Greatest Hits Live (Heart album)

Greatest Hits Live
Greatest hits album by Heart
Released	November 29, 1980
Recorded	June 1975 - September 1980
Genre	Hard rock, folk rock
Length	79:20 (Vinyl) 69:40 (CD)
Label	Epic
Heart chronology
Bebe le Strange (1980) Greatest Hits Live (1980) Private Audition (1982)

Greatest Hits/Live is a compilation album released in 1980 by hard rock band Heart. The album, their sixth album overall, was a collection of the band's most famous songs, along with two new singles; covers of "Tell It Like It Is", and "Unchained Melody". Despite being a single, "Unchained Melody", was left off the compact disc version of the album due to initial limitations in CD technology, even though the total album running time would now be easily accommodated on a single disc. Similarly, the original vinyl version also contained two more cuts, "Hit Single", a giddy and sometimes maniacal hodgepodge of voices (Ann, Nancy and others) and sounds that seemed to be culled from recording studio outtakes, followed by an even giddier but non-typical Heart dance number entitled "Strange Euphoria" (named after the group's publishing company).

"Unchained Melody" would finally become available on CD format in the later compilation release "Love Songs", whilst "Hit Single" and "Strange Euphoria" would only become available on CD on the three-disc limited edition of The Essential Heart in 2009.

The album was a success, reaching double platinum and staying on the US Billboard 200 chart for 25 weeks.

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Track listing

1. "Barracuda" - 4:21
2. "Silver Wheels" - 1:24
3. "Crazy on You" - 4:54
4. "Straight On" - 5:09
5. "Dreamboat Annie" - 2:02
6. "Even It Up" - 5:10
7. "Magic Man" - 5:28
8. "Heartless" - 5:00
9. "Dog and Butterfly" - 5:22
10. "Bebe le Strange" (Live) - 4:28
11. "Tell It Like It Is" - 4:29
12. "Mistral Wind" (Live) - 7:15
13. "Hit Single" (Omitted from CD) - 2:35
14. "Strange Euphoria" (Omitted from CD) - 2:45
15. "Sweet Darlin'" (Live) - 4:11
16. "Medley: I'm Down/Long Tall Sally" (Live) - 4:16
17. "Unchained Melody" (Live) (Omitted from CD) - 4:25
18. "Rock and Roll" (Live) - 5:56

Performers

• Ann Wilson: guitar, keyboards, violin, vocals
• Nancy Wilson: guitar, piano, vocals
• Greg Adams: horn section
• Emilio Castillo: horn section
• Michael DeRosier: drums
• Howard Leese: guitar, steel guitar
• Steve Fossen: bass guitar, synthesizer, vocals
• Lenny Pickett: horn section
• Steven Kupka: horn section
• Mic Gillette: horn section