Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (Rod Stewart album)

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Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
Rod Stewart Greatest Hits vol 1.jpg
Greatest hits album by
Rod Stewart
Released12 October 1979
Genre Rock, folk rock, pop, dance
Label Warner Bros.
Rod Stewart chronology
Blondes Have More Fun
(1978)		Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
(1979)		 Foolish Behaviour
(1980)

Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 is Rod Stewart's 1979 Warner Bros. Records best-of compilation.

Contents

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Christgau's Record Guide B+ [2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Track listing

  1. "Hot Legs" (Rod Stewart, Gary Grainger)
  2. "Maggie May" (Rod Stewart; Martin Quittenton)
  3. "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" (Rod Stewart; Carmine Appice; Duane Wade)
  4. "You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)" (Rod Stewart)
  5. "Sailing" (Gavin Sutherland)
  6. "I Don't Want to Talk About It" (Danny Whitten)
  7. "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" (Rod Stewart)
  8. "The Killing of Georgie (Part I and II)" (Rod Stewart)
  9. "The First Cut Is the Deepest" (Cat Stevens)
  10. "I Was Only Joking" (Rod Stewart; Gary Grainger)

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1979–80)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [4] 1
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [5] 17
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [6] 23
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [7] 1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [8] 29
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [9] 27
UK Albums (OCC) [10] 1
US Billboard 200 [11] 22

Year-end charts

Chart (1979)Position
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [12] 3

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [13] 4× Platinum280,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria) [14] Gold25,000*
Brazil—100,000 [15]
Canada (Music Canada) [16] 2× Platinum200,000^
Germany (BVMI) [17] Gold250,000^
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong) [18] Platinum20,000*
New Zealand (RMNZ) [19] Platinum15,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [20] Gold25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [21] Platinum300,000^
United States (RIAA) [22] 3× Platinum3,000,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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