The Best of The Lovin' Spoonful


The Best of the Lovin' Spoonful is a best of album of The Lovin' Spoonful hits featuring tracks from their first three albums. It charted the highest of the group's career, hitting number three on the Billboard chart.
The album also included 9" x 12" individual color photos of John Sebastian, Joe Butler, Steve Boone, and Zal Yanovsky.

Reception

In his Allmusic review, music critic William Ruhlman wrote "this compilation is an attempt to balance group concerns rather than present their most successful performances. Nevertheless, it picks the strongest material from the group's three previous albums..." The album was included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in .

Track listing

Side 1

  1. "Do You Believe in Magic" – 2:04
  2. "Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?" – 2:00
  3. "Butchie's Tune" - 2:34
  4. "Jug Band Music" – 2:49
  5. "Night Owl Blues" – 3:00
  6. "You Didn't Have To Be So Nice" – 2:29

    Side 2

  7. "Daydream" – 2:18
  8. "Blues In The Bottle" – 2:10
  9. "Didn't Want To Have To Do It" - 2:06
  10. "Wild About My Lovin'" - 2:38
  11. "Younger Girl" - 2:23
  12. "Summer In The City" – 2:39