Released August 2, 1988 | Length 45:04 Release date 2 August 1988 Genre Rock music | |
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Recorded June 9, 1987 live at Gay Head, Martha's Vineyard Producer Tom "T-Bone" Wolk & Carly Simon Greatest Hits Live(1988) Working Girl (Original Soundtrack Album)(1989) Similar Carly Simon albums, Rock music albums |
Greatest Hits Live is singer-songwriter Carly Simon's 15th album, second greatest-hits album and first live album, released in 1988. It is Simon's only live album to date.
Contents
All the songs are live versions recorded on 35MM film from a 1987 HBO special shot on Martha's Vineyard called Carly Simon: Live from Martha's Vineyard, which was released in 1987 on VHS and in 2004 on DVD.
Release and reception
The album version runs in a different track order than the video version, and three tracks from the video version are removed- "Give Me All Night", "You Have To Hurt", and "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of". The song "The Right Thing to Do", is included on the album, but didn't make it into the final televised cut of the concert. It would later be included on the DVD release as a bonus performance. Greatest Hits Live has been released on Vinyl, Cassette tape, and Compact disc. The album sold very well upon release, going Gold immediately. In 1996, the album was certified Platinum by the RIAA, for sales of over 1,000,000 copies in the United States alone.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Carly Simon; except where indicated
- "Nobody Does It Better" (Carole Bayer Sager, Marvin Hamlisch) – 3:43
- "You're So Vain" – 4:44
- "It Happens Every Day" – 2:38
- "Anticipation" – 3:17
- "The Right Thing to Do" – 2:48
- "Do The Walls Come Down" (Simon, Paul Samwell-Smith) – 4:05
- "You Belong To Me" (Simon, Michael McDonald) – 3:35
- "Two Hot Girls (On A Hot Summer Night)" – 5:12
- "All I Want Is You" (Andy Goldmark, Simon) – 3:55
- "Coming Around Again/Itsy Bitsy Spider" – 7:01
- "Never Been Gone" (Simon, Jacob Brackman) – 3:38
Credits
Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
Album - International
Songs
1Nobody Does It Better3:45
2You're So Vain4:45
3It Happens Everyday2:38