Greatest is a 2005 compilation album by Raspberries. The album contains 20 songs, 4 to 6 from each of the group's four albums. Most of the songs on Greatest had been included on previous Raspberries' compilation albums, but the songs on Greatest were remastered using 24-bit technology, and the album included liner notes quoting three members of the band – Eric Carmen, Wally Bryson and Jim Bonfanti discussing each song.[1]
| Greatest | ||||
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| Released | 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 1972 – 1974 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Jimmy Ienner | |||
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Allmusic critic Mark Deming summed up his review of Greatest saying that it "is an excellent one-stop shopping place for your Raspberries needs. You may not need this to replace any of the previous greatest-hits sets, but anyone looking for a great introduction to this great band can buy this with confidence."[1] News-Press critic Mark Marymont called it "a respectful retrospective of a band that should have been bigger."[2]
Track listing
edit- "Go All the Way" (Carmen) – 3:21
- "Come Around and See Me" (Carmen, Bryson) – 3:09
- "Don't Want to Say Goodbye" (Carmen, Bryson) – 5:08
- "I Saw the Light" (Carmen, Bryson) – 2:43
- "I Can Remember" (Carmen) – 8:01
- "I Wanna Be with You" (Carmen) – 3:06
- "Drivin' Around" (Carmen, Smalley) – 3:02
- "Let's Pretend" (Carmen) – 3:41
- "I Reach for the Light" (Carmen) – 3:50
- "Nobody Knows" (Carmen, Smalley) – 2:22
- "If You Change Your Mind" (Carmen) – 3:46
- "Tonight" (Carmen) – 3:40
- "I'm a Rocker" (Carmen) – 5:11
- "Ecstasy" (Carmen) – 3:37
- "Last Dance" (Bryson) – 3:38
- "I Don't Know What I Want" (Carmen) – 4:17
- "Cruisin' Music" (Carmen) – 3:09
- "Starting Over" (Carmen) – 4:09
- Party's Over" (Bryson, Carmen) – 3:08
- "Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)" (Carmen) – 5:36
- Tracks 1–5 from Raspberries.
- Tracks 6–11 from Fresh Raspberries.
- Tracks 12–15 from Side 3.
- Tracks 16–20 from Starting Over.
References
edit- ^ a b Deming, Mark. "Greatest". Allmusic. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
- ^ Marymont, Mark (August 19, 2005). "Ex-Doobie, Raspberries, ELO pop to the forefront". News-Press. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-04-07 – via newspapers.com.