Anytime...Anywhere

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Anytime...Anywhere
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Studio album by
Rita Coolidge
ReleasedMarch 1977[1]
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[2]

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".

Track listing[]

Side one[]

  1. "(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher" (Paul Smith, Gary Jackson, Raynard Miner, Billy Davis) – 3:55
  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[]

  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[]

  • Recording Engineers: Marty Lewis, Kend Nebergall & Warren Dewey
  • Mixing Engineer: Kent Bevergall
  • Recorded at Sunset Sound Studios, A&M Record Studios and Studio 55
  • Mixed at Sunset Sound Studios
  • Masterer at the Mastering Lab by Mike Reese
  • Art Direction: Roland Young
  • Album design: Chuck Beason
  • Photographs by Dick Zimmerman
  • Production Assistant: Ellen Vogt

Source: Anytime...Anywhere album cover

Personnel[]

Charts[]

Chart (1977) Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report)[3] 9
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[4] 15
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[5] 40
UK Albums (OCC)[6] 7
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[7] 23
US Billboard 200[8] 6

Certifications and sales[]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
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[]

  1. ^ "LP Discography: Rita Coolidge". LP Discography. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Rita Coolidge – Anytime...Anywhere" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  5. ^ "Charts.nz – Rita Coolidge – Anytime...Anywhere". Hung Medien. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  6. ^ "Rita Coolidge | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  7. ^ "Rita Coolidge Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
  8. ^ "Rita Coolidge Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  9. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Rita Coolidge – Anytime...Anywhere". Music Canada.
  10. ^ "British album certifications – Rita Coolidge – Anytime...Anywhere". British Phonographic Industry.Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type Anytime...Anywhere in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  11. ^ "American album certifications – Rita Coolidge – Anytime...Anywhere". Recording Industry Association of America.
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