Hollies' Greatest
Hollies' Greatest | ||||
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Greatest hits album by the Hollies | ||||
Released | 1 August 1968[1] | |||
Recorded | 1963–1968 | |||
Length | 37:33 | |||
Label | Parlophone | |||
Producer | Ron Richards | |||
the Hollies chronology | ||||
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Hollies' Greatest is the only number one album in the UK by British band the Hollies. It was released shortly before Graham Nash's departure from the Hollies and was intended to include all of their British hit singles with Nash, as well as filling in for the lack of an original LP by the group in 1968. Only 3 of the 14 songs on the album – "Stay", "I Can't Let Go" and "Stop! Stop! Stop!" had previously been released on UK albums.
It spent seven weeks at the top of the chart in 1968.[2][3] In total, it spent 27 weeks in the British LP chart, and is the most successful album by the Hollies.
The version of "Yes I Will" that appears on the stereo version of this album is not the 1965 hit single version, but an earlier and previously unreleased recording from 1964 – the result of an administrative error at EMI which was not noticed until after the album had been released. It features a completely different guitar break by Tony Hicks, and a different introduction.
Track listing
All songs by Clarke-Hicks-Nash, unless otherwise noted.
Side one
- "I Can't Let Go" § (Chip Taylor, Al Gorgoni)
- "Bus Stop" (Graham Gouldman)
- "We're Through" § (Ransford AKA Clarke-Hicks-Nash)
- "Carrie Anne"
- "Here I Go Again" § (Mort Shuman, Clive Westlake)
- "King Midas in Reverse"
- "Yes I Will" § (Gerry Goffin, Russ Titelman)
Side two
- "I'm Alive" § (Clint Ballard Jr.)
- "Just One Look" § (Gregory Carroll, Doris Payne)
- "On a Carousel"
- "Stay" § (Maurice Williams)
- "Look Through Any Window" § (Gouldman, Charles Silverman)
- "Stop Stop Stop"
- "Jennifer Eccles" (Clarke-Nash)
Personnel
- Allan Clarke – vocals, harmonica, guitar
- Tony Hicks – lead guitar, vocals
- Graham Nash – rhythm guitar, vocals
- Bobby Elliott – drums
- Eric Haydock – bass guitar on §
- Bernie Calvert – bass guitar
Charts
Chart (1968–1969) | Peak position |
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German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[4] | 20 |
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[5] | 18 |
UK Albums (OCC)[6] | 1 |
References
- ^ "More Big Name 45's" (PDF). New Musical Express. 22 June 1968. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ Virgin Book of Hit Albums
- ^ The Complete Book of British Charts, Neil Warwick, Jon Kutner and Tony Brown
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – The Hollies – Hollies' Greatest Hits" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
- ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – The Hollies – Hollies' Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
External links
- Hollies' Greatest at Discogs (list of releases)
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- Allan Clarke
- Graham Nash
- Tony Hicks
- Eric Haydock
- Don Rathbone
- Bobby Elliott
- Bernie Calvert
- Terry Sylvester
- Mikael Rickfors
- Peter Howarth
- Carl Wayne
- Ian Parker
- Stay with The Hollies
- Here I Go Again
- In the Hollies Style
- Hollies
- Would You Believe?
- Bus Stop
- For Certain Because
- Evolution
- Butterfly
- Dear Eloise / King Midas in Reverse
- Hollies Sing Dylan
- Hollies Sing Hollies
- Confessions of the Mind
- Distant Light
- Romany
- Out on the Road
- Hollies
- Another Night
- Write On
- Russian Roulette
- A Crazy Steal
- Five Three One - Double Seven O Four
- What Goes Around...
- The Hollies
- Just One Look
- Here I Go Again
- I'm Alive
- The Hollies' Greatest Hits
- Hollies' Greatest
- The Hollies' Greatest Hits
- The Hollies: 20 Golden Greats
- Clarke, Hicks & Nash Years: The Complete Hollies April 1963 – October 1968
- "Searchin'"
- "Stay"
- "Just One Look"
- "Here I Go Again"
- "Yes I Will"
- "I'm Alive"
- "Look Through Any Window"
- "If I Needed Someone"
- "I Can't Let Go"
- "Bus Stop"
- "Stop Stop Stop"
- "On a Carousel"
- "Carrie Anne"
- "King Midas in Reverse"
- "Jennifer Eccles"
- "Listen to Me"
- "Sorry Suzanne"
- "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"
- "I Can't Tell the Bottom from the Top"
- "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress"
- "The Air That I Breathe"
- "Sandy (4th July, Asbury Park)"
- "Heartbeat"
- "Stop! In the Name of Love"