Greatest Hits (1979 Luv' album)

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Luv'
Released 1979
Recorded 1977 - 1979
Genre Pop - Disco
Length 42:38
Label Philips Records/Phonogram Records
Producer Hans van Hemert
Luv' chronology

True Luv'
(1979)		 Greatest Hits
(1979)		 Forever Yours
(1980)

Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Dutch girl group Luv' by Philips/Phonogram Records. It was rush-released in 1979 a few weeks after the formation had left Philips to sign a record deal with the labels CNR/Carrere Records. It features hit singles scored in the charts between 1977 and 1979: My Man, U.O.Me, You're the Greatest Lover, Trojan Horse, Casanova and Eeny Meeny Miny Moe. These songs were taken from the two first studio albums (With Luv' and Lots Of Luv'). The Philips/Phonogram years were the group's most successful ones in terms of chart performance.

Album history

Soon after Luv's transfer to CNR/Carrere Records, Phonogram Records, the group's first label, decided to counterattack by releasing a compilation. In 1979, the Dutch girl trio had become popular in a short time (two years only after its debut) in Benelux, German-speaking countries, Denmark, South Africa and New Zealand. Hit singles like You're the Greatest Lover and Trojan Horse were million sellers. The female group was Holland's best export act and thus received the Conamus Export Prize.[1]
The Greatest Hits album features the song Who Do You Wanna Be (originally taken from Luv's first LP). It was only available in the Netherlands without the consent of Luv' producer Hans van Hemert.[2]

Track listing

All songs by Hans van Hemert and Piet Souer under the pseudonym Janschen & Janschens

Side A

  1. "You're the Greatest Lover" - 2:50
  2. " Shoes Off (Boots On)" - 3:06
    • Taken from the album Lots Of Luv'
  3. "Louis je t'adore" - 3:40
  4. "Casanova" - 3:50
    • Taken from the album Lots Of Luv'
  5. "D.J" - 3:20
    • B-side of Casanova, taken from the album Lots Of Luv'
  6. "If You Love Me" - 2:34
    • Taken from the album Lots Of Luv'
  7. "I Like Sugar Candy Kisses" - 3:36
    • Taken from the album Lots Of Luv'
  8. "Don't Let Me Down" - 2:35
    • B-side of My Man

Side B

  1. "Trojan Horse" - 3:23
  2. "Marcellino" - 3:15
    • Taken from the album Lots Of Luv'
  3. "I.M.U.R" - 3:35
    • B-side of Eeny Meeny Miny Moe, taken from the album Lots Of Luv'
  4. "My Man" - 3:05
  5. "Sugar Babe" - 2:45
  6. "Who Do You Wanna Be" - 3:44
  7. "U.O.Me" - 2:55
  8. "Eeny Meeny Miny Moe" - 2:54
    • Taken from the album Lots Of Luv'

Personnel

Production

Single release

# Singles Date
1. "Who Do You Wanna Be" November 1979

Chart performance

Country Album charts Peak position
Netherlands Nationale Hitparade LP Top 50 21[3]

References

  1. ↑ - List of the Conamus Export Prize winners; Conamus (currently: Buma Cultuur) is an organisation which promotes Dutch music artists abroad. Every year, since 1972, this foundation has presented an Export Prize to reward the best selling Export acts from the Netherlands.
  2. ↑ De Telegraaf article published on July 7th 1979 announcing Van Hemert and Luv's departure from Phonogram records
  3. ↑ Peak position on the Nationale Hitparade LP Top 50 Accessed: July 10, 2011

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