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2000 greatest hits album by The Band
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Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the Canadian-American rock group The Band . It was released in 2000 on Capitol Records . The album was released in conjunction with remastered versions of the group's first four albums. It draws very heavily from these records, with thirteen of the eighteen tracks selected from Music from Big Pink , The Band , Stage Fright and Cahoots .
Track listing
All tracks composed by Robbie Robertson unless otherwise noted.
Title Original album 1. "The Weight " Music from Big Pink , 19684:35 2. "Tears of Rage " (Bob Dylan , Richard Manuel ) Music from Big Pink 5:19 3. "Chest Fever " Music from Big Pink 5:13 4. "I Shall Be Released " (Dylan) Music from Big Pink 3:12 5. "Up on Cripple Creek " The Band , 19694:31 6. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down " The Band 3:32 7. "Rag Mama Rag " The Band 3:02 8. "King Harvest (Has Surely Come) " The Band 3:38 9. "The Shape I'm In " Stage Fright , 19704:01 10. "Stage Fright " Stage Fright 3:41 11. "Time to Kill " Stage Fright 3:26 12. "Life Is a Carnival " (Rick Danko , Levon Helm , Robbie Robertson) Cahoots , 19713:57 13. "When I Paint My Masterpiece " (Dylan) Cahoots 4:18 14. "Ain't Got No Home " (Clarence "Frogman" Henry ) Moondog Matinee , 19733:24 15. "It Makes No Difference " Northern Lights – Southern Cross , 19756:32 16. "Ophelia " Northern Lights – Southern Cross 3:31 17. "Acadian Driftwood " Northern Lights – Southern Cross 6:41 18. "The Saga of Pepote Rouge" Islands , 19774:14
Group members and other participants
The Band - producers (9-18)
Rick Danko - bass , fiddle , vocals
Levon Helm - drums , mandolin , rhythm guitar , bass, tambourine , vocals
Garth Hudson - organ , piano , clavinet , synthesizers , accordion , wind instruments , bagpipe chanter , bass pedals
Richard Manuel - piano, clavinet, organ, drums, harmonica , vocals
Robbie Robertson - guitars
John Simon - producer (1-8), tenor saxophone (2), baritone saxophone (3), tuba (7), electric piano (8)
Allen Toussaint - horn arrangement (12)
Billy Mundi - drums (14)
Byron Berline - fiddle (17)
See individual albums for engineering credits.
References
Studio albums
Live albums Compilations Films Singles Other songs Related
Discography
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan World Tour 1966
Bob Dylan and the Band 1974 Tour
Cate Brothers
Ronnie Hawkins
The Weight Band
Big Pink
Shangri-La
List of Basement Tapes songs
List of Basement Tapes songs (1975)
So Many Roads (1965, Helm, Hudson, Robertson)
The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album (1975, Helm, Hudson)
No Reason to Cry (1976, Danko, Helm, Hudson, Manuel, Robertson)
Let It Rock (1995, Bell, Ciarlante, Danko, Helm, Hudson, Weider)
Carry Me Home (2022, Helm, Weider)
Endless Highway: The Music of the Band
The Complete Last Waltz
This Wheel's on Fire: Levon Helm and the Story of the Band