Greatest Radio Hits

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Greatest Radio Hits
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Greatest hits album by
Released2003
Recorded1986–2003
Genre Rock, Pop
Length76:44
Label RCA
Legacy
Producer Bruce Hornsby, Steve Strauss
Bruce Hornsby chronology
Big Swing Face
(2002)
Greatest Radio Hits
(2003)
Halcyon Days
(2004)
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Greatest Radio Hits is a compilation album by Bruce Hornsby. The album was released in Australia on September 8, 2003, [3] and in the United States on January 13, 2004. [4]

Tracks 1 to 5 and 8 to 10 are recordings from Hornsby's time with his band, The Range. Tracks 11 to 15 are from Hornsby's period as a solo artist; tracks 6 and 7 are solo performances, recorded live in August 2002. The album's liner notes advise that tracks 6, 7 and 15 are previously unreleased versions. [5]

Track listing

No.TitleNotesLength
1."The Way It Is"From The Way It Is (1986)4:57
2."Mandolin Rain"From The Way It Is5:17
3."Every Little Kiss"From The Way It Is5:48
4."The Valley Road"From Scenes from the Southside (1988)4:42
5."Look Out Any Window"From Scenes from the Southside5:28
6."Jacob's Ladder" (Live version)Previously unreleased4:34
7."The End of the Innocence" (Live version)Previously unreleased7:18
8."Across the River"From A Night on the Town (1990)5:11
9."Lost Soul" (Single edit)From A Night on the Town5:18
10."Set Me in Motion"From soundtrack to 1991 film Backdraft [6] 4:33
11."Fields of Gray"From Harbor Lights (1993)4:51
12."Walk in the Sun"From Hot House (1995)4:42
13."See the Same Way"From Spirit Trail (1998)5:36
14."The Good Life"From Big Swing Face (2002)3:43
15."Go Back to Your Woods"Previously unreleased; cover of song from 1991 Robbie Robertson album Storyville [7] 4:46

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