Greatest Hits (1988 Fleetwood Mac album)

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Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Fleetwood Mac
Released November 15, 1988
Recorded 1975–1988
Genre Rock
Length 64:19 (US)
66:45 (Europe, Australia)
Label Warner Bros.
Fleetwood Mac chronology
Tango in the Night
(1987)		 Greatest Hits
(1988)		 Behind the Mask
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[1]

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 should not be confused with a 1971 release by the Peter Green incarnation of the band, also titled "Fleetwood Mac Greatest Hits", but containing an entirely different tracklisting. 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. Although it only peaked at #14 in the US album chart,[2] it sold steadily and has to date been certified octuple platinum for shipping eight million copies there.[3] In the UK it reached #3 upon release and has returned several times to the UK album chart—as recently as February 2012 (re-entering at #88).[4] It has been certified triple platinum for shipping 900,000 copies there.[5] The album has sold nearly 20 million copies worldwide.

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.[6]

Contents

Track listing [edit]

US release [edit]

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

European and Australian releases [edit]

  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" are non-album studio tracks. The former was released as a single to promote the album in December 1988, peaking at #66 in the UK and #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. They are only included on the cassette and CD formats. The LP contained 13 tracks.

Charts [edit]

Chart (1988–1989) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] 3
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[8] 3
German Albums (Media Control)[9] 9
New Zealand Albums (RIANZ)[10] 1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[11] 11
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[12] 15
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[13] 18
UK Albums (OCC)[14] 3
US Billboard 200[15] 14
Chart (2012) Peak
position
US Top Catalog Albums (Billboard)[16] 1

Certifications [edit]

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[17] 9× Platinum 630,000^
Germany (BVMI)[18] Platinum 500,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[5] 3× Platinum 900,000^
United States (RIAA)[3] 8× Platinum 8,000,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

References [edit]

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits (1988) chart peaks (Billboard.com)
  3. ^ a b "American album certifications – Fleetwood Mac – Greatest Hits". Recording Industry Association of America.  If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
  4. ^ "Chart Stats - Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits". chartstats.com. Retrieved February 16, 2012. 
  5. ^ a b "British album certifications – Fleetwood Mac – Greatest Hits". British Phonographic Industry.  Enter Greatest Hits in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go
  6. ^ Record Club Only 8-tracks from 8-Track Heaven. Accessed November 11, 2006
  7. ^ "Fleetwood Mac – Greatest Hits". Australiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  8. ^ "Fleetwood Mac – Greatest Hits". Dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  9. ^ "Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits". Charts.de. Media Control. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  10. ^ "Fleetwood Mac – Greatest Hits". Charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  11. ^ "Fleetwood Mac – Greatest Hits". Norwegiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  12. ^ "Fleetwood Mac – Greatest Hits". Swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  13. ^ "Fleetwood Mac – Greatest Hits". Swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  14. ^ "1988-12-31 Top 40 Official UK Albums Archive | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. The Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  15. ^ "Fleetwood Mac Album & Song Chart History" Billboard 200 for Fleetwood Mac. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  16. ^ "Fleetwood Mac Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Top Catalog Albums for Fleetwood Mac. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  17. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2001 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. 
  18. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Fleetwood Mac; 'Greatest Hits')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. 
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