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The second volume of Doobie Brothers greatest hits arrived in 1981 -- five years after the first installment, which was enough time for the group to release three albums: 1977's Livin' on the Fault Line, 1978's Minute by Minute, and 1980's One Step Closer. This is the era when Tom Johnston slowly backed out of the group, leaving after Livin', and Michael McDonald became the Doobies' frontman, so this is when the band sounded softer and soulful, less concentrated on the boogie. Ironically, Best of the Doobies, Vol. 2 isn't quite packed with hits the way Best of the Doobies is; the ten tracks here are highlighted by "Real Love," "What a Fool Believes," and "Minute by Minute," the first two being Top Ten hits, but the rest of the record is filled up with lesser-known singles and worthy album tracks like "You Belong to Me" and "One on One." Given this low concentration of blockbusters, some fans may choose to bypass this 1981 LP and go for a more comprehensive CD like 2001's Greatest Hits or 2007's The Very Best of the Doobie Brothers, which balances this era with the first plus the group's turn-of-the-'90s comeback, but anybody looking for a good portrait of the band at its smooth-sailing yacht rock peak should turn here.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Tiran Porter, Bass Guitar, Vocals - John Hartman, Drums - Donn Landee, Engineer - Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, Guitar - The Doobie Brothers, MainArtist - Pat Simmons, Guitar, Vocals - MICHAEL MCDONALD, Keyboards, Vocals - Maureen McDonald, Background Vocals - DAVID PAICH, Arranger - Keith Knudsen, Drums, Background Vocals - Kent Nebergall, AssistantEngineer - Bobby La Kind, Vocals, Congas - Rosemary Butler, Background Vocals - Lamont Dozier, Writer - Eddie Holland, Writer - Brian Holland, Writer
© 1981 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1977 Warner Records Inc.
Tiran Porter, Bass Guitar, Vocals - John Hartman, Drums - Earl Randle, Writer - Donn Landee, Engineer - Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, Guitar - Ted Templeman, Producer, Percussion - The Doobie Brothers, MainArtist - Pat Simmons, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - MICHAEL MCDONALD, Keyboards, Vocals - Maureen McDonald, Background Vocals - Keith Knudsen, Drums, Vocals - Kent Nebergall, AssistantEngineer - Bobby La Kind, Vocals, Congas - WILLIE MITCHELL, Writer
© 1981 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1977 Warner Records Inc.
Tiran Porter, Bass Guitar, Vocals - John Hartman, Drums - Donn Landee, Engineer - Carly Simon, Writer - Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, Guitar - The Doobie Brothers, MainArtist - Pat Simmons, Guitar, Vocals - MICHAEL MCDONALD, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Maureen McDonald, Background Vocals - DAVID PAICH, Arranger - Keith Knudsen, Drums, Background Vocals - Kent Nebergall, AssistantEngineer - Bobby La Kind, Vocals, Congas - Rosemary Butler, Background Vocals
© 1981 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1977 Warner Records Inc.
Tiran Porter, Bass Guitar - Carlene Carter, Writer - Ted Templeman, Producer, Tambourine - The Doobie Brothers, MainArtist - Pat Simmons, Guitar, Vocals - MICHAEL MCDONALD, Keyboards, Vocals, Synthesizer - Joel Peskin, Baritone Saxophone - Kent Duncan, MasteringEngineer - Keith Knudsen, Drums, Vocals, Writer - Bill Armstrong, Trumpet - Gene Meros, SecondEngineer - JIM ISAACSON, Engineer - Jerome Jumonville, Tenor Saxophone - Bobby La Kind, Background Vocals, Congas - Nicolette Larson, Background Vocals - Cornelius Bumpus, Organ, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Vocals - John Mcfee, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Lee Thornburg, Trumpet - Chester McCracken, Drums, Marimba - Tim Dennan, MasteringEngineer
© 1981 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1980 Warner Records Inc.
Tiran Porter, Bass Guitar, Vocals - John Hartman, Drums - Ben Cauley, Trumpet - Andrew Love, Saxophone - Donn Landee, Engineer - Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, Guitar - Ted Templeman, Producer - The Doobie Brothers, MainArtist - Bill Payne, Synthesizer - Pat Simmons, Guitar, Vocals - MICHAEL MCDONALD, Keyboards, Lead Vocals, Writer, Synthesizer - Keith Knudsen, Drums, Vocals - Loyd Cohn, AdditionalEngineer - Bobby La Kind, Vocals, Congas - Norton Buffalo, Harmonica - Rosemary Butler, Background Vocals - Byron Berline, Fiddle - Herb Pederson, Banjo - KENNY LOGGINS, Writer - Steve Malcolm, AdditionalEngineer
© 1981 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1978 Warner Records Inc.
Tiran Porter, Bass Guitar, Vocals - John Hartman, Drums - Ben Cauley, Trumpet - Andrew Love, Saxophone - Donn Landee, Engineer - Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, Guitar - Ted Templeman, Producer - The Doobie Brothers, MainArtist - Pat Simmons, Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer - MICHAEL MCDONALD, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer, Synthesizer - Keith Knudsen, Drums, Vocals - Loyd Cohn, AdditionalEngineer - Bobby La Kind, Vocals, Congas - Norton Buffalo, Harmonica - Rosemary Butler, Vocals - Byron Berline, Fiddle - Herb Pederson, Banjo - Nicolette Larson, Vocals - Steve Malcolm, AdditionalEngineer
© 1981 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1978 Warner Records Inc.
Tiran Porter, Bass Guitar, Vocals - John Hartman, Drums - Ben Cauley, Trumpet - Andrew Love, Saxophone - Donn Landee, Engineer - Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, Guitar - Ted Templeman, Producer - The Doobie Brothers, MainArtist - Pat Simmons, Guitar, Vocals - MICHAEL MCDONALD, Keyboards, Lead Vocals, Writer, Synthesizer - Keith Knudsen, Drums, Vocals - Loyd Cohn, AdditionalEngineer - Bobby La Kind, Vocals, Congas - Norton Buffalo, Harmonica - Rosemary Butler, Vocals - Byron Berline, Fiddle - Herb Pederson, Banjo - Steve Malcolm, AdditionalEngineer
© 1981 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1978 Warner Records Inc.
Patrick Henderson, Keyboards - Tiran Porter, Bass Guitar - Ted Templeman, Producer, Tambourine - The Doobie Brothers, MainArtist - Pat Simmons, Guitar, Vocals - MICHAEL MCDONALD, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer, Synthesizer - Joel Peskin, Baritone Saxophone - Kent Duncan, MasteringEngineer - Keith Knudsen, Drums, Vocals - Bill Armstrong, Trumpet - Gene Meros, SecondEngineer - JIM ISAACSON, Engineer - Jerome Jumonville, Tenor Saxophone - Bobby La Kind, Background Vocals, Congas - Nicolette Larson, Background Vocals - Cornelius Bumpus, Organ, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Vocals - John Mcfee, Guitar, Vocals - Lee Thornburg, Trumpet - Chester McCracken, Drums, Marimba - Bobby Lakind, Writer - Tim Dennan, MasteringEngineer
© 1981 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1980 Warner Records Inc.
Patrick Henderson, Keyboards, Writer - Tiran Porter, Bass Guitar - Ted Templeman, Producer, Tambourine - The Doobie Brothers, MainArtist - Pat Simmons, Guitar, Vocals - MICHAEL MCDONALD, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer, Synthesizer - Joel Peskin, Baritone Saxophone - Kent Duncan, MasteringEngineer - Keith Knudsen, Drums, Vocals - Bill Armstrong, Trumpet - Gene Meros, SecondEngineer - JIM ISAACSON, Engineer - Jerome Jumonville, Tenor Saxophone - Bobby La Kind, Background Vocals, Congas - Nicolette Larson, Background Vocals - Cornelius Bumpus, Organ, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Vocals - John Mcfee, Guitar, Vocals - Lee Thornburg, Trumpet - Chester McCracken, Drums, Marimba - Tim Dennan, MasteringEngineer
© 1981 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1980 Warner Records Inc.
Lester Abrams, Writer - Tiran Porter, Bass Guitar, Vocals - John Hartman, Drums - Ben Cauley, Trumpet - Andrew Love, Saxophone - Donn Landee, Engineer - Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, Guitar - Ted Templeman, Producer - The Doobie Brothers, MainArtist - Bill Payne, Synthesizer - Pat Simmons, Guitar, Vocals - MICHAEL MCDONALD, Keyboards, Lead Vocals, Writer, Synthesizer - Keith Knudsen, Drums, Vocals - Loyd Cohn, AdditionalEngineer - Bobby La Kind, Vocals, Congas - Norton Buffalo, Harmonica - Byron Berline, Fiddle - Herb Pederson, Banjo - Steve Malcolm, AdditionalEngineer
© 1981 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1978 Warner Records Inc.
Album review
The second volume of Doobie Brothers greatest hits arrived in 1981 -- five years after the first installment, which was enough time for the group to release three albums: 1977's Livin' on the Fault Line, 1978's Minute by Minute, and 1980's One Step Closer. This is the era when Tom Johnston slowly backed out of the group, leaving after Livin', and Michael McDonald became the Doobies' frontman, so this is when the band sounded softer and soulful, less concentrated on the boogie. Ironically, Best of the Doobies, Vol. 2 isn't quite packed with hits the way Best of the Doobies is; the ten tracks here are highlighted by "Real Love," "What a Fool Believes," and "Minute by Minute," the first two being Top Ten hits, but the rest of the record is filled up with lesser-known singles and worthy album tracks like "You Belong to Me" and "One on One." Given this low concentration of blockbusters, some fans may choose to bypass this 1981 LP and go for a more comprehensive CD like 2001's Greatest Hits or 2007's The Very Best of the Doobie Brothers, which balances this era with the first plus the group's turn-of-the-'90s comeback, but anybody looking for a good portrait of the band at its smooth-sailing yacht rock peak should turn here.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:35:56
- Main artists: The Doobie Brothers
- Label: Warner Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1981 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981 Warner Records Inc.
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