Greatest Hits (The Band album)

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Greatest Hits
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedSeptember 26, 2000
RecordedEarly 1968 – Early 1977
Genre Rock
Length77:00
Label Capitol
Producer John Simon and the Band
The Band chronology
The Best of the Band, Vol. II
(1999)
Greatest Hits
(2000)
The Last Waltz
(2002)
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Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the Canadian-American rock group the Band. It was released in 2000 on Capitol Records. The album was released in conjunction with remastered versions of the group's first four albums. It draws very heavily from these records, with thirteen of the eighteen tracks selected from Music from Big Pink , The Band , Stage Fright and Cahoots .

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by Robbie Robertson unless otherwise noted.

No.TitleOriginal albumLength
1."The Weight" Music from Big Pink , 19684:35
2."Tears of Rage" (Bob Dylan, Richard Manuel)Music from Big Pink5:19
3."Chest Fever"Music from Big Pink5:13
4."I Shall Be Released" (Dylan)Music from Big Pink3:12
5."Up on Cripple Creek" The Band , 19694:31
6."The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"The Band3:32
7."Rag Mama Rag"The Band3:02
8."King Harvest (Has Surely Come)"The Band3:38
9."The Shape I'm In" Stage Fright , 19704:01
10."Stage Fright"Stage Fright3:41
11."Time to Kill"Stage Fright3:26
12."Life Is a Carnival" (Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Robbie Robertson) Cahoots , 19713:57
13."When I Paint My Masterpiece" (Dylan)Cahoots4:18
14."Ain't Got No Home" (Clarence "Frogman" Henry) Moondog Matinee , 19733:24
15."It Makes No Difference" Northern Lights – Southern Cross , 19756:32
16."Ophelia"Northern Lights – Southern Cross3:31
17."Acadian Driftwood"Northern Lights – Southern Cross6:41
18."The Saga of Pepote Rouge" Islands , 19774:14

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References

  1. Unterberger, Richie. "Greatest Hits Review". AllMusic . Retrieved October 14, 2022.