Summer in the City

Lovin Spoonful | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 4, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Bmg Special Product
• ASIN: B000001U1M
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #138,678 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. You Didn't Have to Be So Nice

2. Nashville Cats

3. Summer in the City

4. Rain on the Roof

5. Do You Believe in Magic?

6. Daydream

7. Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?

8. Darling Be Home Soon

9. Six O'Clock

10. Younger Girl

Editorial Reviews

Includes the title track; Do You Believe In Magic; Daydream; Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind , and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Exactly As I Remember, January 5, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Summer in the City (Audio CD)

All I originally wanted was a few Lovin Spoonful songs to remind me of that time. All the songs on this cd are the only songs needed to take me back to that time and place (60s).They also sounded exactly as I remember them. In otherwords unaltered. A great collection of their hits. Definitely recommended if you are looking for Spoonful songs.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ideal Day For a Daydream, July 1, 2005

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BeatleBangs1964 (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Summer in the City (Audio CD)

This delightful collection is several tablespoonfuls of some excellent classics by the Lovin' Spoonful. It is hard to stop at only ten good songs or even to limit oneself to any given number, but the selection of songs on this is outstanding.

The classics "Do You Believe in Magic?," "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice," "Daydream," "Summer in the City," "Rain on the Roof," "Nashville Cats," and "Six O'Clock" can all be obtained in one place. The Lovin' Spoonful influenced countless other artists, such as the short lived ersatz Spoonful band, the Critters as well as Joe Cocker, who did a cover version of the Spoonful's "Darling, Be Home Soon." I still think the original was far superior to Joe Cocker's version.

So if you're having a good day for a day dream and you need just the right songs, this is the collection for you. You might also want to enjoy the Young Rascals and the Byrds and the Turtles (can't forget Flo & Eddie) as well.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A decent little sampler of ten Lovin' Spoonful hits, October 22, 2003

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Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Summer in the City (Audio CD)

"Summer in the City" is more of a sampler of the Lovin' Spoonful that a solid hits collection, although if you were just going to pick ten songs by the peppy pop/rock/folk group of the Sixties it is hard to argue with what you find here. If you start ticking off on your fingers the best songs by the Lovin' Spoonful--"Do You Believe in Magic?," "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice," "Daydream," "Summer in the City," "Rain on the Roof," "Nashville Cats," and "Six O'Clock"--you will find all of them here. I had forgotten that Joe Cocker's "Darling Be Home Soon" was originally a Spoonful song. All ten songs were written or co-written by John Sebastian, but then we already knew he was the heart and soul of this group. Ironically, the album title comes from the group's most atypical song, the riff-driven "Summer in the City." So the bottom line is that this BMG budget collection gives you the songs. As long as you are looking for nothing else and you cannot think of a Lovin' Spoonful song that you would like to have that is not in this sampler collection, then "Summer in the City" is a decent deal.