Greatest Hits (Paula Abdul album)

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Paula Abdul
Released September 26, 2000
Recorded 1987-1995
Genre Pop, dance, R&B
Label Virgin, Disky (EU reissue)
Paula Abdul chronology

Head over Heels
(1995)
Greatest Hits
(2000)
Greatest Hits: Straight Up!
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide [2]

Greatest Hits is the first Greatest Hits album by American singer Paula Abdul. Released in 2000, it contains Paula's six #1s and other singles, with the exception of the top 20 single "Will You Marry Me", which was released in 1992 and reached #19 on the Billboard charts. It does, however include "Crazy Love" which was previously only available on the Japanese version of Head over Heels and not available in the US. This compilation also contains a previously unreleased Megamix Medley. The album was released on September 26, 2000. It did not chart in the U.S. As of January 2006, the album has sold 138,000 copies in the United States and approximately 2 million worldwide.[3][4]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s)Producers Length
1. "Straight Up" (Single version)Oliver Leiber  Elliot WolffWolff 3:52
2. "Cold Hearted" (7" Edit)WolffWolff 3:37
3. "Forever Your Girl" (Single version)LeiberLeiber 4:13
4. "(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me" (Single version)LeiberLeiber 4:01
5. "Knocked Out" (Single version)Kenneth Edmonds  L.A. Reid  Daryl SimmonsReid  Babyface 3:32
6. "Opposites Attract" (7" Edit)LeiberLeiber 3:50
7. "Bend Time Back 'Round" (Single version)WolffWolff 3:57
8. "Rush Rush" (7" Edit)Peter LordLord 4:21
9. "The Promise of a New Day" (7" Edit)Abdul  Lord  Sandra St. Victor  V. Jeffrey SmithLord  Smith 4:16
10. "Blowing Kisses in the Wind" (Edit)LordLord  Smith 4:18
11. "Vibeology" (Video Edit)Lord  St. Victor  SmithLord  Smith 3:20
12. "My Love Is for Real" (R&B Remix featuring Ofra Haza)Abdul  Rhett LawrenceLawrence 4:03
13. "Crazy Cool" (Single version)Lord  St. Victor  SmithLord  Smith 4:02
14. "If I Were Your Girl" (Single version)Crystal Bernard  LawrenceLawrence 3:55
15. "Megamix Medley"  VariousDj Mix  Sergio Silva 9:24
16. "Crazy Love" (Single version)LeiberLeiber 4:30

References

  1. Greatest Hits (Paula Abdul album) at AllMusic
  2. Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 2. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  3. "Ask Billboard: Idol Thoughts". Billboard. 2006-01-31. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
  4. Paula Abdul Greatest Hits [Disky]: Information and Much More from Answers.com

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