Diana Ross and the Supremes Anthology | ||||
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Greatest hits album by Diana Ross and the Supremes | ||||
Released | May 1974 | |||
Genre | R&B | |||
Label | Motown | |||
Producer | Nickolas Ashford, Gil Askey, Johnny Bristol, Henry Cosby, Hal Davis, Lamont Dozier, Harvey Fuqua, Marc Gordon, Berry Gordy Jr., Brian Holland, Lawrence Horn, Clarence Paul, Deke Richards, Smokey Robinson, Valerie Simpson, R. Dean Taylor, Frank Wilson[1] | |||
Diana Ross and the Supremes chronology | ||||
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Allmusic (1974 edition) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Allmusic (1986 & 1995 editions) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Anthology, also known as Anthology: The Best of Diana Ross and the Supremes, first released in May 1974, is a series of same or similarly titled compilation albums by The Supremes. Motown released revised versions in 1986, 1995 and 2001. In its initial version, a 35-track triple record collection of hits and rare material, the album charted at No. 24 on Billboard's "Black Albums" and No. 66 on "Pop Albums".[5]
The 1974 LP was included in Robert Christgau's "basic record library" of 1950s and 1960s music, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies.[6] In 2012, Rolling Stone listed the 2001 version of the album at No. 423 in its list of "Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time".[7]