Greatest Hits

For other Fleetwood Mac albums entitled "Greatest Hits", see Greatest Hits (Fleetwood Mac album).

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits by Fleetwood Mac
Released	November 15, 1988
Recorded	1975-1988
Genre	Rock
Length	66:54 (US) 66:45 (Europe, Australia)
Label	Warner Bros.
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Fleetwood Mac chronology
Tango in the Night (1987) Greatest Hits (1988) Behind the Mask (1990)

Greatest Hits is a 1988 compilation album by British-American band Fleetwood Mac. It covers the period of the band's greatest commercial success, from the mid 1970s to the late 1980s.

It should not be confused with a 1971 release by the Peter Green incarnation of the band, also entitled "Fleetwood Mac Greatest Hits", but containing an entirely different tracklisting. The album in fact omits anything before 1975 including one of their biggest hits "Albatross".

The album has proven to be a major success since the time of its release. Although it only peaked at #14 in the US album chart, it sold steadily and has to date sold in excess of 8 million copies there. In the UK it reached #3 upon release, but has returned several times to the UK album chart - as recently as October 2006 (re-entering at #24) - and to date has sold in excess of 1 million copies there.

The album contains two new tracks, "As Long As You Follow" (which was released as a single to promote the album), and "No Questions Asked". The track listing for the US release differs slightly from that of other territories. It includes the 1975 track "Over My Head" but omits the 1987 track "Seven Wonders" (despite it being a top 20 hit in the US) as well as the 1982 track "Oh Diane" (which was never released as a single there at all).

A number of sources state that this album was the last to be commercially released as an 8 track tape by a major label.^[1]

Track listing

US release

1. "Rhiannon" (Nicks) – 4:11
2. "Don't Stop" (McVie) – 3:12
3. "Go Your Own Way" (Buckingham) – 3:38
4. "Hold Me" (McVie, Patton) – 3:45
5. "Everywhere" (McVie) – 3:42
6. "Gypsy" (Nicks) – 4:24
7. "You Make Loving Fun" (McVie) – 3:31
8. "As Long as You Follow" (McVie) – 4:10*
9. "Dreams" (Nicks) – 4:14
10. "Say You Love Me" (McVie) – 4:10
11. "Tusk" (Buckingham) – 3:30
12. "Little Lies" (McVie, Quintela) – 3:38
13. "Sara" (Nicks) – 6:22
14. "Big Love" (Buckingham) – 3:38
15. "Over My Head" (McVie) – 3:34
16. "No Questions Asked" (Nicks) – 4:40*

European and Australian releases

1. "Rhiannon" – 4:11
2. "Go Your Own Way" – 3:37
3. "Don't Stop" – 3:11
4. "Gypsy" – 4:22
5. "Everywhere" – 3:41
6. "You Make Loving Fun" – 3:31
7. "Big Love" – 3:38
8. "As Long as You Follow" – 4:11*
9. "Say You Love Me" – 4:09
10. "Dreams" – 4:15
11. "Little Lies" – 3:37
12. "Oh Diane" – 2:33
13. "Sara" – 6:25
14. "Tusk" – 3:26
15. "Seven Wonders" – 3:33
16. "Hold Me" – 3:44
17. "No Questions Asked" – 4:41*

• 'As Long as You Follow' and 'No Questions Asked' are non-album studio tracks.

Certifications

References

1. ^ Record Club Only 8-tracks from 8-Track Heaven. Accessed November 11, 2006
2. ^ ARIA Charts : Australia's Official Music Charts
3. ^ Bundesverband Musikindustrie: Gold/Platin-Datenbank
4. ^ The Bpi
5. ^ http://www.riaa.com