Greatest Hits (Paul Revere & the Raiders album)

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ReleasedMay 1967
Genre
Length29:19
LabelColumbia
Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by
Paul Revere & the Raiders
ReleasedMay 1967
Genre
Length29:19
LabelColumbia
ProducerTerry Melcher
Paul Revere & the Raiders chronology
The Spirit of '67
(1966)		 Greatest Hits
(1967)		 Revolution!
(1967)

Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by the American rock band Paul Revere & the Raiders, released in May 1967 by Columbia Records.[1] It contains a lot of the band's charting singles up until that point, which include "Hungry", "Kicks" and ""Good Thing".[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStarHalf star[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular MusicStarStarStar[2]
MusicHound RockStarStarStarStarHalf star[3]

The writers of Cashbox note that "The hitbound sound of the group is in evidence everywhere on the LP, and the offering should soon make its presence felt on the charts."[4] Record World states that the band "have cut some pretty sizzling tunes in their years together and the best of them are here."[5] In an AllMusic review, William Ruhlmann writes that "the album traced the band from its beginnings as a Northwest club band to its reign as an L.A. pop/rock success."[1] The album was reissued in 1987 on its original release label Columbia Records,[6] and again in 2000, with the 2000 release having four extra tracks than the original release.[7].

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Original releaseLength
1."Louie, Louie"Richard BerryHere They Come! (1965)2:47
2."Louie, Go Home"
Non-album single (1964)2:39
3."Steppin' Out"
  • Revere
  • Lindsay
Just Like Us! (1966)2:12
4."Just Like Me"
  • Rick Dey
  • Rich Brown
Just Like Us2:33
5."Medley for an Unknown Girl"
  • Revere
  • Lindsay
Midnight Ride (1966)2:04
6."Kicks"
Midnight Ride2:26
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Original releaseLength
1."Hungry"
  • Weil
  • Mann
The Spirit of '67 (1966)2:57
2."The Great Airplane Strike"
The Spirit of '672:53
3."Good Thing"
  • Lindsay
  • Melcher
The Spirit of '673:01
4."Ups and Downs"
  • Lindsay
  • Melcher
New song2:51
5."Legend of Paul Revere"
  • Lindsay
  • Melcher
New song3:06
Total length:29:19
2000 CD reissue bonus tracks[7]
No.TitleWriter(s)Original releaseLength
1."Action"
Just Like Us!1:28
2."(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone"
Midnight Ride2:46
3."Him or Me – What's It Gonna Be?"
  • Lindsay
  • Melcher
Revolution! (1967)2:51
4."Peace of Mind"
  • Lindsay
  • Melcher
Goin' to Memphis (1968)2:26

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