Best of The Doobies

Best of the Doobies
Greatest hits album by The Doobie Brothers
Released	November 1976 (1976-11)
Recorded	1972–1976
Genre	Rock, pop
Length	45:08
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Ted Templeman
The Doobie Brothers chronology
Takin' It to the Streets (1976)Takin' It to the Streets1976 Best of the Doobies (1976) Livin' on the Fault Line (1977)Livin' on the Fault Line1977

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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 first released by Warner Bros. Records in November 1976 and has been re-released numerous times.

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) – 3:56
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

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

Charts

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

See also

• List of best-selling albums in the United States