Greatest Hits (1988 Fleetwood Mac album)

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Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits cover
Studio album by Fleetwood Mac
Released November 15, 1988
Recorded 1975-1988
Genre Rock
Length 66:54 (US)
66:45 (Europe, Australia)
Label Warner Bros.
Professional reviews
Fleetwood Mac chronology
Tango in the Night
(1987)
Greatest Hits
(1988)
Behind the Mask
(1990)

Greatest Hits is a 1988 compilation album by British-American band Fleetwood Mac. It covers the period of the band's greatest commercial success, from the mid 1970s to the late 1980s.

It should not be confused with a 1971 release by the Peter Green incarnation of the band, also entitled "Fleetwood Mac Greatest Hits", but containing an entirely different tracklisting.

Most record collectors agree that this album was the last to be commercially released as an 8 track tape by a major label.

The album has proven to be a major success since the time of its release. Although it only peaked at #14 in the US album chart, it sold steadily and has to date sold in excess of 8 million copies there. In the UK it reached #3 upon release, but has returned several times to the UK album chart - as recently as October 2006 (re-entering at #24).

The album contains two new tracks, "As Long As You Follow" (which was released as a single to promote the album), and "No Questions Asked". The track listing for the US release differs slightly from that of other territories. It includes the 1975 track "Over My Head" but omits the 1987 track "Seven Wonders" (despite it being a top 20 hit in the US) as well as the 1982 track "Oh Diane" (which was never released as a single there at all).

Contents

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[edit] Track listing

[edit] US release

  1. "Rhiannon" (Nicks) – 4:11
  2. "Don't Stop" (McVie) – 3:12
  3. "Go Your Own Way" (Buckingham) – 3:38
  4. "Hold Me" (McVie, Patton) – 3:45
  5. "Everywhere" (McVie) – 3:42
  6. "Gypsy" (Nicks) – 4:24
  7. "You Make Loving Fun" (McVie) – 3:31
  8. "As Long as You Follow" (McVie) – 4:10*
  9. "Dreams" (Nicks) – 4:14
  10. "Say You Love Me" (McVie) – 4:10
  11. "Tusk" (Buckingham) – 3:30
  12. "Little Lies" (McVie, Quintela) – 3:38
  13. "Sara" (Nicks) – 6:22
  14. "Big Love" (Buckingham) – 3:38
  15. "Over My Head" (McVie) – 3:34
  16. "No Questions Asked" (Nicks) – 4:40

[edit] European and Australian releases

  1. "Rhiannon" – 4:11
  2. "Go Your Own Way" – 3:37
  3. "Don't Stop" – 3:11
  4. "Gypsy" – 4:22
  5. "Everywhere" – 3:41
  6. "You Make Loving Fun" – 3:31
  7. "Big Love" – 3:38
  8. "As Long as You Follow" – 4:11
  9. "Say You Love Me" – 4:09
  10. "Dreams" – 4:15
  11. "Little Lies" – 3:37
  12. "Oh Diane" – 2:33
  13. "Sara" – 6:25
  14. "Tusk" – 3:26
  15. "Seven Wonders" – 3:33
  16. "Hold Me" – 3:44
  17. "No Questions Asked" – 4:41

[edit] Certifications

Country Certification Sales
Australia 9x Platinum [1] 630,000
Germany Platinum [2] 500,000
UK 3x Platinum [3] 900,000
U.S. 8x Platinum [4] 8,000,000


[edit] References

  1. ^ ARIA Charts : Australia's Official Music Charts
  2. ^ Bundesverband Musikindustrie: Gold/Platin-Datenbank
  3. ^ The Bpi
  4. ^ http://ww.riaa.com
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