Greatest Hits | ||||
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Greatest hits album by | ||||
Released | February 27, 1995 | |||
Recorded | 1974–1995 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 76:35 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | ||||
Bruce Springsteen chronology | ||||
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Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band chronology | ||||
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Singles from Greatest Hits | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
Entertainment Weekly | B+ [4] |
NME | 6/10 [5] |
Rolling Stone | [6] |
Greatest Hits is the first compilation album by the American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen,released February 27,1995,on Columbia Records. It is a collection of some of Springsteen's hit singles and popular album tracks through the years along with four new songs at the end,mostly recorded with the E Street Band in 1995. The latter constituted Springsteen's first (albeit very partial) release with his backing band since the late 1980s. Some of the songs are shorter versions of the original album releases.
The incorporation of the "new" tracks was portrayed in the 1996 documentary Blood Brothers . "Murder Incorporated" and "This Hard Land" were,in fact,unused 1982 songs from the Born in the U.S.A. sessions,with the latter being re-recorded here more than a decade later,and both subsequently became Springsteen concert staples. [7] [8] [9] "Blood Brothers",on the other hand,was played only as the final closing song of both the 1999–2000 Reunion Tour and 2002–2003 Rising Tour,both times with an extra verse added. "Secret Garden" achieved notoriety via the soundtrack of the 1996 film Jerry Maguire . Alternate versions of several of these new tracks were released on the 1996 Blood Brothers EP.
The compilation was commercially successful,hitting number one on the Billboard 200 and UK Albums Chart,and sold six million copies in the U.S. [10]
The reception by music critics of Greatest Hits was rather negative upon the album's release,as are more contemporary reviews. David Browne of Entertainment Weekly felt that the album was released when it was because the Grammy Awards were coming up and "Streets of Philadelphia" was up for five awards and that the songs on the album were selected because of charting success,which means that several important songs were overlooked. He also felt that "Murder Incorporated" (in reference to the 1930s Murder,Inc.) was the only good new song on the album and that overall the album felt as if Bruce did not believe in himself any more. [4]
The Rolling Stone review of the album by Parke Puterbaugh is rather unfavorable. Parke felt that the songs on the collection belonged on their original LP releases,that songs from before Born to Run should have been included and that the new songs weren't that good. [6]
The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 the week of March 18,1995,with more than 250,000 copies sold,it remained on the chart for 43 weeks. [11] [12] As of March,2009 it has sold over 4,092,000 copies in the United States according to Nielsen SoundScan. [13] It was certified six times platinum by the RIAA on May 25,2022,for shipments of 6,000,000. [14]
In the United Kingdom the album entered at number one on March 11,1995,and topped the chart for two non consecutive weeks. [15] It was present on the chart for 134 weeks. [15] It was certified four times platinum by the BPI on March 21,2014,denoting shipments of 1,200,000 units. [16]
All tracks are written by Bruce Springsteen
No. | Title | Original album | Length |
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1. | "Born to Run" | Born to Run (1975) | 4:30 |
2. | "Thunder Road" | Born to Run | 4:48 |
3. | "Badlands" | Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978) | 4:03 |
4. | "The River" | The River (1980) | 5:00 |
5. | "Hungry Heart" | The River | 3:20 |
6. | "Atlantic City" | Nebraska (1982) | 3:56 |
7. | "Dancing in the Dark" | Born in the U.S.A. (1984) | 4:03 |
8. | "Born in the U.S.A." | Born in the U.S.A. | 4:41 |
9. | "My Hometown" (edit) | Born in the U.S.A. | 4:12 |
10. | "Glory Days" (edit) | Born in the U.S.A. | 3:49 |
11. | "Brilliant Disguise" | Tunnel of Love (1987) | 4:15 |
12. | "Human Touch" (radio version) | Human Touch (1992) | 5:10 |
13. | "Better Days" (edit) | Lucky Town (1992) | 3:44 |
14. | "Streets of Philadelphia" (single edit) | Philadelphia soundtrack (1993) | 3:16 |
15. | "Secret Garden" | New song: Recorded in January 1995 at The Hit Factory, New York City [17] | 4:27 |
16. | "Murder Incorporated" | New song: Recorded at The Power Station in April/May 1982 | 3:57 |
17. | "Blood Brothers" | New song: Recorded in January 1995 at The Hit Factory, New York City | 4:34 |
18. | "This Hard Land" | New song: Recorded in January 1995 at The Hit Factory, New York City | 4:50 |
Credits are adapted from the liner notes of Greatest Hits. [18]
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [47] | 10× Platinum | 700,000‡ |
Austria (IFPI Austria) [48] | 2× Platinum | 100,000* |
Belgium (BEA) [49] | Platinum | 50,000* |
Canada (Music Canada) [50] | 4× Platinum | 400,000^ |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [51] | 5× Platinum | 100,000‡ |
Finland (Musiikkituottajat) [52] | Platinum | 76,419 [52] |
France (SNEP) [53] | Platinum | 300,000* |
Germany (BVMI) [54] | 2× Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
Ireland (IRMA) [55] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
Italy 1995-1996 sales | — | 350,000 [56] |
Italy (FIMI) [57] sales since 2009 | Platinum | 50,000‡ |
Japan (RIAJ) [58] | Platinum | 200,000^ |
Netherlands (NVPI) [59] | 2× Platinum | 200,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ) [60] | 4× Platinum | 60,000‡ |
Norway (IFPI Norway) [61] | 2× Platinum | 100,000* |
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [62] | 2× Platinum | 200,000^ |
Sweden (GLF) [63] digipack | Platinum | 100,000^ |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [64] | Platinum | 50,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [65] | 5× Platinum | 1,500,000‡ |
United States (RIAA) [14] | 6× Platinum | 4,092,000 [13] |
Summaries | ||
Europe (IFPI) [66] | 5× Platinum | 5,000,000* |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
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