Greatest Hits (1997 Richard Marx album)

Greatest Hits is a compilation album by American singer/songwriter/producer Richard Marx. Released in 1997, this hits package was Marx's final release under his ten-year-long Capitol Records recording contract. It contains fourteen of his single releases, plus "Touch of Heaven", a promotional single from the 1997 album Flesh & Bone, and "Angel's Lullaby", a track that had appeared on the 1996 compilation album For Our Children, Too, released to benefit the Pediatric AIDS Foundation.[2]

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by
Richard Marx
ReleasedNovember 1997
April 1998 (VCD version)
Recorded1986–1997
Genre
Length74:40
LabelCapitol
Producer
Richard Marx chronology
Flesh and Bone
(1997)		 Greatest Hits
(1997)		 The Best of Richard Marx
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Greatest Hits was certified Silver in the United Kingdom in 2013 for sales of 60,000 copies. In 2016, the album was certified Gold by the RIAA—which represents U.S. sales of over 500,000 copies—becoming Marx's fifth American Gold album.

The album was dedicated to Dick Marx, Richard Marx's father.

Track listing

All tracks written by Richard Marx, except where noted.

  1. "Don't Mean Nothing" (Marx, Bruce Gaitsch) – 4:42
  2. "Endless Summer Nights" – 4:32
  3. "Now and Forever" – 3:34
  4. "Should've Known Better" – 4:12
  5. "Angelia" – 5:18
  6. "Hold On to the Nights" – 5:14
  7. "Angel's Lullaby" – 3:58
  8. "Take This Heart" – 4:11
  9. "Satisfied" – 4:14
  10. "Until I Find You Again" – 4:25
  11. "Hazard" – 5:17
  12. "The Way She Loves Me" – 4:15
  13. "Keep Coming Back" – 6:49
  14. "Children of the Night" – 4:42
  15. "Touch of Heaven" – 4:52
  16. "Right Here Waiting" – 4:23
  • The Japanese version of the album contains the bonus tracks "Slipping Away" and "Thanks to You".

Charts
Chart (1997–98) Peak
position
New Zealand Albums Chart[3] 18
Norwegian Albums Chart[4] 2
Swedish Albums Chart[5] 13
UK Albums Chart[6] 34
US Billboard 200[7] 140

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[8] Silver 60,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

References
  1. AllMusic review
  2. Greatest Hits (liner notes). Richard Marx. Capitol. 1997.CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. "charts.org.nz - Discography Richard Marx". charts.nz.
  4. "norwegiancharts.com - Discography Richard Marx". norwegiancharts.com.
  5. "swedishcharts.com - Discography Richard Marx". swedishcharts.com.
  6. "RICHARD MARX | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.
  7. "Richard Marx". Billboard.
  8. "British album certifications – Richard Marx – Greatest Hits". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 29 November 2020. Select albums in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type Greatest Hits in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.