Anthology (The Guess Who album)

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Anthology
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Released2003
Recorded1964, 1966-1975
Genre Rock
Length148:17
Label RCA Victor, BMG
Producer Jack Richardson
The Guess Who chronology
Power in the Music
(1975)
Anthology
(2003)
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Anthology is a 2003 compilation album by the Canadian rock band The Guess Who. Anthology is a career-spanning collection of songs recorded between 1964 and 1975. The songs are arranged in chronological order.

Contents

This compilation was re-released as The Essential Guess Who as a part of The Essential series in 2010. [2]

CD 1 contains a hidden track of an RCA radio spot for Wheatfield Soul . CD 2 contains two hidden tracks, promos for Road Food and Flavours .

Reception

Steve Leggett of AllMusic: "This two-disc, 39-track set collects all of those singles, from the group’s fiery 1964 cover of “Shakin’ All Over” (sung by Chad Allen -- Cummings hadn’t yet joined the band) through 1974’s willfully nostalgic “Clap for the Wolfman,” which was to be the Guess Who's last big radio hit -- they disbanded a year later in 1975. In between they released classics like the gorgeous ballad “These Eyes,” the Zombies-like “Undun,” the fuzz guitar-laced “No Time,” a subtly veiled critique of American capitalism, “American Woman,” the marvelous pop songs “Hand Me Down World” and “Bus Rider,” the stomping “Heartbroken Bopper,” and the driving, slightly sarcastic “Star Baby,” and each of these is collected here, among other interesting tracks."

Track listing

CD One
No.TitleWriter(s)AlbumLength
1."Shakin' All Over" Johnny Kidd Shakin' All Over 2:46
2."It's My Pride" Randy Bachman 1967 non-album B-side2:48
3."When Friends Fall Out"Bachman/Burton Cummings 1968 non-album single3:14
4."These Eyes"Bachman/Cummings Wheatfield Soul 3:43
5."A Wednesday in Your Garden""BachmanWheatfield Soul3:20
6."Laughing"Bachman/Cummings Canned Wheat 2:44
7."6 A.M. or Nearer"BachmanCanned Wheat3:25
8."Undun"BachmanCanned Wheat3:25
9."No Time"Bachman/Cummings American Woman 3:45
10."No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature"Bachman/CummingsAmerican Woman4:52
11."American Woman"Bachman/Cummings/Jim Kale/Garry Peterson American Woman5:09
12."The Answer"Bachman/CummingsThe Way They Were (rec. 1970)4:05
13."Hand Me Down World" Kurt Winter Share the Land 3:26
14."Bus Rider"WinterShare the Land2:57
15."Share the Land"CummingsShare the Land3:52
16."Hang On to Your Life (single version)"Cummings/WinterShare the Land3:34
17."Do You Miss Me Darlin'"Cummings/WinterShare the Land4:15
18."Albert Flasher"Cummings1971 non-album single2:27
19."Broken"Cummings/Winter1971 non-album single B-side3:55
20."Pain Train"Cummings/Winter So Long, Bannatyne 3:44
21."Sour Suite"CummingsSo Long, Bannatyne5:18
CD Two
No.TitleWriter(s)AlbumLength
1."Rain Dance"Cummings/Winter So Long, Bannatyne 2:46
2."Heartbroken Bopper"Cummings/Winter Rockin' 4:52
3."Smoke Big Factory"Cummings/Winter/KaleRockin' 3:57
4."Guns, Guns, Guns"CummingsRockin' 4:59
5."Runnin' Back to Saskatoon (single version)"Cummings/Winter Live at the Paramount 3:36
6."Follow Your Daughter Home"Cummings/McDougall/Peterson/Wallace/Winter Artificial Paradise 3:29
7."Samantha's Living Room" Donnie McDougall Artificial Paradise3:26
8."Orly"CummingsArtificial Paradise2:54
9."Those Show Biz Shoes"CummingsArtificial Paradise6:49
10."Glamour Boy (single version)"Cummings #10 3:49
11."Cardboard Empire" Bill Wallace, Winter#103:25
12."Star Baby"Cummings Road Food 2:59
13."Sona Sona"CummingsTrack Record (rec. 1974)3:25
14."Clap for the Wolfman"Cummings, Wallace, WinterRoad Food4:15
15."Hoe Down Time"Cummings/Domenic Troiano Flavours 3:52
16."Dancin' Fool"Cummings/TroianoFlavours3:34
17."Dreams"Cummings/Troiano Power in the Music 5:03
18."When the Band Was Singin' (Shakin' All Over)"Cummings/TroianoPower in the Music5:49

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