Greatest Hits (Blood, Sweat & Tears album)

Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the band Blood, Sweat & Tears, initially released in February 1972.

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by
Blood, Sweat & Tears
ReleasedFebruary 1972
Recorded1967-1971
GenreRock
Length40:55 (original)
LabelColumbia PC 31170
ProducerBobby Colomby, James William Guercio, Roy Halee, John Simon
Blood, Sweat & Tears chronology
Blood, Sweat & Tears 4
(1971)		 Greatest Hits
(1972)		 New Blood
(1972)

Although Blood, Sweat & Tears continued to record and tour for several more years, the band's lineup changed dramatically after Blood, Sweat & Tears 4. This compilation album includes all of the group's best-known material up to that time. This was the group's last album to earn a Gold Record award.

Columbia initially chose to incorporate the edited single versions of many of the songs, a decision which was poorly received by some fans. Some later Compact Disc releases replaced the single versions with the full length album versions.

In 1999 the album was remastered and re-released on CD with two bonus tracks - "So Long Dixie" and "More And More". In 2016, Audio Fidelity released a Super Audio CD version with the single versions as in the original release. This was a numbered limited edition mastered by Steve Hoffman and Stephen Marsh.

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideC[2]

Writing for Allmusic, critic William Ruhlman wrote the album "captures the band's peak in 11 selections—seven singles chart entries, plus two album tracks from the celebrated debut album when Al Kooper helmed the group, and two more from the Grammy-winning multi-platinum second album... For the millions who learned to love BS&T in 1969 when they were all over AM radio, this is the ideal selection of their most accessible material."[1] Music critic Robert Christgau's commented "their pop success does them more good in Vegas than on the radio, and only four of these eleven cuts made top twenty."[2]

Track listing

The original LP & CD releases include the following eleven tracks in the order listed.

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."You've Made Me So Very Happy" (single version)Berry Gordy Jr.; Brenda Holloway; Patrice Holloway; Frank WilsonBlood, Sweat & Tears (1968)3:29
2."I Can't Quit Her"Al Kooper; Irwin LevineChild Is Father to the Man (1968)3:38
3."Go Down Gamblin'" (single version)David Clayton-ThomasBlood, Sweat & Tears 4 (1971)2:46
4."Hi-De-Ho" (single version)Gerry Goffin; Carole KingBlood, Sweat & Tears 3 (1970)3:59
5."Sometimes In Winter"Steve KatzBlood, Sweat & Tears3:07
6."And When I Die" (single version)Laura NyroBlood, Sweat & Tears3:26
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
7."Spinning Wheel" (single version)David Clayton-ThomasBlood, Sweat & Tears2:40
8."Lisa, Listen To Me"Dick Halligan; David Clayton-ThomasBlood, Sweat & Tears 42:58
9."I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know"Al KooperChild Is Father to the Man5:56
10."Lucretia Mac Evil"David Clayton-ThomasBlood, Sweat & Tears 33:04
11."God Bless the Child"Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr.Blood, Sweat & Tears5:52
Total length:40:55
1999 Reissue CD bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
12."So Long Dixie"Barry Mann; Cynthia WeilNew Blood (1972)4:26
13."More And More"Don Juan Mancha; Pelagio Agustin ValdezBlood, Sweat & Tears2:40
Total length:48:01

Personnel

Charts

Album - Billboard (United States)

Year Chart Position
1972 Pop Albums 19

References
  1. Ruhlman, William. "Greatest Hits > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
  2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: B". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
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