Greatest Hits (The Bangles album)

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by The Bangles
Released April 18, 1990
Genre Rock
Length 48:00
Label Columbia
CK 46125
Producer David Kahne and Rick Rubin
The Bangles chronology
Everything
(1988)		 Greatest Hits
(1990)		 Doll Revolution (2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Robert Christgau (A-)[2]

Greatest Hits is a compilation album by The Bangles. It was released by their record company, Columbia Records on May 8, 1990 to fulfil the band's contractual requirements. By the time of the release of the album, the group had already broken up. The album peaked at #97 in the Billboard Album chart, and at #4 in the UK.

The Greatest Hits album featured the single remixes of "Hero Takes a Fall", "Walking Down Your Street" and "I'll Set You Free". It also included the group's cover of "Hazy Shade of Winter", which was released on the soundtrack of the film Less Than Zero, and had not been included on a Bangles album. It also contained the non-album B-side cover of the Grass Roots' "Where Were You When I Needed You" and the previously unreleased song "Everything I Wanted" from the Everything album sessions.[3] "Everything I Wanted" was released as a single around Europe and Australia to promote the release. In the UK, a new remix of "Walk Like An Egyptian" was released instead, peaking at #73.

Contents

Track listing

Tracks are included in chronological order by album, except the last track.

No. Title Writer(s) Source album Length
1. "Hero Takes a Fall" (single mix) Hoffs, Peterson All Over the Place, 1984 2:55
2. "Going Down to Liverpool"   Kimberley Rew   3:40
3. "Manic Monday"   Prince Different Light, 1986 3:06
4. "If She Knew What She Wants"   Shear   3:50
5. "Walk Like an Egyptian"   Sternberg   3:24
6. "Walking Down Your Street" (single mix) Louis Gutierrez, Hoffs, Kahne   3:17
7. "Following"   Steele   3:21
8. "Hazy Shade of Winter"   Simon Less Than Zero soundtrack, 1987 2:47
9. "In Your Room"   Hoffs, Kelly, Steinberg Everything, 1988 3:29
10. "Eternal Flame"   Hoffs, Kelly, Steinberg   3:56
11. "Be With You"   Walker Igleheart, Peterson   3:02
12. "I'll Set You Free" (single mix) Hoffs, Eric Lowen, Dan Navarro   4:51
13. "Everything I Wanted"   Hoffs, Eric Lowen, Dan Navarro previously unreleased 3:37
14. "Where Were You When I Needed You"   Barri, Sloan single for "Hero Takes a Fall", 1984 3:05

Personnel

The Bangles

Additional musicians

Chart performance

Date Chart Peak position Certification
1990 Billboard 200 97 [4]  
June 1990 United Kingdom 4 [5] Platinum [6]
June 1990 The Netherlands 28 Gold [7]
July 24, 1990 Austria 19 [8]  

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Robert Christgau review
  3. ^ Booklet of Greatest Hits.
  4. ^ Billboard.com Bangles album chart Accessed: October 28, 2006
  5. ^ EveryHit.co.uk UK Top 40 database Accessed: October 28, 2006
  6. ^ BPI.co.uk Certification "Greatest Hits" Accessed: November 4, 2006
  7. ^ NVPI.nl Dutch certification database Accessed November 4, 2006
  8. ^ AustrianCharts.at Greatest Hits page Accessed: October 28. 2006

External links

The Bangles
Studio albums
Extended plays
Compilations
  • Greatest Hits
Singles
Videography
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