Best of The Doobies

Best of The Doobies is the first greatest hits album by The Doobie Brothers. The album has material from Toulouse Street through Takin' It to the Streets, and is also a diamond record. The album was released by Warner Bros. Records in November 1976 and has been re-released numerous times.

Best of the Doobies
Greatest hits album by The Doobie Brothers
Released	October 29, 1976
Recorded	1972–1976[1]
Genre	Rock, pop
Length	45:08
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Ted Templeman[2]
The Doobie Brothers chronology
Takin' It to the Streets (1976) Best of the Doobies (1976) Livin' on the Fault Line (1977)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
Christgau's Record Guide	B+[4]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[5]
The Great Rock Discography	8/10[6]
MusicHound Rock	3.5/5[7]
Rolling Stone	[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[9]

Track listing

Side One

1. "China Grove" (Tom Johnston) – 3:14
2. "Long Train Runnin'" (Johnston) – 3:23
3. "Takin' It to the Streets" (Michael McDonald) – 3:36
4. "Listen to the Music" (Johnston) – 3:49
5. "Black Water" (Patrick Simmons) – 4:14
6. "Rockin' Down the Highway" (Johnston) – 3:19

Side Two

1. "Jesus Is Just Alright" (Arthur Reid Reynolds) – 4:30
2. "It Keeps You Runnin'" (McDonald) – 4:20
3. "South City Midnight Lady" (Simmons) – 5:27
4. "Take Me in Your Arms" (Holland–Dozier–Holland) – 3:39
5. "Without You" (John Hartman, Michael Hossack, Johnston, Tiran Porter, Simmons) – 4:58

Personnel

Per[10][2]

• Tom Johnston – guitars, vocals, harmonica on "Long Train Runnin'"
• Michael McDonald – keyboards and vocals on "Takin' It to the Streets" and "It Keeps You Runnin'"
• Patrick Simmons – guitars, vocals, lead vocals on "Black Water", "South City Midnight Lady", "Jesus Is Just Alright", co-lead vocals on "Listen to the Music"
• Jeff "Skunk" Baxter – guitars, pedal steel guitar
• Tiran Porter – bass, vocals
• Michael Hossack – drums
• John Hartman - drums
• Keith Knudsen - drums on "Take Me In Your Arms", "Takin' It to the Streets" and "It Keeps You Runnin'", vocals

Charts

In 1977 Best of the Doobies made #5 on the Billboard 200.[11]

See also

• List of best-selling albums in the United States

References

1. Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Best of the Doobies > Overview". Allmusic Guide. Retrieved October 1, 2010.
2. Best of the Doobies Warner Bros. Records #3112-2 CD reissue
3. Allmusic review
4. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: D". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
5. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0857125958.
6. Strong, Martin Charles (2002). "The Doobie Brothers". The Great Rock Discography. The National Academies. ISBN 1-84195-312-1.
7. "The Doobie Brothers - Best of the Doobies". Retrieved November 28, 2019.
8. "Best of the Doobies". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2009-05-25. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
9. Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 253. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
10. "Best of the Doobies > Credits". Allmusic Guide. Retrieved October 1, 2010.
11. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p4118