The Greatest Hits (Australian Crawl album)

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The Greatest Hits
The Greatest Hits by Australian Crawl.jpg
Compilation album by
Released24 January 2014
Recorded1979–1986
Genre Rock
Label Universal Music Australia
Australian Crawl chronology
The Definitive Collection
(2002)
The Greatest Hits
(2014)

The Greatest Hits is a compilation album of songs by the Australian rock band Australian Crawl, taken from their four studio albums ( The Boys Light Up , Sirocco , Sons of Beaches and Between a Rock and a Hard Place ) and their EP, Semantics .

Contents

The Greatest Hits peaked at number 4 on the ARIA Charts and was certified platinum in November 2019. The album was released on vinyl in 2016, with a bonus live track.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)AlbumLength
1."Beautiful People"
The Boys Light Up 2:54
2."The Boys Light Up"
  • J. Reyne
The Boys Light Up4:40
3."Downhearted"
The Boys Light Up4:10
4."Hoochie Gucci Fiorcucci Mama"
The Boys Light Up2:30
5."Indisposed"
The Boys Light Up4:03
6."Things Don't Seem"
  • Higgins
  • G. McDonough
Sirocco 3:57
7."Errol"
  • G. McDonough
  • J. Reyne
Sirocco3:30
8."Oh No Not You Again"
  • G. McDonough
  • Walker
Sirocco5:07
9."Lakeside"
  • Reyne
Sirocco4:49
10."Unpublished Critics"
  • J. Reyne
  • Paul Williams)
Sirocco5:15
11."Easy On Your Own"
Sirocco3:49
12."Shut Down"
  • B. McDonough
Sons of Beaches 4:07
13."Daughters of the Northern Coast"
  • G. McDonough
  • J. Reyne
Sons of Beaches4:38
14."Runaway Girls"
  • G. McDonough
Sons of Beaches4:04
15."Waiting"
  • B. McDonough
  • G. McDonough
Sons of Beaches3:51
16."Reckless (Don't Be So)"
  • J. Reyne
Semantics 3:16
17."White Limbo"
  • Binks
Semantics4:03
18."Two Can Play"
Between a Rock and a Hard Place 3:49
19."Trouble Spot Rock"
  • J. Reyne
Between a Rock and a Hard Place4:45
20."Louis Louis (live) " (Vinyl only bonus track) Phalanx 2:50

Charts

Weekly Charts

Chart (2014)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [1] 4

Year End Charts

Chart (2014)Position
Australian Artist Albums Chart [2] 40
Chart (2021)Position
Australian Artist Albums (ARIA) [3] 15

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [4] Platinum70,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelCatalogue
Australia [5] [6] 24 January 2014 Digital download, Compact Disc Universal Music Australia 3766933
16 May 2016 2x Vinyl 3775598

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