Rita Coolidge – Anytime... Anywhere
RARITY – Sealed
Vocals - Rita Coolidge
Backing Vocals – Booker T. Jones, Clydie King, Daniel Timms, Kim Carnes, Sherlie
Matthews, Venetta Fields
Bass – Lee Sklar
Drums – Mike Baird, Sammy Creason
Guitar – Dean Parks, Jerry McGee
Harp – Gayle Levant
Organ, Synthesizer – Booker T. Jones
Piano, Keyboards, Synthesizer – Mike Utley
Steel Guitar – Al Perkins
Tambourine, Congas – Bobbye Hall
Written by Gary Jackson (A1), Raynard Miner (A1), Carl William Smith (A1), Smokey Robinson (A2), Robert Rogers (A2), Boz Scaggs (A3), Glen Arlen Clark (A4), Danny Whitten (A5), Barry Gibb (B1), Maurice Gibb (B1), Robin Gibb (B1), Sam Cooke (B2) Kris Kristofferson (B3), Michael Edward Hazlewood (B4), Howard Greenfield (B5), Neil Sedaka (B5)
1 LP, Gatefold jacket
Original analog Master Tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g Super Disc
Record Color : Black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12’’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : KM Records Inc. (California)
Label : Nautilus Recordings
Original Label : A&M Records
Recorded at Sunset Sound and A&M Studios (Hollywood, California) Studio 55 (Los Angeles, California)
Engineered by Kent Nebergall, Marty Lewis, Warren Dewey
Produced by David Anderle
Mixed by Kent Nebergall
Mastered by Jack E.Hunt at the JVC Cutting Center
Art direction by Roland Young
Album design by Chuck Beeson
Photography by Dick Zimmerman
Originally released in March 1977
Reissued in 1980
Tracks:
Side A:
1. (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher
2. The Way You Do The Things You Do
3. We're All Alone
4. I Feel The Burden (Being Lifted Off My Shoulders)
5. I Don't Want To Talk About It
Side B:
1. Words
2. Good Times
3. Who's To Bless And Who's To Blame
4. Southern Lady
5. The Hungry Years
Reviews:
"Fans aware of Rita Coolidge's past credentials might have been expecting, or at least hoping, for something more soulful than Anytime...Anywhere, given her achievements as backing singer for Joe Cocker, Eric Clapton, Stephen Stills, and Kris Kristofferson. Still, the record had something going for it commercially that her past records lacked, which was being totally in tune with what the soft rock audience wanted in the late '70s. Her ability to round off the edges of soul classics put her remake of Jackie Wilson's "(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher" at number two in the pop charts, and helped lift this album -- which included another, smaller hit soul remake with "The Way You Do the Things You Do" -- into the Top Ten. Those two songs, as well as a Top Ten single cover of Boz Scaggs' "We're All Alone," were all on this LP, which presents something like a milder variation of Linda Ronstadt's ability to interpret songs by a variety of pop and soul songwriters. Also on board were the Bee Gees' "Words," Sam Cooke's "Good Times," Kristofferson's "Who's to Bless and Who's to Blame," and Crazy Horse guitarist Danny Whitten's "I Don't Want to Talk About It," while Booker T. Jones' presence helped give the record some genuine R&B feeling. While there was also the feeling that Coolidge wasn't belting it out to the earthiest extent of her capabilities, the slickness of the production combined with her easy-on-the-ear vocals to yield an album that got an enormous amount of radio airplay, and was by far the highest-selling effort of her career." AllMusic Review by Richie Unterberger
Ratings :
Discogs : 4 / 5