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Anytime...Anywhere

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".

Anytime...Anywhere
Studio album by
Rita Coolidge
ReleasedMarch 1977
StudioSunset Sound and A&M Studios (Hollywood, California)
  • Studio 55 (Los Angeles, California)
GenrePop
Length36:03
LabelA&M
ProducerDavid Anderle
Rita Coolidge chronology
It's Only Love
(1975) 		Anytime...Anywhere
(1977) 		Love Me Again
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Christgau's Record GuideC[1]

Track listing edit

Side one edit

  1. "(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher" (Paul Smith, Gary Jackson, Raynard Miner, Billy Davis) – 3:59
  2. "The Way You Do the Things You Do" (William "Smokey" Robinson, Robert Rogers) – 3:35
  3. "We're All Alone" (Boz Scaggs) – 3:38
  4. "I Feel the Burden (Being Lifted Off My Shoulders)" (Glen Clark) – 2:46
  5. "I Don't Want to Talk About It" (Danny Whitten) – 3:36

Side two edit

  1. "Words" (Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb) – 3:25
  2. "Good Times" (Sam Cooke) – 2:42
  3. "Who's to Bless and Who's to Blame" (Kris Kristofferson) – 3:37
  4. "Southern Lady" (Michael Hazlewood) – 3:30
  5. "The Hungry Years" (Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield) – 4:18

Production edit

  • David Anderle – producer
  • Warren Dewey – recording engineer
  • Marty Lewis – recording engineer
  • Kent Nebergall – recording engineer, mixing engineer
  • Mike Reese – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
  • Roland Young – art direction
  • Chuck Beeson – album design
  • Dick Zimmerman – photography
  • Ellen Vogt – production Assistant

Source: Anytime...Anywhere album cover

Personnel edit

  • Rita Coolidge – lead vocals, backing vocals (1), harmony vocals (5)
  • Booker T. Jones – organ (1-3, 7), synthesizers (1), string arrangements (1, 3, 6), track arrangements (1-3, 6), backing vocals (2, 7), electric piano (6, 7), harmony vocals (6), arrangements (7)
  • Michael Utley – electric piano (1, 9), synthesizers (1, 3, 6), acoustic piano (2-8, 10), organ (4, 8, 9)
  • Jerry McGee – electric guitar (1, 9), electric rhythm guitar (2), acoustic guitar (3, 5-7, 10), lead guitar (4)
  • Dean Parks – electric guitar (1, 7, 10), electric slide guitar (2), acoustic guitar (3, 5), lead electric guitar (3), rhythm guitar (4), guitars (8), horn and string arrangements (10)
  • Al Perkins – pedal steel guitar (5)
  • Leland Sklar – bass
  • Mike Baird – drums (1-3, 6, 7)
  • Sammy Creason – drums (4, 5, 8-10)
  • Bobbye Hall – congas (4, 9), tambourine (4, 9)
  • Gayle Levant – harp (10)
  • Nick DeCaro – string arrangements (5)
  • Kim Carnes – backing vocals (1, 2, 7)
  • Danny Timms – backing vocals (1, 2, 7)
  • Venetta Fields – backing vocals (4, 8, 9)
  • Clydie King – backing vocals (4, 8, 9)
  • Sherlie Matthews – backing vocals (4, 8, 9)

Charts edit

Chart (1977) Peak
position
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

Certifications and sales edit

Region Certification Certified units/sales
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.

References edit

  1. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: C". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 23, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  2. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 74. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  3. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Rita Coolidge – Anytime...Anywhere" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  4. ^ "Charts.nz – Rita Coolidge – Anytime...Anywhere". Hung Medien. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  5. ^ "Rita Coolidge | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  6. ^ "Rita Coolidge Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
  7. ^ "Rita Coolidge Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  8. ^ "Awards from Oz" (PDF). Cash Box. February 7, 1981. p. 31. Retrieved December 4, 2021 – via World Radio History.
  9. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Rita Coolidge – Anytime...Anywhere". Music Canada.
  10. ^ "British album certifications – Rita Coolidge – Anytime...Anywhere". British Phonographic Industry.
  11. ^ "American album certifications – Rita Coolidge – Anytime...Anywhere". Recording Industry Association of America.
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