Greatest Hits (1988 Fleetwood Mac album)

For other Fleetwood Mac albums titled "Greatest Hits", see Greatest Hits (Fleetwood Mac album).

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Fleetwood Mac
Released	November 15, 1988
Recorded	1975-1988
Genre	Rock
Length	64:19 (US) 66:45 (Europe, Australia)
Label	Warner Bros.
Fleetwood Mac chronology
Tango in the Night (1987) Greatest Hits (1988) Behind the Mask (1990)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
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Greatest Hits is a 1988 compilation album by British-American band Fleetwood Mac. It covers the period of the band's greatest commercial success, from the mid 1970s to the late 1980s.

It should not be confused with a 1971 release by the Peter Green incarnation of the band, also titled "Fleetwood Mac Greatest Hits", but containing an entirely different tracklisting. The 1988 album in fact omits anything before 1975 including "Albatross", one of the band's biggest hits.

The album has proven to be a major success since the time of its release. Although it only peaked at #14 in the US album chart,^[2] it sold steadily and has to date been certified octuple platinum for shipping eight million copies there.^[3] In the UK it reached #3 upon release,^[4] but has returned several times to the UK album chart—as recently as October 2006 (re-entering at #24)^[4] — and to date has been certified triple platinum for shipping 900,000 copies there.^[5]

The album contains two new tracks, "As Long As You Follow" (which was released as a single to promote the album), and "No Questions Asked". The track listing for the US release differs slightly from that of other territories. It includes the 1975 track "Over My Head" but omits the 1987 track "Seven Wonders" (despite it being a top 20 hit in the US) as well as the 1982 track "Oh Diane" (which failed to chart there in 1983, but was a top 10 hit in the UK).

A number of sources state that this album was the last to be commercially released as an 8 track tape by a major label.^[6]

Track listing

US release

1. "Rhiannon" (Stevie Nicks) – 4:11
2. "Don't Stop" (Christine McVie) – 3:12
3. "Go Your Own Way" (Lindsey Buckingham) – 3:38
4. "Hold Me" (McVie, Robbie Patton) – 3:45
5. "Everywhere" (McVie) – 3:42
6. "Gypsy" (Nicks) – 4:24
7. "You Make Loving Fun" (McVie) – 3:31
8. "As Long as You Follow" (McVie, Eddy Quintela) – 4:10*
9. "Dreams" (Nicks) – 4:14
10. "Say You Love Me" (McVie) – 4:10
11. "Tusk" (Buckingham) – 3:30
12. "Little Lies" (McVie, Quintela) – 3:38
13. "Sara" (Nicks) – 6:22
14. "Big Love" (Buckingham) – 3:38
15. "Over My Head" (McVie) – 3:34
16. "No Questions Asked" (Nicks, Kelly Johnston) – 4:40*

European and Australian releases

1. "Rhiannon" – 4:11
2. "Go Your Own Way" – 3:37
3. "Don't Stop" – 3:11
4. "Gypsy" – 4:22
5. "Everywhere" – 3:41
6. "You Make Loving Fun" – 3:31
7. "Big Love" – 3:38
8. "As Long as You Follow" – 4:11*
9. "Say You Love Me" – 4:09
10. "Dreams" – 4:15
11. "Little Lies" – 3:37
12. "Oh Diane" (Buckingham) – 2:33
13. "Sara" – 6:25
14. "Tusk" – 3:26
15. "Seven Wonders" (Nicks, Sandy Stewart) – 3:33
16. "Hold Me" – 3:44
17. "No Questions Asked" – 4:41*

• "As Long as You Follow" and "No Questions Asked" are non-album studio tracks. The former was released as a single to promote the album in December 1988, peaking at #66 in the UK and #43 in the US. "Hold Me" was also re-released in the UK with "No Questions Asked" as its B-side in February 1989.
• "You Make Loving Fun", "Big Love", "Oh Diane" and "Seven Wonders" are not included on the UK vinyl version. They are only included on the cassette and CD formats. The LP contained 13 tracks.

Certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[7]	9× Platinum	630,000^
Germany (BVMI)[8]	Platinum	500,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[5]	3× Platinum	900,000^
United States (RIAA)[3]	8× Platinum	8,000,000^
^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits (1988) chart peaks (Billboard.com)
3. ^ ^{a b} "American album certifications – Fleetwood Mac – Greatest Hits". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Greatest+Hits%22.  If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
4. ^ ^{a b} Fleetwood Mac - UK album chart peaks (Everyhit.com)
5. ^ ^{a b} "British album certifications – Fleetwood Mac – Greatest Hits". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx.  Enter Greatest Hits in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go
6. ^ Record Club Only 8-tracks from 8-Track Heaven. Accessed November 11, 2006
7. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2001 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-albums-2001.htm. 
8. ^ "German album certifications – Fleetwood Mac – Greatest Hits" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=Greatest+Hits&strInterpret=Fleetwood+Mac&strTtArt=alben&strAwards=checked.