Greatest Hits (1988 Fleetwood Mac album)

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Greatest Hits is a 1988 compilation album by British-American band Fleetwood Mac. It covers the period of the band's greatest commercial success, from the mid-1970s to the late 1980s.

It is different from the similarly titled 1971 release by the Peter Green incarnation of the band, and contains an entirely different track listing. The 1988 album in fact omits anything before 1975 including "Albatross", one of the band's biggest hits.

The album has proven to be a major success since the time of its release. It peaked at No. 14 in the US album chart,[2] and sold steadily over the years since its release, and has to date been certified 8x platinum for shipping 8 million copies there. In the UK it reached No. 3 upon release and has returned several times to the UK album chart[3] and has been certified triple platinum for shipping 900,000 copies there. In both the US and the UK, the album has returned to the album charts as recently as 2016.

The album contains two new tracks, "As Long As You Follow" (which was released as a single to promote the album), and "No Questions Asked". The track listing for the US release differs slightly from that of other territories. It includes the 1975 track "Over My Head" but omits the 1987 track "Seven Wonders" (despite it being a top 20 hit in the US) as well as the 1982 track "Oh Diane" (which failed to chart there in 1983, but was a top 10 hit in the UK).

A number of sources state that this album was the last to be commercially released as an 8-track tape by a major label.[4] (The 8-track tape was released only as a Record Club version, as regular retail 8-track tapes had long since ceased by 1988.)

Track listing

US release

  1. "Rhiannon" (Stevie Nicks) – 4:11 from Fleetwood Mac
  2. "Don't Stop" (Christine McVie) – 3:12 from Rumours
  3. "Go Your Own Way" (Lindsey Buckingham) – 3:38 from Rumours
  4. "Hold Me" (McVie, Robbie Patton) – 3:45 from Mirage
  5. "Everywhere" (McVie) – 3:42 from Tango in the Night
  6. "Gypsy" (Nicks) – 4:24 from Mirage
  7. "You Make Loving Fun" (McVie) – 3:31 from Rumours
  8. "As Long as You Follow" (McVie, Eddy Quintela) – 4:10* (previously unreleased)
  9. "Dreams" (Nicks) – 4:14" from Rumours
  10. "Say You Love Me" (McVie) – 4:10 from Fleetwood Mac
  11. "Tusk" (Buckingham) – 3:30 from Tusk
  12. "Little Lies" (McVie, Quintela) – 3:38 from Tango in the Night
  13. "Sara" (Nicks) – 6:22 from Tusk
  14. "Big Love" (Buckingham) – 3:38 from Tango in the Night
  15. "Over My Head" (McVie) – 3:34 from Fleetwood Mac
  16. "No Questions Asked" (Nicks, Kelly Johnston) – 4:40* (previously unreleased)

One US reissue by WB as #R1 25801, does not include tracks 7, 14 or 15, and the order of the tracks on the back side is completely different.

European and Australian releases

  1. "Rhiannon" – 4:11
  2. "Go Your Own Way" – 3:37
  3. "Don't Stop" – 3:11
  4. "Gypsy" – 4:22
  5. "Everywhere" – 3:41
  6. "You Make Loving Fun" – 3:31
  7. "Big Love" – 3:38
  8. "As Long as You Follow" – 4:11*
  9. "Say You Love Me" – 4:09
  10. "Dreams" – 4:15
  11. "Little Lies" – 3:37
  12. "Oh Diane" (Buckingham) – 2:33
  13. "Sara" – 6:25
  14. "Tusk" – 3:26
  15. "Seven Wonders" (Nicks, Sandy Stewart) – 3:33
  16. "Hold Me" – 3:44
  17. "No Questions Asked" – 4:41*
  • "As Long as You Follow" and "No Questions Asked" were new tracks at the time of the album's release. The former was released as a single to promote the album in December 1988, peaking at No. 66 in the UK and No. 43 in the US. "Hold Me" was also re-released in the UK with "No Questions Asked" as its B-side in February 1989.
  • "You Make Loving Fun", "Big Love", "Oh Diane" and "Seven Wonders" are not included on the UK vinyl version, but are included on the cassette and CD formats. The LP contained 13 tracks.

Personnel

Fleetwood Mac
  • Stevie Nicks - lead & backing vocals, additional keyboards ("Sara")
  • Christine McVie - lead & backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizer
  • Lindsey Buckingham - lead & backing vocals, guitars, additional keyboards, percussion, banjo ("Say You Love Me")
  • John McVie - bass guitar
  • Mick Fleetwood - drums, percussion
  • Billy Burnette - backing vocals, guitar ("As Long as You Follow" and "No Questions Asked")
  • Rick Vito - backing vocals, guitar ("As Long as You Follow" and "No Questions Asked")

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[18] 9× Platinum 630,000^
France (SNEP)[20] 2× Gold 200,000[19]
Germany (BVMI)[21] Platinum 500,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[22] 11× Platinum 165,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[23] Platinum 100,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[24] Gold 25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[25] 3× Platinum 900,000^
United States (RIAA)[26] 8× Platinum 8,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.


References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Fleetwood Mac – Greatest Hits (1988) chart peaks (Billboard.com)
  3. ^ "Chart Stats – Fleetwood Mac – Greatest Hits". chartstats.com. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Record Club Only 8-tracks from 8-Track Heaven. Accessed 11 November 2006
  5. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Fleetwood Mac – Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
  6. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Fleetwood Mac – Greatest Hits" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
  7. ^ "Officialcharts.de – Fleetwood Mac – Greatest Hits". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
  8. ^ a b "Hit Parade Italia - Gli album più venduti del 1989" (in Italian). hitparadeitalia.it. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  9. ^ "Charts.nz – Fleetwood Mac – Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
  10. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Fleetwood Mac – Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
  11. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Fleetwood Mac – Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
  12. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Fleetwood Mac – Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
  13. ^ December 1988/7502/ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
  14. ^ "Fleetwood Mac Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
  15. ^ "Fleetwood Mac Chart History (Top Catalog Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
  16. ^ "ARIA Charts - End of Year Charts - Top 50 Albums 1989". aria.com.au. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  17. ^ "RPM Top 100 Albums of 1989". RPM. 23 December 1989. Retrieved 1 July 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  18. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2001 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.
  19. ^ "Les Albums Double Or". infodisc.fr. SNEP. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  20. ^ "French album certifications – Fleetwood Mac – Best of" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
  21. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Fleetwood Mac; 'Greatest Hits')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  22. ^ "New Zealand album certifications – Fleetwood Mac – Greatest Hits". Recorded Music NZ.
  23. ^ "Solo Exitos 1959–2002 Ano A Ano: Certificados > 1995–1999". Iberautor Promociones Culturales. ISBN 8480486392.
  24. ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('Greatest Hits')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
  25. ^ "British album certifications – Fleetwood Mac – Greatest Hits". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type Greatest Hits in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  26. ^ "American album certifications – Fleetwood Mac – Greatest Hits". Recording Industry Association of America.
Preceded by New Zealand Number One Albums
22 January 1989 		Succeeded by
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