Greatest Hits (The Chi-Lites album)

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Greatest Hits
Chi-Lites Greatest Hits.jpg
Compilation album by
The Chi-Lites
ReleasedOctober 1972
Genre R&B, soul
Length59:33
Label Brunswick
Producer Eugene Record
The Chi-Lites chronology
A Lonely Man
(1972)		Greatest Hits
(1972)		 A Letter to Myself
(1973)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Christgau's Record Guide A [1]

Greatest Hits is the first compilation album by American soul group The Chi-Lites. The album was released in 1972 on the Brunswick label.

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Contents

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Oh Girl" Eugene Record 3:48
2."I Wanna Pay You Back"Eugene Record2:56
3."I Like Your Lovin' (Do You Like Mine)"Eugene Record, Sandy Wilburn3:36
4."Give It Away"Eugene Record, Carl Davis 2:50
5."Let Me Be the Man My Daddy Was"Eugene Record, Barbara Acklin 3:33
6."Love Uprising"Eugene Record2:32
7."The Coldest Days of My Life (Part I)"Eugene Record, Carl Davis4:27
8."The Coldest Days of My Life (Part II)"Eugene Record, Carl Davis4:15
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
9."Have You Seen Her"Eugene Record, Barbara Acklin5:10
10."(For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People"Eugene Record3:50
11."Are You My Woman"Eugene Record3:06
12."We Are Neighbors"Eugene Record, Quinton Joseph3:39
13."Living in the Footsteps of Another Man"Samuel Graner, James Smith2:57
14."I'm Ready If I Don't Get To Go"Eugene Record, Revé Gipson4:21
15."24 Hours Of Sadness"Eugene Record, Carl Davis2:11
16."A Lonely Man"Eugene Record, J. Edward Haycraft6:23


Charts

Chart (1972)Peak
[2]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs 55
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 4

Other Editions

Brunswick also released a 13-track edition in discrete 4-channel Quadraphonic as a 7 ½ ips Reel-To-Reel with the catalog number BRU J 14184. This version left off the following three songs: "Give It Away", "The Coldest Days Of My Life (Part 2)", or "24 Hours Of Sadness". This shortened version of the compilation used the same 16 disc front cover art as the standard LP release. [3]


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References

  1. ↑ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: C". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved February 23, 2019– via robertchristgau.com.
  2. ↑ "US Charts > The Chi-Lites". Allmusic . Retrieved 2013-03-31.
  3. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Chi-Lites-Greatest-Hits/release/2411259
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