The Very Best of The Rascals

Greatest hits album by The Rascals

Released

July 20, 1993

Recorded

1965 - 1970

Genre

Rock, pop rock, white soul, R&B

Length

47:38

Label

Rhino/Atlantic

Producer

The (Young) Rascals, Tom Dowd, Arif Mardin

The Rascals chronology

The Island of Real
(1972)

The Very Best of The Rascals
(1993)

The Very Best of The Rascals is a compilation album from The Rascals released in July 1993 by Rhino/Atlantic. This compilation contains nearly all of their Atlantic singles, in chronological order, released from 1965 through 1970. The first nine singles are performed by The Young Rascals (the band's former name), while the last seven tracks are credited to The Rascals.

All three of their Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles are included here: "Good Lovin'", "Groovin'", and "People Got To Be Free". In addition, their hit singles "How Can I Be Sure" and "A Beautiful Morning" are also included on the compilation.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Writing for Allmusic, critic Ron Wynn praised the album and wrote "The Rascals, along with the Righteous Brothers, defined blue-eyed soul singing, making records that were as churchy, earthy, and convincing as anything that came out of the South or Motown in the '60s, backed by tight, anthemic arrangements and excellent combo playing... The only quibble is their failure to include "Look Around," a sociopolitical cut from the Freedom Suite album that's just a cut below "People Got to Be Free" or "A Ray of Hope.""^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore"	Pam Sawyer, Laurie Burton	2:45
2.	"Good Lovin'"	Rudy Clark, Arthur Resnick	2:31
3.	"You Better Run"	Felix Cavaliere, Eddie Brigati	2:27
4.	"Come On Up"	Cavaliere	2:43
5.	"I've Been Lonely Too Long"	Cavaliere, Brigati	2:05
6.	"Groovin'"	Cavaliere, Brigati	2:28
7.	"A Girl Like You"	Cavaliere, Brigati	2:47
8.	"How Can I Be Sure"	Cavaliere, Brigati	2:53
9.	"It's Wonderful" (Single Version)	Cavaliere, Brigati	3:21
10.	"A Beautiful Morning"	Cavaliere, Brigati	2:34
11.	"People Got to Be Free"	Cavaliere, Brigati	2:58
12.	"A Ray of Hope"	Cavaliere, Brigati	3:41
13.	"Heaven"	Cavaliere	3:22
14.	"See"	Cavaliere	4:45
15.	"Carry Me Back"	Cavaliere	2:49
16.	"Glory Glory"	Cavaliere	3:29

Tracks 1-9 are performed by The Young Rascals. The single version of "It's Wonderful" ends with a coda of "Mardi Gras"-style special effects and party sounds that were not included in the album version. Tracks 15 and 16 are CD only bonus tracks.

Personnel

The Rascals

Felix Cavaliere – vocals, keyboards
Eddie Brigati – vocals, percussion
Gene Cornish – vocals, guitar
Dino Danelli – drums

References

1 2 Wynn, Ron. "The Very Best of The Rascals > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved September 16, 2011.

The Rascals

The Young Rascals	The Young Rascals (1966) Collections (1967) Groovin' (1967)

The Rascals	Once Upon a Dream (1968) Freedom Suite (1969) See (1970) Search and Nearness (1971) Peaceful World (1971) The Island of Real (1972)

Compilations	Time Peace: The Rascals' Greatest Hits (1968) The Very Best of The Rascals (1993)

Book:The Rascals

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