Greatest Hits (The Band album)
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Greatest Hits is a compilation album by The Band released in 2000 to coincide with the release of remastered versions of the group's first four albums. It draws very heavily from them featuring thirteen of the eighteen tracks coming from Music from Big Pink, The Band, Stage Fright and Cahoots.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Robbie Robertson unless otherwise noted.
- "The Weight" – 4:35
- "Tears of Rage" (Bob Dylan, Richard Manuel) – 5:19
- "Chest Fever" – 5:13
- "I Shall Be Released" (Dylan) – 3:12
- "Up on Cripple Creek" – 4:31
- "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" – 3:32
- "Rag Mama Rag" – 3:02
- "King Harvest (Has Surely Come)" – 3:38
- "The Shape I'm In" – 4:01
- "Stage Fright" – 3:41
- "Time to Kill" – 3:26
- "Life Is a Carnival" (Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Robertson) – 3:57
- "When I Paint My Masterpiece" (Dylan) – 4:18
- "Ain't Got No Home" (Clarence "Frogman" Henry) – 3:24
- "It Makes No Difference" – 6:32
- "Ophelia" – 3:31
- "Acadian Driftwood" – 6:41
- "The Saga of Pepote Rouge" – 4:14
Group members and other participants
- John Simon - producer (tracks 1-8)
- The Band - producers (tracks 9-18)
- Rick Danko - bass, fiddle, vocals (except track 14)
- Levon Helm - drums, mandolin, rhythm guitar, bass, tambourine, vocals
- Garth Hudson - organ, piano, synthesizers, accordion, clavinet, wind instruments, bagpipe chanter, bass pedals
- Richard Manuel - piano, drums, clavinet, organ, harmonica, vocals
- Robbie Robertson - guitars
- John Simon - tuba, tenor saxophone, electric piano, baritone horn (tracks 2, 3, 7 and 8)
- Allen Toussaint - horn arrangements (track 12)
- Billy Mundi - drums (track 14)
- Byron Berline - fiddle (track 17)
- See individual albums for engineering credits.
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