Greatest Hits (Eurythmics album)
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | 18 March 1991 | |||
| Recorded | 1982–1989 | |||
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| Length | 77:19 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
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| Singles from Greatest Hits | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Calgary Herald | B[4] |
| Robert Christgau | A−[5] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[6] |
| New Musical Express | 8/10[7] |
| Tom Hull – on the Web | B+ ( )[8] |
| Q Magazine | [9] |
Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by British pop duo Eurythmics, released on 18 March 1991 by RCA Records. It contains their successful singles spanning the years 1982 through 1990. The album topped the charts in the United Kingdom for a total of 10 weeks, in New Zealand for eight weeks and in Australia for seven weeks. It remains the duo's best-selling album worldwide and has been certified six-times platinum in the United Kingdom and triple platinum in the United States. Phil Sutcliffe in Q Magazine noted that "this compilation portrays, for once, a band accorded precise justice by the singles charts".[9]
The original European version of the album contains 18 tracks, while the version released in the US contains only 14. The five songs omitted from the US edition are "Right by Your Side", "Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)", "It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)", "You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart" and "The Miracle of Love", while "The King and Queen of America" is added. The track order also differs.
All tracks are written by Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart, except "When Tomorrow Comes" co-written by Patrick Seymour.
| No. | Title | Note | Length |
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| 1. | "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" (12-inch version) | Previously unreleased on CD | 4:50 |
| 2. | "When Tomorrow Comes" (LP version) | 4:25 | |
| 3. | "Here Comes the Rain Again" (12-inch version) | Previously unreleased on CD | 5:03 |
| 4. | "Who's That Girl?" (short version) | Previously unreleased on CD | 3:44 |
| 5. | "Would I Lie to You?" (LP version) | 4:22 | |
| 6. | "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves" (with Aretha Franklin) (LP version) | 5:54 | |
| 7. | "There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)" (LP version) | 5:19 | |
| 8. | "Missionary Man" (7-inch version) | Previously unreleased on CD | 3:45 |
| 9. | "Don't Ask Me Why" (short LP version) | 4:13 | |
| 10. | "I Need a Man" (LP version) | 4:21 | |
| 11. | "Love Is a Stranger" (LP version) | 3:40 | |
| 12. | "Thorn in My Side" (LP version) | 4:11 | |
| 13. | "The King and Queen of America" (LP version) | 4:31 | |
| 14. | "Angel" (Greatest Hits edit) | 4:58 | |
| Total length: | 63:16 | ||
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Love Is a Stranger" | 3:40 |
| 2. | "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" | 4:50 |
| 3. | "Who's That Girl?" | 3:44 |
| 4. | "Right by Your Side" | 3:49 |
| 5. | "Here Comes the Rain Again" | 5:03 |
| 6. | "There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)" | 5:19 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 7. | "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves" (with Aretha Franklin) | 5:54 |
| 8. | "It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)" | 3:43 |
| 9. | "When Tomorrow Comes" | 4:25 |
| 10. | "You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart" | 3:46 |
| 11. | "Sex Crime (1984)" | 3:52 |
| 12. | "Thorn in My Side" | 4:11 |
| 13. | "Don't Ask Me Why" | 4:13 |
| Total length: | 56:29 | |
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Greatest Hits.[10]
- David A. Stewart – production (all tracks)
- Adam Williams – production (track 1)
- Jimmy Iovine – production (tracks 14, 15)
- Jon Bavin – engineering (tracks 3, 5, 9, 11, 13, 17)
- Fred Defaye – engineering (track 10)
- Eric Thorngren – engineering (track 12)
- Manu Guiot – engineering (tracks 9, 11, 13, 17, 18)
- Sophie Muller – cover picture
- Laurence Stevens – art, design
- Annie Lennox – art, design
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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