Diana Ross and the Supremes Anthology | ||||
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Greatest hits album by Diana Ross and the Supremes | ||||
Released | May 1974 | |||
Genre | R&B | |||
Label | Motown | |||
Producer | Nickolas Ashford, Gil Askey, Johnny Bristol, Henry Cosby, Hal Davis, Lamont Dozier, Harvey Fuqua, Marc Gordon, Berry Gordy Jr., Brian Holland, Lawrence Horn, Clarence Paul, Deke Richards, Smokey Robinson, Valerie Simpson, R. Dean Taylor, Frank Wilson [1] | |||
Diana Ross and the Supremes chronology | ||||
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Anthology, also known as Anthology: The Best of Diana Ross and the Supremes, first released in May 1974, is a series of same or similarly titled compilation albums by The Supremes. Motown released revised versions in 1986, 1995 and 2001. In its initial version, a 35-track triple record collection of hits and rare material, the album charted at No. 24 on Billboard's "Black Albums" and No. 66 on "Pop Albums". [5]
The 1974 LP was included in Robert Christgau's "basic record library" of 1950s and 1960s music, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . [6] In 2012, Rolling Stone listed the 2001 version of the album at No. 423 in its list of "Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". [7]
The Anthology series of Diana Ross and the Supremes' releases began in 1974 with a three-disc compilation album that surpassed in scope any releases previously compiled to represent "one of the 1960s' most popular groups". [8] The three-album set not only included all of the R&B hits and most of the pop hits of Diana Ross and the Supremes, but also included several tracks of the band's more experimental material, including forays made by the band into 1960s British pop, country music and musical theatre. [8] The August 1986 CD release of the album added 15 songs to a total of 50 while the re-release on September 28, 1995, raised the number to 52. [9] On December 18, 2001, Motown released a fourth version of Anthology with 50 songs representative of The Supremes' period with Diana Ross. [10] This version includes three previously unreleased versions of songs in addition to the 1960s hits and a selection of cover songs. [10]
The 1974 and 2001 collections focused solely on the 60s Supremes with Diana Ross and Florence Ballard, whereas the 1986 and 1995 versions included hits by the 70s version of the Supremes, featuring Jean Terrell and Scherrie Payne as lead singers.
Side One (The Early Sessions)
Side Two (The Big Boom)
Side Three (Non-Stop Hitmaking)
Side Four (New Horizons)
Side Five (Versatile Stylists)
Side Six (Memories, Moving On)
Except where otherwise noted, tracks composed by Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland and Eddie Holland.
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA) [14] | Gold | 1,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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