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Greatest (Raspberries album)

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Greatest
Compilation album by
Released2005
Recorded1972 – 1974
GenrePop rock
LabelCapitol
ProducerJimmy Ienner
Raspberries chronology
Capitol Collectors Series
(1991)
Greatest
(2005)

Greatest is a 2005 compilation album by Raspberries. The album contains 20 songs, 4 to 6 from each of the group's four albums. Most of the songs on Greatest had been included on previous Raspberries' compilation albums, but the songs on Greatest were remastered using 24-bit technology, and the album included liner notes quoting three members of the band – Eric Carmen, Wally Bryson and Jim Bonfanti discussing each song.[1]

Allmusic critic Mark Deming summed up his review of Greatest saying that it "is an excellent one-stop shopping place for your Raspberries needs. You may not need this to replace any of the previous greatest-hits sets, but anyone looking for a great introduction to this great band can buy this with confidence."[1] News-Press critic Mark Marymont called it "a respectful retrospective of a band that should have been bigger."[2]

Track listing

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  1. "Go All the Way" (Carmen) – 3:21
  2. "Come Around and See Me" (Carmen, Bryson) – 3:09
  3. "Don't Want to Say Goodbye" (Carmen, Bryson) – 5:08
  4. "I Saw the Light" (Carmen, Bryson) – 2:43
  5. "I Can Remember" (Carmen) – 8:01
  6. "I Wanna Be with You" (Carmen) – 3:06
  7. "Drivin' Around" (Carmen, Smalley) – 3:02
  8. "Let's Pretend" (Carmen) – 3:41
  9. "I Reach for the Light" (Carmen) – 3:50
  10. "Nobody Knows" (Carmen, Smalley) – 2:22
  11. "If You Change Your Mind" (Carmen) – 3:46
  12. "Tonight" (Carmen) – 3:40
  13. "I'm a Rocker" (Carmen) – 5:11
  14. "Ecstasy" (Carmen) – 3:37
  15. "Last Dance" (Bryson) – 3:38
  16. "I Don't Know What I Want" (Carmen) – 4:17
  17. "Cruisin' Music" (Carmen) – 3:09
  18. "Starting Over" (Carmen) – 4:09
  19. Party's Over" (Bryson, Carmen) – 3:08
  20. "Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)" (Carmen) – 5:36

References

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  1. ^ a b Deming, Mark. "Greatest". Allmusic. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  2. ^ Marymont, Mark (August 19, 2005). "Ex-Doobie, Raspberries, ELO pop to the forefront". News-Press. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-04-07 – via newspapers.com.