Greatest (The Go-Go's album)

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Greatest
Greatest hits album by
The Go-Go's
ReleasedOctober 5, 1990
Recorded1981-84, 1990
GenrePop rock, new wave, post-punk
Length45:16
LabelI.R.S. Records
The Go-Go's chronology
Talk Show
(1984) 		Greatest
(1990) 		Return to the Valley of The Go-Go's
(1994)
Singles from Greatest
  1. "Cool Jerk" b/w "We Got the Beat"
    Released: 1990
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert ChristgauA[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

Greatest is a 1990 compilation album by the rock group The Go-Go's from California, United States. The record, which represents the first best-of album by the Go-Go's, includes most of the hits and stand-out tracks from the band's first three studio albums, 1981’s Beauty and the Beat, 1982’s Vacation, and 1984‘s Talk Show, only omitting three minor hit singles, "He's So Strange," "This Old Feeling" and "Yes or No".

The collection does not include any new songs, except for a re-recording of the 1960s cover version of "Cool Jerk" (the 'original' version of the cover was already on the Go-Go's second album, Vacation), which was also released as the one single from the compilation, reaching #60 in the UK Singles Chart, in 1991, this way becoming the second Go-Go's song to ever enter the British charts (the third and highest UK hit from the band would eventually be "The Whole World Lost Its Head", peaking at #29, from their second Greatest Hits album, 1994 Return to the Valley of The Go-Go's).

A mint-green vinyl re-release of the album was released through Target in July 2020.

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleWriter(s)AlbumLength
1."Our Lips Are Sealed"J. Wiedlin, T. HallBeauty and the Beat, 19812:44
2."Cool Jerk" (Remix)Donald StorballOriginal version on Vacation, 19823:07
3."We Got the Beat"C. CaffeyBeauty and the Beat2:30
4."Head over Heels"Caffey, ValentineTalk Show, 19843:36
5."Get Up and Go"C. Caffey, J. WiedlinVacation3:17
6."Vacation"Caffey, Wiedlin, ValentineVacation3:00
7."Beatnik Beach"Carlisle, CaffeyVacation2:50
8."You Thought"Schock, ValentineTalk Show4:18
9."I'm the Only One"Carter, Harvey, ValentineTalk Show3:33
10."This Town"C. Caffey, J. WiedlinBeauty and the Beat3:18
11."Lust to Love"C. Caffey, J. WiedlinBeauty and the Beat4:03
12."Mercenary"Caffey, Wiedlin, ValentineTalk Show3:35
13."How Much More"C. Caffey, J. WiedlinBeauty and the Beat3:04
14."Turn to You"Caffey, WiedlinTalk Show3:50

Chart positions[edit]

Album[edit]

Chart (1990) Peak
position 		Certification Sales
U.S. Billboard 200 127 — 402,000+[4]

Singles[edit]

Year Song U.S. Hot 100 UK Singles Chart
1991 "Cool Jerk" - 60

References[edit]

  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. 335. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. rolling stone the go-gos album guide.
  4. ^ Gary Trust (July 17, 2009). "Ask Billboard: Michael Jackson, Belinda Carlisle, Uncle Kracker". Billboard. Archived from the original on April 24, 2013.


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