• Source: All the Great Hits (Commodores album)

All the Great Hits is a compilation album by the Commodores, released in 1982 by Motown Records. The album was certified Gold in the US by the RIAA for selling over 500,000 copies.




Background


All the Great Hits consists of Commodores' hit singles, like "Three Times a Lady" and "Still". Along with two new songs, "Painted Picture" and "Reach High".
"Painted Picture" was released as a single by Motown. The song peaked at No. 19 on the US Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart.




Critical reception



With a 4 out of 5 stars rating, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic praised the album saying "While there are many Commodores greatest-hits packages available, All the Great Hits offers most of their biggest hits, making it ideal for the casual fan."
Dave Marsh of Rolling Stone gave the album a 4 out of 5 stars rating. Marsh took note that "the real genius of the group has been in appropriating the stylistic devices of country-pop (as sung by Eddie Rabbitt and Kenny Rogers, for example) into a black band's context."




Track listing


Side one

"Painted Picture" – 4:55
"Lady (You Bring Me Up)" – 4:01
"Sail On" – 3:58
"Still" – 3:43
"Machine Gun" – 2:41
Side two

"Brick House" – 3:26
"Easy" – 4:15
"Oh No" – 3:00
"Three Times a Lady" – 3:35
"Reach High" – 3:35




Production


Commodores – writing, producer, arrangements
James Anthony Carmichael – producer, arrangements
Calvin Harris, Jane Clark – recording/mixing engineer
Michael Johnson, Phil Brown, Richard Wells – assistant engineer
John Matousek – mastering engineer
Paulinho da Costa – percussion on "Painted Picture"
Johnny Lee – art direction
Ron Slenzak – photography
Suzee Wendy Ikeda – project manager




References

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• All the Great Hits (Commodores album)
• Commodores
• Commodores 13
• All the Great Hits
• Nightshift (album)
• Commodores discography
• Painted Picture
• Love Songs (Commodores album)
• Three Times a Lady
• Lionel Richie