Greatest Hits | ||||
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Released | February 1972 | |||
Recorded | 1967-1971 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 40:55 (original) | |||
Label | Columbia PC 31170 | |||
Producer | Bobby Colomby, James William Guercio, Roy Halee, John Simon | |||
Blood, Sweat & Tears chronology | ||||
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Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the band Blood, Sweat & Tears, initially released in February 1972.
Although Blood, Sweat & Tears continued to record and tour for several more years, the band's lineup changed dramatically after Blood, Sweat & Tears 4 . This compilation album includes all of the group's best-known material up to that time. This was the group's last album to earn a Gold Record certification.
Columbia initially chose to incorporate the edited single versions of many of the songs, a decision which was poorly received by some fans.[ citation needed ] Some later compact disc releases replaced the single versions with the full length album versions.
In 1999 the album was remastered and re-released on CD with two bonus tracks - "So Long Dixie" and "More And More". In 2016, Audio Fidelity released a Super Audio CD version with the single versions as in the original release. This was a numbered limited edition mastered by Steve Hoffman and Stephen Marsh.
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Christgau's Record Guide | C [2] |
Writing for AllMusic, critic William Ruhlman wrote the album "captures the band's peak in 11 selections—seven singles chart entries, plus two album tracks from the celebrated debut album when Al Kooper helmed the group, and two more from the Grammy-winning multi-platinum second album... For the millions who learned to love BS&T in 1969 when they were all over AM radio, this is the ideal selection of their most accessible material." [1] Music critic Robert Christgau's commented "their pop success does them more good in Vegas than on the radio, and only four of these eleven cuts made top twenty." [2]
The original LP and CD releases include the following eleven tracks in the order listed.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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1. | "You've Made Me So Very Happy" (single version) | Berry Gordy Jr.; Brenda Holloway; Patrice Holloway; Frank Wilson | Blood, Sweat & Tears (1968) | 3:29 |
2. | "I Can't Quit Her" | Al Kooper; Irwin Levine | Child Is Father to the Man (1968) | 3:38 |
3. | "Go Down Gamblin'" (single version) | David Clayton-Thomas | Blood, Sweat & Tears 4 (1971) | 2:46 |
4. | "Hi-De-Ho" (single version) | Gerry Goffin; Carole King | Blood, Sweat & Tears 3 (1970) | 3:59 |
5. | "Sometimes In Winter" | Steve Katz | Blood, Sweat & Tears | 3:07 |
6. | "And When I Die" (single version) | Laura Nyro | Blood, Sweat & Tears | 3:26 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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7. | "Spinning Wheel" (single version) | David Clayton-Thomas | Blood, Sweat & Tears | 2:40 |
8. | "Lisa, Listen To Me" | Dick Halligan; David Clayton-Thomas | Blood, Sweat & Tears 4 | 2:58 |
9. | "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know" | Al Kooper | Child Is Father to the Man | 5:56 |
10. | "Lucretia Mac Evil" | David Clayton-Thomas | Blood, Sweat & Tears 3 | 3:04 |
11. | "God Bless the Child" | Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr. | Blood, Sweat & Tears | 5:52 |
Total length: | 40:55 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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12. | "So Long Dixie" | Barry Mann; Cynthia Weil | New Blood (1972) | 4:26 |
13. | "More And More" | Don Juan Mancha; Pelagio Agustin Valdez | Blood, Sweat & Tears | 2:40 |
Total length: | 48:01 |
Chart (1972) | Peak position |
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US Top LPs (Billboard) | 19 |
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