Greatest Hits (The Bangles album)

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by The Bangles
Released	May 8, 1990
Genre	Pop
Length	48:00
Label	Columbia CK 46125
Producer	David Kahne, Davitt Sigerson, Rick Rubin
The Bangles chronology
Everything (1988) Greatest Hits (1990) Doll Revolution (2003)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	A−[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]

Greatest Hits is a compilation album by The Bangles. It was released by their record company, Columbia Records on May 8, 1990 to fulfil the band's contractual requirements. By the time of the release of the album, the group had already broken up. The album peaked at #97 in the Billboard Album chart, and at #4 in the UK.

The Greatest Hits album featured the single remixes of "Hero Takes a Fall", "Walking Down Your Street" and "I'll Set You Free". It also included the group's cover of "Hazy Shade of Winter", which was released on the soundtrack of the film Less Than Zero, and had not been included on a Bangles album. It also contained the non-album B-side cover of the Grass Roots' "Where Were You When I Needed You" and the previously unreleased song "Everything I Wanted" from the Everything album sessions.^[4] "Everything I Wanted" was released as a single around Europe and Australia to promote the release. In the UK, a new remix of "Walk Like An Egyptian" was released instead, peaking at #73.

Track listing

Tracks are included in chronological order by album, except the last track.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Source album	Length
1.	"Hero Takes a Fall" (single mix)	Susanna Hoffs, Vicki Peterson	All Over the Place, 1984	2:55
2.	"Going Down to Liverpool"	Kimberley Rew	All Over the Place	3:40
3.	"Manic Monday"	Prince	Different Light, 1986	3:06
4.	"If She Knew What She Wants"	Jules Shear	Different Light	3:50
5.	"Walk Like an Egyptian"	Liam Sternberg	Different Light	3:24
6.	"Walking Down Your Street" (single mix)	Louis Gutierrez, Hoffs, David Kahne	Different Light	3:17
7.	"Following"	Michael Steele	Different Light	3:21
8.	"Hazy Shade of Winter"	Paul Simon	Less Than Zero soundtrack, 1987	2:47
9.	"In Your Room"	Hoffs, Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg	Everything, 1988	3:29
10.	"Eternal Flame"	Hoffs, Kelly, Steinberg	Everything	3:56
11.	"Be With You"	Walker Igleheart, Debbi Peterson	Everything	3:02
12.	"I'll Set You Free" (single mix)	Hoffs, Eric Lowen, Dan Navarro	Everything	4:51
13.	"Everything I Wanted"	Hoffs, Lowen, Navarro	previously unreleased	3:37
14.	"Where Were You When I Needed You"	Steve Barri, P.F. Sloan	single for "Hero Takes a Fall", 1984	3:05

Personnel

The Bangles

• Susanna Hoffs – rhythm guitar, percussion, vocals
• Vicki Peterson – lead guitar, mandolin, electric sitar, vocals
• Michael Steele – bass guitar, vocals
• Debbi Peterson – drums, percussion, vocals

Additional musicians

• Rusty Anderson - Additional guitars
• Barbara Chapman - Harp, Additional guitars
• Mitchell Froom, David Kahne - keyboards
• Darryl Citizen: "Noise"
• Paulinho Da Costa: Percussion
• Bobby Donati, Vinnie Vincent: Guitars
• Tommy Morgan: Harmonica
• Jim Snodgrass: Tabla
• David Lindley: Guitars, Bouzouki, Saxophone, Dobro, Multi-Instruments
• Walker Igleheart, John Philip Shenale, David White: Keyboards, Programming

Chart performance

Date	Chart	Peak position	Certification
June 1990	Billboard 200	97[5]	Platinum[6]
June 1990	United Kingdom	4[7]	Platinum[8]
June 1990	The Netherlands	28	Gold[9]
July 24, 1990	Austria	19[10]

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Robert Christgau review
3. Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 43. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
4. Booklet of Greatest Hits.
5. Billboard.com Bangles album chart Accessed: October 28, 2006
7. EveryHit.co.uk UK Top 40 database Accessed: October 28, 2006
8. BPI.co.uk Certification "Greatest Hits" Accessed: November 4, 2006
9. NVPI.nl Dutch certification database Accessed November 4, 2006
10. AustrianCharts.at Greatest Hits page Accessed: October 28. 2006

External links

• The Bangles official website