Greatest Hits (Aerosmith album) explained
Greatest Hits |
Type: | greatest |
Artist: | Aerosmith |
Cover: | AerosmithGreatestHits.jpg |
Released: | November 11, 1980 |
Recorded: | 1972 at Intermedia Studios, Boston, Massachusetts; 1973–1977 and 1979 at Record Plant Studios, New York City, New York; February–March 1976 and August 1978 at the Wherehouse, Waltham, Massachusetts; June–October 1977 at the Cenacle, Armonk, New York; 1979 at Media Sound, New York City, New York[1] |
Genre: | Hard rock, blues rock |
Label: | Columbia |
Producer: | Adrian Barber, Jack Douglas, Ray Colcord, Aerosmith, George Martin, Gary Lyons[2] |
Chronology: | Aerosmith compilation |
Next Title: | Gems |
Next Year: | 1988 |
Greatest Hits, later re-released as Greatest Hits 1973–1988, is the first greatest hits compilation album by American hard rock band Aerosmith, released by Columbia Records on November 11, 1980.
Release and reception
Although the official website for Aerosmith lists the release for Greatest Hits as October 1980, and the album was originally scheduled for release on October 24, 1980,[3] it was delayed until November 11, 1980.[4]
Some of the tracks were significantly edited from their original versions. The single version of "Same Old Song and Dance" was used, and was edited down almost a full minute. It also contained an alternate lyric which was not heard on Get Your Wings. The original lyric was "Gotcha with the cocaine, found with your gun." The alternate lyric, included on the compilation, was "You shady lookin' loser, you played with my gun." "Sweet Emotion" also used the single version; it begins with the first chorus, cutting out the now famous talk box intro and the coda was replaced with a repeating chorus and fades out. "Kings and Queens" was also edited down, cutting the intro and certain other parts. "Walk This Way" was edited slightly, chanting the first chorus once instead of twice. The other remaining tracks were kept intact.
On April 21, 1997, a slightly revised version, Greatest Hits 1973–1988, was released outside the US, with the ten tracks in their edited versions retained, with five additional songs from the same era added, plus the 1991 version of "Sweet Emotion" and a live version of "One Way Street".[5]
Greatest Hits is the band's highest RIAA certified album in the United States, having been certified 12× Platinum in 2021.
Track listing
1997 reissue
Track details same as original version track listing, except where noted.
Personnel
Aerosmith
- Steven Tyler – lead vocals, harmonica, percussion, producer, arrangement
- Joe Perry – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, backing vocals, arrangement, except on "Lightning Strikes"
- Brad Whitford – rhythm and lead guitar, producer, arrangement
- Tom Hamilton – bass guitar, producer, arrangement
- Joey Kramer – drums, producer, arrangement
Additional musicians
- Jimmy Crespo – lead guitar, backing vocals on "Lightning Strikes"
- Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone on "Same Old Song and Dance" and "Big Ten Inch Record"
- Randy Brecker – trumpet on "Same Old Song and Dance"
- Stan Bronstein – baritone saxophone on "Same Old Song and Dance"
- Jon Pearson – trombone on "Same Old Song and Dance"
- David Woodford – saxophone on "Mama Kin"
- Scott Cushnie – keyboards, piano on "Big Ten Inch Record"
- Jay Messina – bass marimba on "Sweet Emotion"
Production
Charts
Year-end charts
Release history
See also
Notes and References
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