Greatest Hits/Live
1980 compilation album of greatest hits and live recordings by Heart
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Greatest Hits/Live is a compilation album of greatest hits, live recordings and new tracks by American rock band Heart, released on November 29, 1980, by Epic Records. The album was issued in North America as a double LP. The first disc is a collection of the band's greatest hits, while the second is mostly a live album, although it contains three previously unreleased studio recordings, including a cover of "Tell It Like It Is", released as the first single. The second single released from the album was a live cover of "Unchained Melody".
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| Compilation album of greatest hits and live recordings by | ||||
| Released | November 29, 1980 | |||
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| Studios | Kaye-Smith, Seattle, Washington[b] | |||
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| Label | Epic | |||
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| Heart chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Greatest Hits/Live | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau | C+[2] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |  [3] |
The songs "Hit Single", "Strange Euphoria", and "Unchained Melody" were omitted from the CD version of the album, due to initial limitations in CD technology. "Unchained Melody" would later resurface on several compilations, while "Hit Single" and "Strange Euphoria" would only become available on the limited three-disc edition of The Essential Heart in 2009. "Strange Euphoria" also appears on the 2012 box set of the same name.
Greatest Hits/Live reached number 13 on the US Billboard 200 chart and has been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[4]
In Europe, the album was released as a single disc with 10 songs. In 1999, Sony Music re-released this version with different artwork under the title Simply the Best, as part of their budget series of the same name.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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| 1. | "Barracuda" |
| Little Queen (1977) | 4:21 |
| 2. | "Silver Wheels" | N. Wilson | Bébé le Strange (1980) | 1:19 |
| 3. | "Crazy on You" |
| Dreamboat Annie (1975) | 4:54 |
| 4. | "Straight On" |
| Dog & Butterfly (1978) | 4:52 |
| 5. | "Dreamboat Annie" |
| Dreamboat Annie | 2:08 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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| 6. | "Even It Up" |
| Bébé le Strange | 5:09 |
| 7. | "Magic Man" |
| Dreamboat Annie | 5:27 |
| 8. | "Heartless" |
| Magazine (1977) | 5:00 |
| 9. | "Dog & Butterfly" |
| Dog & Butterfly | 5:20 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Venue | Length |
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| 10. | "Bebe le Strange" (live) |
| The Forum, Los Angeles, August 1980 | 4:21 |
| 11. | "Tell It Like It Is" |
| Studio track | 4:29 |
| 12. | "Mistral Wind" (live) |
| The Coliseum, Phoenix, Arizona, August 1980 | 7:13 |
| 13. | "Hit Single" (omitted from CD) |
| Studio track | 2:34 |
| 14. | "Strange Euphoria" (omitted from CD) |
| Studio track | 2:44 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Venue | Length |
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| 15. | "Sweet Darlin" (live) | A. Wilson | Aladdin Theater, Las Vegas, August 1980 | 4:04 |
| 16. | "I'm Down / Long Tall Sally" (live) |
| Sports Arena, San Diego, August 1980 | 4:07 |
| 17. | "Unchained Melody" (live; omitted from CD) | McNichols Arena, Denver, September 1980 | 4:30 | |
| 18. | "Rock and Roll" (live) | The Coliseum, Seattle, August 1980 | 5:12 | |
| Total length: | 77:44 | |||
European edition (Simply the Best)
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Tell It Like It Is" |
| 4:30 |
| 2. | "Barracuda" |
| 4:22 |
| 3. | "Straight On" |
| 4:52 |
| 4. | "Dog & Butterfly" |
| 5:20 |
| 5. | "Even It Up" |
| 5:09 |
| 6. | "Bebe le Strange" (live) |
| 4:21 |
| 7. | "Sweet Darlin" (live) | A. Wilson | 4:11 |
| 8. | "I'm Down / Long Tall Sally" (live) |
| 4:16 |
| 9. | "Unchained Melody" (live) |
| 4:30 |
| 10. | "Rock and Roll" (live) |
| 5:56 |
| Total length: | 47:27 | ||
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Greatest Hits/Live.[5]
Heart
- Howard Leese
- Steve Fossen
- Ann Wilson
- Michael DeRosier
- Nancy Wilson
Additional musicians
- Lenny Pickett, Greg Adams, Emilio Castillo, Steven Kupka, Mic Gillette – horns ("Tell It Like It Is" and "Even It Up")
Technical
- Heart – production (all live recordings, "Tell It Like It Is", "Strange Euphoria" and songs from Dog & Butterfly)
- Mike Flicker – production (songs from Bébé le Strange, Dog & Butterfly, Dreamboat Annie, Little Queen and Magazine); engineering (sides one and two)
- Connie[c] – production (songs from Bébé le Strange)
- Howie – production (songs from Bébé le Strange)
- Rob Perkins – engineering (sides three and four)
- Brian Foraker – engineering (sides three and four)
- Mike Beiriger – engineering (live recordings)
- John Golden – mastering
Artwork
- Neal Preston – front and back cover photography
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[4] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
Notes
- Live recordings
- New tracks
- Connie is a pseudonym for Nancy Wilson, Sue Ennis, and Ann Wilson.