Greatest Hits (Sonny & Cher album)

Greatest Hits is the fourth compilation album by American pop rock duo Sonny & Cher, released in 1974 by MCA Records.

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by
Sonny & Cher
Released1974
Recorded1965/74
GenrePop rock
Length28:51
LabelMCA
ProducerSonny Bono, Snuff Garrett, Denis Pregnolato
Sonny & Cher chronology
Live in Las Vegas Vol. 2
(1974)		 Greatest Hits
(1974)		 All I Ever Need Is You
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Album information

Greatest Hits was released in 1974 and reached #146 on the Billboard album charts.

Greatest Hits contains Sonny and Cher's hit songs from their two studio albums and their live albums released by Kapp/MCA Records. It contained "All I Ever Need Is You", "A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done" and the single edit of "Mama Was A Rock And Roll Singer ..." plus some live songs from the album Sonny & Cher Live.

The original Greatest Hits compilation album in its entirety remains unreleased on compact disc. It was partially released in the 1990 compilation All I Ever Need Is You.

Track listing

Side A
  1. "All I Ever Need Is You" (Holiday, Reeves) - 2:38
  2. "When You Say Love" (Steve Carmen, Jerry Foster, Bill Rice) - 2:26
  3. "You Better Sit Down Kids" (S. Bono) - 3:16
  4. "Crystal Clear/Muddy Waters" (Laurie) - 2:39
  5. "I Got You Babe (Live)" (S. Bono) - 3:14

Side B
  1. "A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done" (S. Bono) - 3:14
  2. "United We Stand" (T. Hiller, Peter Simons) - 2:35
  3. "The Beat Goes On (Live)" (S. Bono) - 2:18
  4. "What Now My Love (Live)" (Carl Sigman, Gilbert Bécaud, Pierre Delanoë) - 2:48
  5. "Mama Was A Rock And Roll Singer Papa Used To Write All Her Songs (Single Edit)" (S. Bono) - 3:43

Charts
Chart (1974/75) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] 35
U.S. Billboard 200 146

Credits

Personnel
  • Main vocals: Cher
  • Main vocals: Sonny Bono

Production
  • Sonny Bono: Producer

References
  1. AMG Review
  2. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 280. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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