Hollies' Greatest
Hollies' Greatest | ||||
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Greatest hits album by The Hollies | ||||
Released | August 1968 | |||
Recorded | 1963–1968 | |||
Label | Parlophone | |||
Producer | Ron Richards | |||
The Hollies chronology | ||||
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Hollies' Greatest is the only number one album in the UK for the British band The Hollies. It was released after Graham Nash's departure from the Hollies and was intended to include all of their British hit singles with Nash. Only 3 of the 14 songs on the album – "Stay", "I Can't Let Go" and "Stop! Stop! Stop!" had previously been released on U.K. albums.
It spent seven weeks at the top of the chart in 1968.[1][2] 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 mono 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 with Tony Hicks.
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 on rest
References
- ↑ Virgin Book of Hit Albums
- ↑ The Complete Book of British Charts, Neil Warwick, Jon Kutner and Tony Brown
External links
- Hollies' Greatest at Discogs (list of releases)
Preceded by Bookends by Simon and Garfunkel |
UK Albums Chart number-one album 12 October 1968 (6 weeks) |
Succeeded by The Sound of Music (soundtrack) |
Preceded by The Sound of Music (soundtrack) |
UK Albums Chart number-one album 30 November 1968 (one week) |
Succeeded by The Beatles (White Album) by The Beatles |