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Anthology: Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons | 
 enlarge | Artist: Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
Label: Rhino / Wea
Category: Music
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Rating:  32 reviews
Sales Rank: 103650
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
UPC: 081227149024
EAN: 0081227149024
ASIN: B00000334G
Release Date: October 25, 1990
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| Tracks:
| • | Sherry - The Four Seasons, Gaudio, Bob | | • | Big Girls Don't Cry - The Four Seasons, Crewe, Bob | | • | Walk Like a Man - The Four Seasons, Crewe, Bob | | • | Candy Girl - The Four Seasons, Santos, Larry | | • | Marlena - The Four Seasons, Gaudio, Bob | | • | Dawn (Go Away) - The Four Seasons, Gaudio, Bob | | • | Stay - The Four Seasons, Williams, Maurice | | • | Ronnie - The Four Seasons, Crewe, Bob | | • | Rag Doll - The Four Seasons, Crewe, Bob | | • | Silence Is Golden - The Four Seasons, Crewe, Bob | | • | Save It for Me - The Four Seasons, Crewe, Bob | | • | Big Man in Town - The Four Seasons, Gaudio, Bob | | • | Bye, Bye, Baby (Baby Goodbye) - The Four Seasons, Crewe, Bob | | • | Girl Come Running - The Four Seasons, Crewe, Bob | | • | Let's Hang On - The Four Seasons, Crewe, Bob | | • | Don't Think Twice, It's All Right - The Four Seasons, Dylan, Bob | | • | Working My Way Back to You - The Four Seasons, Linzer, Sandy | | • | Opus 17 (Don't You Worry 'Bout Me) - The Four Seasons, Linzer, Sandy | | • | I've Got You Under My Skin - The Four Seasons, Porter, Cole | | • | Tell It to the Rain - The Four Seasons, Cifelli, C. | | • | Beggin' - The Four Seasons, Farina, Piergiorgio | | • | Can't Take My Eyes Off You - The Four Seasons, Crewe, Bob | | • | C'mon Marianne - The Four Seasons, Bloodworth, Raymond | | • | Will You Love Me Tomorrow - The Four Seasons, Goffin, Gerry | | • | Who Loves You - The Four Seasons, Gaudio, Bob | | • | December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) - The Four Seasons, Gaudio, Bob |
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Big girls don't cry and big boys don't sing like that ... except in the romantic musical world of doo-wop. And the Four Seasons were the grandest culmination of that genre, producing hit singles that were often epic teen mini-operas. Producer Bob Crewe borrowed liberally from Phil Spector (definitive proof: the drum intro to "Rag Doll" is damn near sampled from "Be My Baby"), and even Brian Wilson has called them "the East Coast Beach Boys." A condensation of Rhino's three-disc 25th-anniversary collection, Anthology neglects "The Proud One," probably their final classic moment--but 24 of the 26 tracks here cover the group's '62-'68 golden era, pausing only momentarily for the misguided late-'70s "disco" comeback. Truly great stuff. --Bill Holdship
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My second musical love July 7, 2007
Anyechka (Rensselaer, NY United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
For just a bit under a year, during the time I was thirteen to fourteen years old, I was absolutely crazy about The Four Seasons, although not yet being mature enough for albums at that age, I was perfectly content to get my listening bliss from listening to things like this greatest hits compilation. And this collection pulls out just about all of the stops, complete with some very good liner notes detailing the group's history, what made these songs such big hits, and what made the group itself so very popular. What makes this group's success story so amazing is that they were making these soulful rock records at a time when American young people were supposedly stuck listening to greasy-haired squeaky-clean teen hearthrobs named Bobby. The Four Seasons were one of a number of Italian-American groups popular at the time, and in addition were older guys when they finally caught on, in their late twenties and into their thirties, something that could very well have been a serious impediment in the youth-obsessed culture of the times. The other amazing aspect of their success story is that they stayed incredibly popular all during the British Invasion, one of very few American groups to retain their popularity. It also didn't hurt that they had a very unique sound, the talented songwriter Bob Gaudio, and the able producer Bob Crewe.
The collection presents 26 of their songs, some of them the obviously well-known hits such as "Sherry," "Rag Doll" (the story behind this song haunts me to this day), "Let's Hang On!," "Candy Girl," and "Who Loves You," and a bunch of lesser-known/lower-charting songs such as "Beggin,'" "Tell It to the Rain," "I've Got You Under My Skin" (a surprisingly beautiful rendition of the Cole Porter song), "Big Man in Town" (this song always made me cry in my early days of being acquainted with it), and "Don't Think Twice" (recorded under the pseudonym The Wonder Who, on a folk rock album they did in 1965). Now that I've evolved past preferring catchy pop songs, I find that my favorites on this collection are the lesser-known ones such as "Silence Is Golden" and "Will You Love Me Tomorrow." It spans the years 1962-68, going from their dramatic burst onto the musical scene and following them as their popularity finally began to wane as they were replaced by bands with radically different sounds, and finally presents the two huge hits they had during their comeback in the mid-Seventies. One might say that it should have included some more obscure B-sides and album cuts, or some of Frankie's solo hits (particularly his two #1s "My Eyes Adored You" and "Grease"), but as it stands it does a pretty fine job of balancing out the big hits with the lesser-known material. And this is after all just a greatest hits collection, meant for the new or casual fan, not for the die-hard completist who's far beyond needing a greatest hits collection to get interested in the group.
A TRUE HALL OF FAME GROUP BY ANY STANDARD August 7, 2006
Eugene M. Singer (brooklyn, new york USA)
this album shows the creativity and talent of the four seasons.after seeing the show jersey boys, you realize that each of the four season played a vital role in the success and creation of the group. Nick Massi who some say was a musical genius as he heard harmony in his head before it happened, was a superb arranger as evidenced by the remakes of "peanuts" and "alone". the harmony in these two songs is magical. Bob Gordio who wrote the songs is also in the songwriters' hall of fame. they were the first group to have four number one hits in a row:
Sherry
Big Girls Dont Cry
Walk Like A Man and
Dont think twice by the wonder who(actually the four seasons)
Bob Gordio also helped Brian Wilson of the beach boys write the songs for the their hit album "smile"
this collection is a must have for any four season fan or anyone who is just a fan of old rock harmony.
Don't cry. May 7, 2006
Johnny Heering (Bethel, CT United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is an excellent collection of the 4 Seasons' biggest hits. All the best know hits are here, plus some excellent lesser known songs. Every single song here is great. This is by no means all the great songs that the 4 Seasons recorded, but it is the best single disc collection available, and will satisfy the casual 4 Seasons fan.
A staggering anthology April 24, 2005
Larry VanDeSande (Mason, Michigan United States)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This collection includes every famous song this group put out in their heyday from 1964-69 plus some songs that weren't so popular after Frankie Valli departed.
The notes to this CD include a bit of history on how the group burst onto the scene in the early 1960s and rode a string of number one hits in 1964 from "Dawn" to "Stay" to "Ronnie", "Rag Doll", "Silence Is Golden", "Save It For Me" and "Big Man In Town".
I was a mere 13 years of age in 1964, the year Lyndon Johnson defeated Barry Goldwater for the presidency, and I thought these songs came from much later when I was in high school. It wasn't until I leafed through this nostalgic notes that I learned what a child I was when this great group was making hay.
The AAD recording is fine by any standard and, with 26 great songs crammed onto a single CD, the memories come often. This group also has a two-CD set costing a lot more money that includes a lot of songs you won't remember, so stick with this one. You won't be sorry.
Frankie and the Seasons at their Best December 19, 2004
I enjoyed listening to "Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons Antholegy." Mainly all the songs are very, very good except I was hoping that they would include the song "Grease" from the movie instead of the Frankie Valli single "Can't Take My Eyes Off You," which I wasn't so crazy about. Besides that, this is a perfect choice for all to enjoy. And I like it.
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