Greatest Hits (The Band album)
Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the Canadian-American rock group The Band. It was released in 2000 on Capitol Records. The album was released in conjunction with remastered versions of the group's first four albums. It draws very heavily from these records, with thirteen of the eighteen tracks selected from Music from Big Pink, The Band, Stage Fright and Cahoots.
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| Released | September 26, 2000 | |||
| Recorded | Early 1968-Early 1977 | |||
| Genre | Rock, classic rock | |||
| Length | 77:00 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | John Simon and The Band | |||
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Track listing
All tracks composed by Robbie Robertson unless otherwise noted.
| No. | Title | Original album | Length |
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| 1. | "The Weight" | Music from Big Pink, 1968 | 4:35 |
| 2. | "Tears of Rage" (Bob Dylan, Richard Manuel) | Music from Big Pink | 5:19 |
| 3. | "Chest Fever" | Music from Big Pink | 5:13 |
| 4. | "I Shall Be Released" (Dylan) | Music from Big Pink | 3:12 |
| 5. | "Up on Cripple Creek" | The Band, 1969 | 4:31 |
| 6. | "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" | The Band | 3:32 |
| 7. | "Rag Mama Rag" | The Band | 3:02 |
| 8. | "King Harvest (Has Surely Come)" | The Band | 3:38 |
| 9. | "The Shape I'm In" | Stage Fright, 1970 | 4:01 |
| 10. | "Stage Fright" | Stage Fright | 3:41 |
| 11. | "Time to Kill" | Stage Fright | 3:26 |
| 12. | "Life Is a Carnival" (Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Robbie Robertson) | Cahoots, 1971 | 3:57 |
| 13. | "When I Paint My Masterpiece" (Dylan) | Cahoots | 4:18 |
| 14. | "Ain't Got No Home" (Clarence "Frogman" Henry) | Moondog Matinee, 1973 | 3:24 |
| 15. | "It Makes No Difference" | Northern Lights – Southern Cross, 1975 | 6:32 |
| 16. | "Ophelia" | Northern Lights – Southern Cross | 3:31 |
| 17. | "Acadian Driftwood" | Northern Lights – Southern Cross | 6:41 |
| 18. | "The Saga of Pepote Rouge" | Islands, 1977 | 4:14 |
Group members and other participants
- John Simon - producer (tracks 1-8)
- The Band - producers (tracks 9-18)
- Rick Danko - bass, fiddle, vocals (except track 14)
- Levon Helm - drums, mandolin, rhythm guitar, bass, tambourine, vocals
- Garth Hudson - organ, piano, synthesizers, accordion, clavinet, wind instruments, bagpipe chanter, bass pedals
- Richard Manuel - piano, drums, clavinet, organ, harmonica, vocals
- Robbie Robertson - guitars
- John Simon - tuba, tenor saxophone, electric piano, baritone horn (tracks 2, 3, 7 and 8)
- Allen Toussaint - horn arrangements (track 12)
- Billy Mundi - drums (track 14)
- Byron Berline - fiddle (track 17)
- See individual albums for engineering credits.
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