Greatest Hits (Rheostatics album)
1987 studio album by Rheostatics
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Greatest Hits is the first studio album by Canadian rock band Rheostatics.[2] Only 1,000 copies were released in 1987, and all sold out.[2] The album was rereleased in 1996.
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| Released | 1987 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Label | Green Sprouts | |||
| Producers | Tom Atom, Rheostatics | |||
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Despite the album's name, it is not a greatest hits compilation in the conventional sense. It does, however, compile songs from the band's pre-1987 demo releases. The album's best known song is "The Ballad of Wendel Clark, Parts I and II", an ode to Toronto Maple Leafs player Wendel Clark.[2]
Track listing
- "Crescent Moon" (Dave Bidini) – 2:58
- "Canadian Dream" (Tim Vesely) – 4:05
- "The Ballad of Wendel Clark, Parts I and II" (Bidini, Martin Tielli) – 3:30
- "Ditch Pigs" (Tielli) – 4:22
- "Higher and Higher" (Bidini) – 3:53
- "OK by Me" (Bidini, Tielli, Vesely) – 3:20
- "Churches and Schools" (Vesely) – 3:04
- "Public Square" (Vesely) – 2:31
- "Delta 88" (Bidini, Janet Morassutti) – 3:34
Personnel
Personnel taken from Greatest Hits liner notes.[3]
Rheostatics
- Dave Bidini – acoustic and electric guitars, vocals
- Dave Clark – drums
- Martin Tielli – electric and acoustic guitars, bowed guitar, sitar, vocals
- Tim Vesely – bass, acoustic guitar, mandolin, vocals
Production
- Tom Atom – production, engineering
- Rheostatics – production
- Dean Malton – engineering