Greatest Hits (Sonny & Cher album)

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Greatest Hits
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ReleasedSeptember 1974
Recorded1965/73
Genre Pop rock
Length28:51
Label MCA
Producer Sonny Bono, Snuff Garrett, Denis Pregnolato
Sonny & Cher chronology
Live in Las Vegas Vol. 2
(1973)
Greatest Hits
(1974)
All I Ever Need Is You
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Greatest Hits is the fourth compilation album by American pop rock duo Sonny & Cher, released in 1974 by MCA Records.

Contents

Album information

Greatest Hits was released in 1974 and reached #146 on the Billboard album charts.

Greatest Hits contains Sonny and Cher's hit songs from their two studio albums and their live albums released by Kapp/MCA Records. It contained "All I Ever Need Is You", "A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done" and the single edit of "Mama Was A Rock And Roll Singer ..." plus some live songs from the album Sonny & Cher Live .

The original Greatest Hits compilation album in its entirety remains unreleased on compact disc. It was partially released in the 1990 compilation All I Ever Need Is You .

Track listing

Side A

  1. "All I Ever Need is You" (Holiday, Reeves) - 2:38
  2. "When You Say Love" (Steve Carmen, Jerry Foster, Bill Rice) - 2:26
  3. "You Better Sit Down Kids" (S. Bono) - 3:16
  4. "Crystal Clear/Muddy Waters" (Laurie) - 2:39
  5. "I Got You Babe" (Live) (S. Bono) - 3:14

Side B

  1. "A Cowboy's Work is Never Done" (S. Bono) - 3:14
  2. "United We Stand" (Tony Hiller, Peter Simons) - 2:35
  3. "The Beat Goes On" (Live) (S. Bono) - 2:18
  4. "What Now My Love" (Live) (Carl Sigman, Gilbert Bécaud, Pierre Delanoë) - 2:48
  5. "Mama Was a Rock and Roll Singer Papa Used to Write All Her Songs" (Single Edit) (S. Bono) - 3:43

Charts

Chart (1974–1975)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [2] 35
U.S. Top LPs & Tape ( Billboard )146

Credits

Personnel

Production

References

  1. AMG Review
  2. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 280. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.