Greatest Hits (Dan Fogelberg album)

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Greatest Hits
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedOctober 1982
Recorded1972 - 1982
Genre Soft rock
Length42:23
Label Full Moon/Epic
Producer Dan Fogelberg, Joe Walsh, Marty Lewis, Norbert Putnam, Tim Weisberg
Dan Fogelberg chronology
The Innocent Age
(1981)
Greatest Hits
(1982)
Windows and Walls
(1984)
Singles from Greatest Hits
  1. "Missing You"
    Released: 1982
  2. "Make Love Stay"
    Released: 1983
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Greatest Hits is a compilation album by American recording artist Dan Fogelberg. It included two previously unreleased tracks, "Missing You" and "Make Love Stay", both of which were released as singles and peaked at chart positions #23 and #29 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, respectively. [2] Both of the new songs made the Top 10 on the adult contemporary chart, with "Missing You" rising to #6 and "Make Love Stay" becoming the singer's third #1 on the AC chart. [3]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Part of the Plan" (from Souvenirs ) - 3:18
  2. "Heart Hotels" (from Phoenix ) - 4:14
  3. "Hard to Say" (from The Innocent Age ) - 3:59
  4. "Longer" (from Phoenix ) - 3:15
  5. "Missing You" (previously unreleased) - 4:40
  6. "The Power Of Gold" (from Twin Sons of Different Mothers ) - 4:30
  7. "Make Love Stay" (previously unreleased) - 4:35
  8. "Leader of the Band" (from The Innocent Age ) - 4:17
  9. "Run for the Roses" (from The Innocent Age ) - 4:16
  10. "Same Old Lang Syne" (from The Innocent Age ) - 5:19

All songs written by Daniel Fogelberg.

Charts

Album

YearChartPosition
1982/83Australia Albums Chart [4] 68

Personnel

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References

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000190004
  2. Whitburn, Joel (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition (Billboard Publications)
  3. Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications)
  4. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 115. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.