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.
| Hollies' Greatest | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | 1 August 1968[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1963–1968 | |||
| Length | 37:33 | |||
| Label | Parlophone | |||
| Producer | Ron Richards | |||
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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
editAll 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
edit- 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
edit| Chart (1968–1969) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[4] | 20 |
| Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[5] | 18 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[6] | 1 |
References
edit- ^ "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
edit- Hollies' Greatest at Discogs (list of releases)