Released November 11, 1980 Greatest Hits
(1980) Gems
(1988) Release date October 1980 Genre Hard rock | Length 37:15 Artist Aerosmith Label Columbia Records | |
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Recorded 1972 at Intermedia Studios, Boston, Massachusetts; 1973–1977 and 1979 at Record Plant Studios, New York City, New York; February–March 1976 and August 1978 at the Wherehouse, Waltham, Massachusetts; June–October 1977 at the Cenacle, Armonk, New York; 1979 at Media Sound, New York City, New York Producer Adrian Barber, Jack Douglas, Ray Colcord, Aerosmith, George Martin, Gary Lyons Similar Aerosmith albums, Hard rock albums | ||
Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits compilation album by American hard rock band Aerosmith, released by Columbia Records in October 1980. It went multi-platinum and contained the songs that made the band an icon of the 1970s rock era.
Contents
Some of the tracks were significantly edited from their original versions. The single version of "Same Old Song and Dance" was used, and was edited down almost a full minute. It also contained an alternate lyric which wasn't heard on Get Your Wings. The original lyric was "Gotcha with the cocaine, found with your gun." The alternate lyric, included on the compilation, was "You shady lookin' loser, you played with my gun." "Sweet Emotion" also used the single version; it begins with the first chorus, cutting out the now famous talk box intro and the coda was replaced with a repeating chorus and fades out. "Kings and Queens" was also edited down, cutting the intro and certain other parts. "Walk This Way" was edited slightly, chanting the first chorus once instead of twice. The other remaining tracks were kept intact.
In 2004, a slightly revised version, Greatest Hits 1973–1988, was released, with the ten tracks in their edited versions retained, with five additional songs from the same era added, plus the 1991 version of "Sweet Emotion" and a live version of "One Way Street".
Greatest Hits is the band's highest RIAA certified album in the United States, having been certified 11x Platinum in 2007.
Aerosmith 1980 greatest hits full album
Track Listing - 2004 reissue
Track details same as Original Version track listing, except where noted.
Personnel
Charts
The album reached #53 on the Billboard 200 in 1980, #154 in 1987 and #43 in 2013.
Songs
1Dream On4:27
2Same Old Song and Dance3:04
3Sweet Emotion3:13