Greatest Hits (The Shadows album)

Greatest Hits is a 1963 compilation album by British instrumental group The Shadows. The album spent 56 weeks on the UK Albums Chart, peaking at number 2.[2]

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by
The Shadows
Released1963
GenreRock
Length40:57
LabelColumbia (EMI)
The Shadows chronology
Out of the Shadows
(1962)		 Greatest Hits
(1963)		 Dance with The Shadows
(1964)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Track listing
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Apache"Jerry Lordan3:49
2."Man of Mystery"Michael Carr2:02
3."The Stranger"Bill Crompton, Stan Jones2:41
4."F.B.I"Peter Gormley3:29
5."Midnight"Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch2:31
6."The Frightened City"Norrie Paramor2:22
7."Kon-Tiki"Michael Carr3:14
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."36 24 36"Jet Harris, Hank Marvin, Tony Meehan, Bruce Welch1:42
2."The Savage"Norrie Paramor2:23
3."Peace Pipe"Norrie Paramor2:13
4."Wonderful Land"Jerry Lordan2:51
5."Stars Fell on Stockton"Brian Bennett, Jet Harris, Hank Marvin, Tony Meehan, Bruce Welch2:18
6."Guitar Tango"Georges Liferman, Norman Maine2:55
7."The Boys"Brian Bennett, Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch2:33
8."Dance On!"Ray Adams, Elaine Murtagh, Valerie Murtagh3:54

Charts
Chart (1966) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart[2] 2

Release history

A remastered version of the album was released on CD by EMI in 2004. The remaster includes mono and stereo versions of every track, as well as a bonus track ("Quatermassters Stores").[3] In 2019, this album was re-released, this time by Hallmark Music & Entertainment.

References
  1. Thompson, Dave. "The Shadows' Greatest Hits". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  2. "Shadows – full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  3. Perone, James E. (2009). Mods, Rockers, and the Music of the British Invasion. ABC-CLIO. p. 198. ISBN 978-0-275-99860-8.


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