At Home with Their Greatest Hits

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At Home with Their Greatest Hits
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedSeptember 1972
Recorded1970–1972
Genre Pop
Length31:56
Label Bell
Producer Wes Farrell
The Partridge Family chronology
Shopping Bag
(1972)
At Home with Their Greatest Hits
(1972)
The Partridge Family Notebook
(1972)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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At Home with Their Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by The Partridge Family. Released in September 1972, it peaked at no. 21 on Billboard's Top LP's chart in early November 1972, and remained in the Top 200 for 23 weeks. The compilation features all six previously charted hits and four LP tracks from the previous albums, plus the album debut of the group's newest single. Released in June 1972, The Partridges' cover of Neil Sedaka's "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" became their seventh charted hit (US no. 28/UK no. 3).

Contents

Track listing

All tracks from the album were featured on the TV show (Seasons 1-3)

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."I Think I Love You" Tony Romeo The Partridge Family Album (1970)2:52
2."I'll Meet You Halfway" Up to Date (1971)3:47
3."It's One of Those Nights (Yes Love)"Tony Romeo Shopping Bag (1972)3:47
4."Echo Valley 2-6809"
Sound Magazine (1971)3:05
5."I Woke Up In Love This Morning"Sound Magazine2:41
6."I Can Feel Your Heartbeat"
  • Mike Appel
  • Jim Cretecos
  • Wes Farrell
The Partridge Family Album2:05
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted"
  • Mike Appel
  • Jim Cretecos
  • Wes Farrell
Up to Date2:46
2."Am I Losing You"
  • L. Russell Brown
  • Irwin Levine
Shopping Bag2:22
3."Brown Eyes"
  • Wes Farrell
  • Danny Janssen
Sound Magazine2:44
4."She'd Rather Have the Rain"Up to Date3:17
5."Breaking Up Is Hard to Do"New release2:30
Total length:31:56

Fictional personnel (television)

Performers

The actual musicians on the tracks included David Cassidy on lead vocals, Shirley Jones and the vocal group The Ron Hicklin Singers on backing vocals, and various prolific studio musicians such as Hal Blaine (drums), Larry Carlton (guitar), Joe Osborn (bass) and Larry Knechtel (keyboards) - arranged by Mike Melvoin.

Charts

Chart (1972)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [2] 21

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