| All the Great Hits | ||||
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| Released | November 5, 1982 | |||
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| Length | 37:09 | |||
| Label | Motown | |||
| Producer | James Anthony Carmichael, The Commodores | |||
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All the Great Hits is a compilation album by the Commodores, released in 1982 by Motown Records. The album was certified Gold in the US by the RIAA for selling over 500,000 copies. [1] [2]
All The Great Hits consists of Commodores' hit singles, like "Three Times a Lady" and "Still". Along with two new songs, "Painted Picture" and "Reach High". [3]
Painted Picture was eventually released as a single by Motown. The song peaked at No. 19 on the US Billboard Hot R&B Songs chart. [4] [5]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [6] |
| Rolling Stone | [7] |
With a 4 out of 5 stars rating, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic praised the album saying "While there are many Commodores greatest-hits packages available, All the Great Hits offers most of their biggest hits, making it ideal for the casual fan." [6]
Dave Marsh of Rolling Stone gave the album a 4 out of 5 stars rating. Marsh took note that "the real genius of the group has been in appropriating the stylistic devices of country-pop (as sung by Eddie Rabbitt and Kenny Rogers, for example) into a black band's context." [7]
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