Sherbet's Greatest Hits (1970–1975) is a compilation album released on Infinity Records in Australia in July 1975, at the height of Sherbet's popularity in Australia. It spent one week at the top of the Australian album chart in 1975.
| Sherbet's Greatest Hits | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | July 1975 | |||
| Recorded | 1970–1975 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 44:12 | |||
| Label | Infinity (Cat. No. L 35525; distributed by Festival Records in Australia) | |||
| Producer | Pat Aulton, Ross Linton, Sherbet, Howard Gable, Tweed Harris, Richard Batchens, John French | |||
| Sherbet chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
It was Sherbet's first number one album in Australia and covered single releases from 1970 to 1975. The liner notes gave track-by-track information.
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Can You Feel It, Baby?" | Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway | Time Change... A Natural Progression | 3:20 |
| 2. | "Free The People" | Barbara Keith | Time Change... A Natural Progression | 2:43 |
| 3. | "You're All Woman" | Ted Mulry | Time Change... A Natural Progression | 2:55 |
| 4. | "You've Got the Gun" | Garth Porter, Clive Shakespeare, Daryl Braithwaite | Time Change... A Natural Progression | 3:10 |
| 5. | "Hound Dog" | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | Non-album single | 2:24 |
| 6. | "Cassandra" | Porter, Shakespeare | On with the Show | 3:16 |
| 7. | "So Glad You're Mine" | Porter, Shakespeare | Slipstream | 3:16 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Slipstream" | Porter, Shakespeare | Slipstream | 2:58 |
| 2. | "Silvery Moon" | Porter, Shakespeare | Slipstream | 3:20 |
| 3. | "You're My World" (Daryl Braithwaite solo) | Umberto Bindi, Gino Paoli, Carl Sigman | non-album single | 3:05 |
| 4. | "Can I Drive You Home?" | Braithwaite, Porter, Shakespeare | B-side single of "Hound Dog" | 3:05 |
| 5. | "For Your Love" | Shakespeare | B-side single of "So Glad You're Mine" | 3:10 |
| 6. | "Back Home" | Porter | B-side single of "You're All Woman" | 2:58 |
| 7. | "Do It" | Porter, Shakespeare | Time Change... A Natural Progression | 2:13 |
| Total length: | 44:12 | |||
Chart positions
editWeekly charts
edit| Chart (1975) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Kent Music Report[2] | 1 |
Year-end charts
edit| Chart (1975) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] | 16 |
Personnel
edit- Bass guitar, vocals – Tony Mitchell
- Drums – Alan Sandow
- Guitar, vocals – Clive Shakespeare
- Keyboards, vocals – Garth Porter
- Lead vocals – Daryl Braithwaite
Release history
edit| Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | July 1975 | Infinity Records | LP, Cassette | L 35525 |
| Australia | 1998 | Infinity | CD (Re-Release) | D20028 |
References
edit- ^ Sherbet – Sherbet’s Greatest Hits Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 271. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 427. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.