Greatest Hits (The Bangles album)

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by The Bangles
Released May 8, 1990
Genre Pop
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]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide [3]

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.[4] "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.

Track listing

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

No. TitleWriter(s)Source album Length
1. "Hero Takes a Fall" (single mix)Susanna Hoffs, Vicki PetersonAll Over the Place, 1984 2:55
2. "Going Down to Liverpool"  Kimberley Rew  3:40
3. "Manic Monday"  PrinceDifferent Light, 1986 3:06
4. "If She Knew What She Wants"  Jules Shear  3:50
5. "Walk Like an Egyptian"  Liam Sternberg  3:24
6. "Walking Down Your Street" (single mix)Louis Gutierrez, Hoffs, David Kahne  3:17
7. "Following"  Michael Steele  3:21
8. "Hazy Shade of Winter"  Paul SimonLess Than Zero soundtrack, 1987 2:47
9. "In Your Room"  Hoffs, Tom Kelly, Billy SteinbergEverything, 1988 3:29
10. "Eternal Flame"  Hoffs, Kelly, Steinberg  3:56
11. "Be With You"  Walker Igleheart, Debbi 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 Navarropreviously unreleased 3:37
14. "Where Were You When I Needed You"  Steve Barri, P.F. Sloansingle for "Hero Takes a Fall", 1984 3:05

Personnel

The Bangles

Additional musicians

Chart performance

Date Chart Peak position Certification
June 1990 Billboard 200 97[5] Platinum [6]
June 1990 United Kingdom 4[7] Platinum [8]
June 1990 The Netherlands 28 Gold [9]
July 24, 1990 Austria 19[10]  

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Robert Christgau review
  3. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 43. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  4. ↑ Booklet of Greatest Hits.
  5. ↑ Billboard.com Bangles album chart Accessed: October 28, 2006
  6. ↑
  7. ↑ EveryHit.co.uk UK Top 40 database Accessed: October 28, 2006
  8. ↑ BPI.co.uk Certification "Greatest Hits" Accessed: November 4, 2006
  9. ↑ NVPI.nl Dutch certification database Accessed November 4, 2006
  10. ↑ AustrianCharts.at Greatest Hits page Accessed: October 28. 2006

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