The Grass Roots - All Time Greatest Hits

Amazon.com:
As a band the Grass Roots were always a shadowy bunch, a front for studio musicians and professional songwriters looking to get their songs on the radio. They scored 14 top 40 hits during their reign in the late '60s/early '70s and their hits were among the catchiest and most enjoyable of the AM radio era."Let's Live for Today," "Midnight Confessions," "Bella Linda," "Two Divided by Love," and a slew of others are shameless pop made brilliant by multilayered harmonies and arrangements that liberally borrowed from folk-rock and R&B. The Grass Roots may have been product, but what great product. --Rob O'Connor

Album Description:
This low-priced disc is far & away the best single-CD compilation ever issued of the Grass Roots' work, 16 chart singles covering every phase of their history, from 1966's 'Where Were You When I Needed You' (in its actual hit version) thru 'Let's Live for Today' & 'Midnight Confessions' to their last hit, 1972's 'The Runway.' Originally released in 1996. MCA.

Disc 1:

1. Let's Live for Today - The Grass Roots, Julien, Michael
2. Where Were You When I Needed You - The Grass Roots, Sloan, P.F.
3. Things I Should Have Said - The Grass Roots, Sloan, P.F.
4. Midnight Confessions - The Grass Roots, Josie, Lou T.
5. The River Is Wide - The Grass Roots, Knight, Gary
6. Bella Linda - The Grass Roots, Barri, Steve
7. Lovin' Things - The Grass Roots, Schroeck, Artie
8. Wait a Million Years - The Grass Roots, Zekley, Gary
9. Baby Hold On - The Grass Roots, Price, Harvey
10. Heaven Knows - The Grass Roots, Price, Harvey
11. Come on and Say It - The Grass Roots, Provisor, Dennis
12. Temptation Eyes - The Grass Roots, Price, Harvey
13. Two Divided by Love - The Grass Roots, Lambert, Dennis
14. Glory Bound - The Grass Roots, Walsh, Dan
15. The Runway - The Grass Roots, Lambert, Dennis
16. Sooner or Later - The Grass Roots, Bottler, Mitchell

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Customer Reviews

Rating: - Terrific!!!
Wow, does this CD take me back.....it's got everything, all their super hits that took me thru junior high school."I'd Wait a Million Years" is getting tons of playtime by me- it's mesmerizing.If you are a GrassRoots fan, you have got to get this CD.
Rating: - The Grass Roots review
i have always had fond memories of this group and recently, while surfing, saw this item at a great price so i could not resist.

i have purchased many items from the: [20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection] and have been happy with all.
Rating: - pure memories
i listened to the grass roots when i was younger and by buying this cd it brought back a flood of memories. awesome!
Rating: - The Grass Roots still sound great!
If you were a fan of the Grass Roots and want a really good comprehensive collection of their hits, this is a good one. Everything that I remember hearing at the time is here. A couple of the songs seemed to have the lead vocal mixed a little quieter compared to the instrumental tracks but I like this CD. All of my favorites are here, and these guys still sound great! They got a lot of airplay back then, but you don't hear them as much as I would like on stations that play 60's music these days. ... Read More
Rating: - With Four More Selections This Is A 5-Star Compilation
I agree completely with the reviewer who suggests that MCA could have been a bit more generous and expanded this to include the missing hits he mentions, along with one he overlooked - Only When You're Lonely, their second charter for Dunhill in fact, and a # 96 Billboard Pop Hot 100 in September 1966.

There is a nice fold-out insert containing three pages of liner notes written by Todd Everett in May 1996, a discography of the contents, and reproductions of their LP covers Let's Live ... Read More