Greatest Hits | |
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Greatest hits album by | |
Released | September 4, 2001 |
Genre | Rock |
Length | 1:15:31 |
Label | Warner Archives/Rhino |
Producer | Ted Templeman, Lenny Waronker, Eddie Schwartz, Charlie Midnight, Rodney Mills |
Greatest Hits is a 2001 compilation album by the Doobie Brothers. Its 20 songs appear in chronological order of original release, except for their debut single "Nobody" being placed at track 7 because it was reissued in 1974 to greater chart success than its original release. Greatest Hits peaked at number 142 on the US Billboard 200 and it also peaked at number 45 on the UK Albums Chart.
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Stephen Thomas Erlewine from Allmusic says this collection has all the band's big songs and provides "an excellent introduction-cum-summary of one of the most popular singles-oriented pop/rock bands of the '70s." [1]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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1. | "Listen to the Music" | Tom Johnston | Toulouse Street , 1972 | 3:26 |
2. | "Jesus Is Just Alright" | Arthur Reid Reynolds | Toulouse Street, 1972 | 3:52 |
3. | "Rockin' Down the Highway" | Johnston | Toulouse Street, 1972 | 3:21 |
4. | "Long Train Runnin'" | Johnston | The Captain and Me , 1973 | 3:27 |
5. | "Without You" | Johnston, Patrick Simmons, Tiran Porter, John Hartman, Michael Hossack | The Captain and Me, 1973 | 5:00 |
6. | "China Grove" | Johnston | The Captain and Me, 1973 | 3:16 |
7. | "Nobody" | Johnston | The Doobie Brothers , 1971 | 3:29 |
8. | "Black Water" | Simmons | What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits , 1974 | 4:15 |
9. | "Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me)" | Holland-Dozier-Holland | Stampede , 1975 | 3:40 |
10. | "It Keeps You Runnin'" | Michael McDonald | Takin' It to the Streets , 1976 | 4:16 |
11. | "Takin' It to the Streets" | McDonald | Takin' It to the Streets, 1976 | 3:47 |
12. | "You Belong to Me" | McDonald, Carly Simon | Livin' on the Fault Line , 1977 | 3:06 |
13. | "Echoes of Love" | Simmons, Willie Mitchell, Earl Randle | Livin' on the Fault Line, 1977 | 2:58 |
14. | "What a Fool Believes" | McDonald, Kenny Loggins | Minute by Minute , 1978 | 3:41 |
15. | "Minute by Minute" | McDonald, Lester Abrams | Minute by Minute, 1978 | 3:25 |
16. | "Dependin' on You" | Simmons, McDonald | Minute by Minute, 1978 | 3:16 |
17. | "One Step Closer" | Keith Knudsen, John McFee, Carlene Carter | One Step Closer , 1980 | 4:09 |
18. | "Real Love" | McDonald, Patrick Henderson | One Step Closer, 1980 | 4:18 |
19. | "The Doctor" | Johnston, Charlie Midnight, Eddie Schwartz | Cycles , 1989 | 3:46 |
20. | "Dangerous" | Simmons | Brotherhood , 1991 | 5:03 |
Total length: | 1:15:31 |
Credits per AllMusic [2] and original studio album liner notes:
Chart (2001) | Position |
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US Billboard 200 | 142 |
UK UK Album Charts | 45 |
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