All the Great Hits (Commodores album)

All the Great Hits
Compilation album by Commodores
Released	November 5, 1982 (1982-11-05)
Genre	Funk soul
Length	37:09
Label	Motown
Producer	James Anthony Carmichael, The Commodores
Commodores chronology
Love Songs (1981) All the Great Hits (1982) Commodores 13 (1983)

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.[1][2]

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".[3]

"Painted Picture" was released as a single by Motown. The song peaked at No. 19 on the US Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart.[4][5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[6]
Rolling Stone	[7]

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."[6]

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."[7]

Track listing

Side one

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

Side two

1. "Brick House" – 3:26
2. "Easy" – 4:15
3. "Oh No" – 3:00
4. "Three Times a Lady" – 3:35
5. "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

1. Commodores - All the Great Hits. Motown Records. 1982.
2. "Commodores - All The Great Hits". riaa.com. RIAA. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
3. Bronson, Fred (2003). The Billboard Book of Number One Hits. Billboard Books. ISBN 978-0-8230-7677-2.
4. The Commodores: Janet (Media notes). Motown. 1985.
5. Withburn, Joel (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (6 ed.). New York City: Watson-Guptill. p. 57. ISBN 0-8230-7632-6.
6. Thomas Erlewine, Thomas. "Commodores - All The Great Hits". allmusic.com. Allmusic.
7. Marsh, Dave (January 7, 1983). "Commodores: "All The Great Hits"". Charlotte Observer. Rolling Stone. p. 44 – via newsbank.com.