| The Grass Roots - All Time Greatest Hits |  | Artist: Grass Roots
Label: Mca Int'l
Category: Music
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Rating:  59 reviews
Sales Rank: 462
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.3
UPC: 766483220648
EAN: 0766483220648
ASIN: B000002P1T
Release Date: November 4, 2003
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| Tracks:
| • | Let's Live for Today - The Grass Roots, Julien, Michael | | • | Where Were You When I Needed You - The Grass Roots, Barri, Steve | | • | Things I Should Have Said - The Grass Roots, Barri, Steve | | • | Midnight Confessions - The Grass Roots, Josie, Lou T. | | • | The River Is Wide - The Grass Roots, Admire, Billy | | • | Bella Linda - The Grass Roots, Barri, Steve | | • | Lovin' Things - The Grass Roots, Loring, Jet | | • | Wait a Million Years - The Grass Roots, Bottler, Mitchell | | • | Baby Hold On - The Grass Roots, Price, Harvey | | • | Heaven Knows - The Grass Roots, Price, Harvey | | • | Come on and Say It - The Grass Roots, Entner, Warren | | • | Temptation Eyes - The Grass Roots, Price, Harvey | | • | Two Divided by Love - The Grass Roots, Kupps, Marty | | • | Glory Bound - The Grass Roots, Barri, Steve | | • | The Runway - The Grass Roots, Lambert, Dennis | | • | Sooner or Later - The Grass Roots, Bottler, Mitchell |
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Product Description
You don't have to wait a million years to share those midnight confessions. Let's live for today and enjoy the Grass Roots' sixteen biggest AM radio chartbusters.
Track: 10: Heaven Knows,Track: 11: Come On And Say It,Track: 12: Temptation Eyes,Track: 13: Two Divided By Love,Track: 14: Glory Bound,Track: 15: The Runway,Track: 16: Sooner Or Later,Track: 1: Lets Live For Today,Track: 2: Where Were You When I Needed You,Track: 3: Things I Should Have Said,Track: 4: Midnight Confessions,Track: 5: The River Is Wide,Track: 6: Bella Linda,Track: 7: Lovin Things,Track: 8: Wait A Million Years,Track: 9: Baby Hold On
Media Type: CD
Artist: GRASS ROOTS
Title: ALL TIME GREATEST HITS
Street Release Date: 12/16/2003
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Genre: ROCK/POP
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
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 the grassroots cd February 14, 2010
C. burr (sydney australia)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
i love this cd. i play it all the time. the grassroots were my favourite band. i was so happy to get the cd,it was all that i expected when i ordered it & played it. i am very happy with the purchase & will buy again from amazon. i have recommended amazon to my friends.
 some of the 60's best December 28, 2009
George Costas (Muskegon, MI United States)
No matter what you think of how "commercial" it is (which only means that a lot of people like it), you can't argue that these guys had a lot of hits that are still fun to listen to and sing along with today. Stories of teenage angst backed by the finest in L.A. - like writer P.F. Sloane and session cats like Hal Blaine on drums. I bought the CD for "Lovin Things", the only song, the original of which can't be downloaded. The only one missing from this collection is "Feelings" with that shimmering guitar solo.
Fond Memories September 4, 2009
james muxen (Nebraska, USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Excellent CD------A class act-----Every song is well remembered----This is an era that I truly appreciate, even though I was in high school in the '50,s
terrific music by The Grass Roots, but MCA could have added another song or two July 22, 2009
Matthew G. Sherwin (last seen screaming at Amazon customer service)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Grass Roots had a sound all their own, thanks to their enormous creativity. They enjoyed great success in their heyday; and it's wonderful that to this day we can easily obtain a CD of their artistry like this one! The quality of the sound on this CD is excellent and I like the artwork a lot. My only disappointment is that the running time of this CD is a mere 46 minutes; they could have added another song or two to make this an even better compilation.
The album starts off with The Grass Roots doing their major hit entitled "Let's Live for Today." They perform this with panache and the tune just plain sounds good. The percussion enhances the music all the more--and that music fits in perfectly with their vocals! I love it. "Where Were You When I Needed You" is another of The Grass Roots' great songs; they handle complex tempo and key changes like the pros they always were and still remain. "Things I Should Have Said" is quite catchy even if the lyrics aren't all that happy; I really like "Things I Should Have Said." In addition, "My Midnight Confessions" stuns me--this music is all THAT good. The Grass Roots do "My Midnight Confession" faultlessly and that beat will make you tapping your foot to the tune before you even realize it!
"Bella Linda" gets the royal treatment from The Grass Roots; they do this without ever letting go of a superfluous note and that's grand. The musical arrangement is just right on this track, too. "Lovin' Things" has a beautiful melody that impresses me a lot; and listen for "I'd Wait a Million Years" with that awesome musical introduction--this is another one of their best and just one listen will tell you why! "Baby Hold On" also features this band doing nothing short of their very best.
"Heaven Knows" has a terrific beat and when they harmonize they do it to perfection--and beyond! "Temptation Eyes" always sounds great to me; I really like this one, too. "Temptation Eyes" had The Grass Roots making it all look so easy--but of course we know it really wasn't all that easy; their talent carried them through every time. Moreover, "Two Divided by Love" is very well done; and that percussion again works wonders for the music to this song.
"Runway" is an excellent tune that only The Grass Roots could do this well; and it's a highlight of this album. The electric guitars enhance the music on "Runway," too. The CD ends quite strong, too, with The Grass Roots performing "Sooner or Later." This is a masterpiece in every way and I could never tire of hearing this group do "Sooner or Later."
Fans of The Grass Roots may want to pick this up if they don't already have some of these songs. This CD is also a great starter CD for those of us just getting into the sound of The Grass Roots; and this is even good for casual fans of this group as well.
Cheers and a small mystery April 3, 2009
Ronald L. Levao (Princeton, NJ)
A well-chosen collection of a decent if not spectacular rock group, lively and/or pleasant songs. I've always wondered, though, whether there was any legal trouble over the 1967 big hit "Live for Today," whose chorus sounds pretty much lifted from the Drifters' 1960 "I Count the Tears." Maybe music attorneys were less contentious back then? Or perhaps it was considered an "homage."
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