Thursday 6/30/22 9:30pm ET: Feature LP: Donna Summer – Anthology (1993)

The Donna Summer Anthology is a double compilation album by the American singer Donna Summer, released by Polygram Records in 1993. The compilation featured the majority of Summer’s best known songs right from the start of her success to the present day. Summer had originally made her name during the disco era in the 1970s and in the decade that followed had experimented with different styles. Most of the tracks on this compilation are the original album versions of the songs, which were sometimes edited down for their release as a single. Included for the first time are two remixed tracks from her then previously unreleased I’m a Rainbow album, which had been recorded in 1981 but had been shelved by her record company at the time. The album also featured the Giorgio Moroder-penned and produced song “Carry On”‘, marking the first time Summer and Moroder had worked together since 1981. Summer and Moroder, together with Pete Bellotte had written the vast majority of her 1970s disco hits. Four years later, “Carry On” would be remixed and become a big dance hit. It also won Summer a Grammy for Best Dance Recording, her first win since 1984 and her fifth win in total.

“Love to Love You Baby” 3:21
“Could It Be Magic” 3:54
“Try Me, I Know We Can Make It” 4:46
“Spring Affair” 4:02
“Love’s Unkind” 4:26
“I Feel Love” 5:51
“Once Upon a Time” 4:00
“Rumour Has It” 4:54
“I Love You” 4:41
“Last Dance” 8:08
“MacArthur Park” 6:25
“Heaven Knows” 3:52
“Hot Stuff” 3:44
“Bad Girls” 4:56
“Dim All the Lights” 4:23
“Sunset People” 6:24

“No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)” 8:08
“On the Radio” 4:01
“The Wanderer” 3:45
“Cold Love” 3:38
“I’m a Rainbow” (Remix) 4:04
“Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina” 4:20
“Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)” 4:19
“State of Independence” 5:49
“She Works Hard for the Money” 3:25
“Unconditional Love” 4:41
“There Goes My Baby” 4:06
“Supernatural Love” 3:34
“All Systems Go” 4:10
“This Time I Know It’s for Real” 3:36
“I Don’t Wanna Get Hurt” 3:26
“When Love Cries” 5:14
“Friends Unknown” 3:44
“Carry On”