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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.

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

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Rolling Stone

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

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.

• Commodores compilation albums
• 1982 compilation albums
• 1982 albums
• Motown compilation albums