The Lovin' Spoonful Anthology

The Lovin' Spoonful Anthology is a compilation album by the folk rock group the Lovin' Spoonful, released in 1990.

The Lovin' Spoonful Anthology focuses mainly on The Lovin' Spoonful's 1965-1966 releases with a few obscure tracks such as "Pow!" from their What's Up, Tiger Lily? soundtrack and "Good Time Music", an early song found on a label sampler. All the band's biggest hits are included as well as a booklet with comments about the songs from John Sebastian.

Reception
In his Allmusic review, music critic Richie Unterberger wrote "Unquestionably the finest collection of a major band that did much to launch American folk-rock in the mid-'60s. Anthology jams 26 cuts onto a single CD, including all of their hits and some of their strongest album tracks, drawing mostly from their 1965-1966 prime."

Track listing

 * 1) "Good Time Music" (John Sebastian) – 3:06
 * 2) "Do You Believe In Magic" (Sebastian) – 2:04
 * 3) "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice" (Steve Boone, Sebastian) – 2:31
 * 4) "Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?" (Sebastian) – 1:58
 * 5) "You Baby" (Mann, Phil Spector, Weil) – 2:55
 * 6) "Younger Girl" (Sebastian) – 2:19
 * 7) "Fishin' Blues" Traditional– 2:00
 * 8) "Daydream" (Sebastian) – 2:18
 * 9) "Jug Band Music" (Sebastian) – 2:51
 * 10) "Didn't Want to Have to Do It" (Sebastian) – 2:36
 * 11) "Summer in the City" (Boone, Sebastian, Mark Sebastian) – 2:39
 * 12) "Pow!" (Boone, Joe Butler, Sebastian, Zal Yanovsky) – 2:28
 * 13) "Rain on the Roof" (Sebastian) – 2:11
 * 14) "Nashville Cats" (Sebastian) – 2:34
 * 15) "Full Measure" (Boone, Sebastian) – 2:40
 * 16) "Lovin' You" (Sebastian) – 2:28
 * 17) "Coconut Grove" (Sebastian, Yanovsky) – 2:42
 * 18) "Darling Be Home Soon" (Boone, Sebastian) – 3:31
 * 19) "You're a Big Boy Now" (Boone, Butler, Sebastian) – 2:38
 * 20) "Lonely (Amy's Theme)" (Sebastian) – 3:19
 * 21) "Six O'Clock" (Sebastian) – 2:41
 * 22) "She Is Still a Mystery" (Sebastian) – 3:02
 * 23) "Money" (Sebastian) – 1:54
 * 24) "Younger Generation" (Sebastian) – 2:40
 * 25) "Never Going Back" (John Stewart) – 2:44
 * 26) "Me About You" (Garry Bonner, Alan Gordon) – 3:48

Personnel
According to the album's liner notes:

The Lovin' Spoonful
 * John Sebastian – guitars, lead vocals, autoharp, harmonica, Wurlitzer electric piano, Irish harp, clarinet, harmonium, marxophone
 * Zal Yanovsky – lead guitars, vocals, lead six-string bass, electric gorgle, Chinese gong
 * Steve Boone – bass, pianos, organs
 * Joe Butler – drums, percussion, vocals; lead vocals ("You Baby", "Never Going Back" and "Me About You")
 * Jerry Yester (replaced Zal Yanovsky for tracks 22–26) – lead guitars, keyboards, vocals, vocal and orchestral arrangements

Additional musicians
 * Chip Douglas – bass ("Never Going Back")
 * Red Rhodes – pedal steel guitar ("Never Going Back")
 * John Stewart – guitar ("Never Going Back")