Anytime...Anywhere
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) – 3:59
  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

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
Australia (ARIA)[9] Platinum 50,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[10] Platinum 100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[11] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[12] 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. ^ "Awards from Oz" (PDF). Cash Box. February 7, 1981. p. 31. Retrieved December 4, 2021 – via World Radio History.
  10. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Rita Coolidge – Anytime...Anywhere". Music Canada.
  11. ^ "British album certifications – Rita Coolidge – Anytime...Anywhere". British Phonographic Industry.
  12. ^ "American album certifications – Rita Coolidge – Anytime...Anywhere". Recording Industry Association of America.
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