Anytime...Anywhere | ||||
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Released | March 1977 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 36:03 | |||
Label | A&M | |||
Producer | David Anderle | |||
Rita Coolidge chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Christgau's Record Guide | C [1] |
Anytime...Anywhere is the sixth album by Rita Coolidge released in 1977 on the A&M Records label. The album is her most successful, reaching #6 on the Billboard 200 and having been certified platinum (over 1 million U.S. copies sold). The album spawned three Billboard top twenty hits; a cover of Boz Scaggs' "We're All Alone" (#7), a cover of The Temptations' "The Way You Do The Things You Do" (#20), and the album's biggest hit, "(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher" (#2), a remake of Jackie Wilson's "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher".
Source: Anytime...Anywhere album cover
Chart (1977) | Peak position |
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Australian (Kent Music Report) [2] | 9 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [3] | 15 |
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [4] | 40 |
UK Albums (OCC) [5] | 7 |
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [6] | 23 |
US Billboard 200 [7] | 6 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [8] | Platinum | 50,000^ |
Canada (Music Canada) [9] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [10] | Gold | 100,000^ |
United States (RIAA) [11] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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