included 6 songs from the former and 8 songs from the latter.

The songs on this release include three songs that reached the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, eleven that reached the top 40, and a total of fifteen songs that appeared on the chart.[4]

Artwork, packaging

The original release of Their 16 Greatest Hits on Dunhill ABC had a black label pressing with the Dunhill ABC Records logo on the top-center. The front and back cover photographs were taken by Tom Gundelfinger and the package was designed by Philip Schwartz.[2] The same artwork and design was used on the versions of the album released by MCA Records, with only the label differing.

Track listing

All songs produced by Steve Barri, except X produced by Steve Barri & P. F. Sloan.

Side one
  1. "Sooner or Later" (Gary Zekley, Mitchell Bottler, Ekundayo Paris, Adeniyi Paris, Ted McNamara) – 2:37
  2. "Where Were You When I Needed You"X (P. F. Sloan, Steve Barri) – 2:59
  3. "Heaven Knows" (Harvey Price, Dan Walsh) – 2:25
  4. "Let's Live for Today"X (Ivan Mogol, David Shapiro, Michael Julien) – 2:35
  5. "Temptation Eyes" (Price, Walsh) – 2:40
  6. "The River Is Wide" (B. Knight E. Admire) – 2:47
  7. "Come On and Say It" (Dennis Provisor, Rob Grill, Warren Entner) – 2:38
  8. "Midnight Confessions" (Lou Josie) – 2:42
Side two
  1. "Wait a Million Years" (Zekley, Bottler) – 3:09
  2. "Walking Through the Country" (Provisor) – 3:02
  3. "Lovin' Things" (Artie Schroeck, Jet Loring) – 2:42
  4. "Things I Should Have Said"X (Sloan, Barri) – 2:30
  5. "Bella Linda" (Mogol, Lucio Battisti, Barri, B. Gross) – 2:47
  6. "Baby Hold On" (Price, Walsh) – 2:42
  7. "Feelings" (Rick Coonce, Entner, Fukomoto) – 2:50
  8. "I Can Turn Off the Rain" (Provisor) – 3:09

Personnel

The following people contributed to Their 16 Greatest Hits:[2][5][6][7]

Charts and certifications

Chart (1971) Peak
position
Canadian 100 Albums[8] 34
US Billboard 200[9] 58
Country Provider Certification
(sales thresholds)
America[10] RIAA Gold

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States September 1971 Dunhill ABC LP DSX 50107
Dunhill/Ampex 8-track M 85107
Canada 1980 MCA LP MCA-37154
Japan unknown Stateside LP HP-80388

References

  1. ^ a b Ackerman, Paul, ed (September 25, 1971). "New LP/Tape Releases". Billboard Vol. 83 (No. 39): p. 39. http://books.google.com/books?id=xwgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA39&dq=%22DSX+50107%22&hl=en&ei=Pc-wTeD9DcLFgAftkIDuCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CD4Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22DSX%2050107%22&f=false. Retrieved April 22, 2011. 
  2. ^ a b c Album notes for Their 16 Greatest Hits by The Grass Roots [Vinyl sleeve]. Los Angeles, California, United States: Dunhill ABC Records (DSX 50107).
  3. ^ a b Eder, Bruce. "Review: 16 Greatest Hits by The Grass Roots". Allmusic. United States: Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r8525/review. Retrieved April 22, 2011. 
  4. ^ "The Grass Roots Album & Song Chart History". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. http://www.billboard.com/artist/the-grass-roots/4742#/artist/the-grass-roots/chart-history/4742. Retrieved April 22, 2011. 
  5. ^ Everett, Todd (1996). Album notes for All Time Greatest Hits by The Grass Roots [CD booklet]. MCA Records (MCAMD-11467).
  6. ^ Album notes for Golden Grass: Their Greatest Hits by The Grass Roots, Back cover [Vinyl sleeve]. Los Angeles, California: Dunhill ABC Records (DS 50047).
  7. ^ Album notes for More Golden Grass by The Grass Roots, Back cover [Vinyl sleeve]. Los Angeles, California: Dunhill ABC Records (DS 50067).
  8. ^ "100 Albums" (PHP). RPM Vol. 16 (No. 12). November 6, 1971. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.7541&type=2&interval=20&PHPSESSID=m89iq841abagb37ld9c0fdc1f3. Retrieved April 22, 2011. 
  9. ^ "The Grass Roots: Charts & Awards – Billboard Albums". Allmusic. United States: Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p4396/charts-awards/billboard-albums. Retrieved April 22, 2011. 
  10. ^ "Gold & Platinum Searchable Database" (PHP). Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH.  Type in "Grassroots" under Artist to see the search results.