Greatest Hits (Blood, Sweat & Tears album)

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Greatest Hits
Compilation album by Blood, Sweat & Tears
Released	February 1972
Genre	Rock
Length	40:50 (original)
Label	Columbia
Producer	Bobby Colomby, James William Guercio, Roy Halee, John Simon
Professional reviews
All Music Guide (4.5/5) link
Blood, Sweat & Tears chronology
Blood, Sweat & Tears 4 (1971) Greatest Hits (1972) New Blood (1972)

Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the band Blood, Sweat & Tears, initially released in 1972.

Although Blood, Sweat & Tears continued to record and tour for several more years, the band's lineup changed dramatically after Blood, Sweat & Tears 4. This compilation album includes all of the group's best-known material, and it was their last album to go gold. Columbia initially chose to incorporate the single edits of the radio hits, a decision which was poorly received by some fans; later CD releases extended the singles to full-length album versions.

[edit] Track listing

The original LP release included the following tracks:

1. "You've Made Me So Very Happy" (Berry Gordy Jr., Brenda Holloway, Patrice Holloway, Frank Wilson) – 4:18
2. "I Can't Quit Her" - (Al Kooper, Levine) – 3:38
3. "Go Down Gamblin'" (David Clayton-Thomas) – 4:14
4. "Hi-De-Ho" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 4:27
5. "Sometimes In Winter" (Steve Katz) – 3:09
6. "And When I Die" (Laura Nyro) – 4:05
7. "Spinning Wheel" (Clayton-Thomas) – 4:06
8. "Lisa, Listen To Me" (Dick Halligan, Clayton-Thomas) – 2:58
9. "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know" (Kooper) – 5:57
10. "Lucretia Mac Evil" (Clayton-Thomas) – 3:04
11. "God Bless the Child" (Billie Holiday, A. Herzog) – 5:52

In 1999 the album was remastered and re-released on CD with two bonus tracks - "So Long Dixie" and "More And More".

[edit] Personnel

• Dave Bargeron - trombone, tuba, bass trombone, baritone horn, acoustic bass
• Randy Brecker - trumpet, flugelhorn
• David Clayton-Thomas - lead vocals except as noted, guitar on "Go Down Gamblin'"
• Bobby Colomby - drums, percussion, vocals
• Jim Fielder - bass
• Dick Halligan - organ, piano, electric piano, harpsichord, celeste, trombone, flute, alto flute, baritone horn, vocals
• Jerry Hyman - trombone, bass trombone, recorder
• Steve Katz - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, harmonica, mandolin, vocals (lead vocals on "Sometimes In Winter")
• Fred Lipsius - alto saxophone, piano, organ, clarinet, vocals
• Lew Soloff - trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet
• Jerry Weiss - trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals
• Chuck Winfield - trumpet, flugelhorn

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1972	Pop Albums	19