Greatest (Raspberries album)

Greatest is a 2005 compilation album by Raspberries. The album contains 20 songs, 4 to 6 from each of the group's four albums. Most of the songs on Greatest had been included on previous Raspberries' compilation albums, but the songs on Greatest were remastered using 24-bit technology, and the album included liner notes quoting three members of the band – Eric Carmen, Wally Bryson and Jim Bonfanti discussing each song.[1]

Greatest
Compilation album by
Released2005
Recorded1972 – 1974
GenrePop rock
LabelCapitol
ProducerJimmy Ienner
Raspberries chronology
Capitol Collectors Series
(1991)
Greatest
(2005)

Allmusic critic Mark Deming summed up his review of Greatest saying that it "is an excellent one-stop shopping place for your Raspberries needs. You may not need this to replace any of the previous greatest-hits sets, but anyone looking for a great introduction to this great band can buy this with confidence."[1] News-Press critic Mark Marymont called it "a respectful retrospective of a band that should have been bigger."[2]

Track listing

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  1. "Go All the Way" (Carmen) – 3:21
  2. "Come Around and See Me" (Carmen, Bryson) – 3:09
  3. "Don't Want to Say Goodbye" (Carmen, Bryson) – 5:08
  4. "I Saw the Light" (Carmen, Bryson) – 2:43
  5. "I Can Remember" (Carmen) – 8:01
  6. "I Wanna Be with You" (Carmen) – 3:06
  7. "Drivin' Around" (Carmen, Smalley) – 3:02
  8. "Let's Pretend" (Carmen) – 3:41
  9. "I Reach for the Light" (Carmen) – 3:50
  10. "Nobody Knows" (Carmen, Smalley) – 2:22
  11. "If You Change Your Mind" (Carmen) – 3:46
  12. "Tonight" (Carmen) – 3:40
  13. "I'm a Rocker" (Carmen) – 5:11
  14. "Ecstasy" (Carmen) – 3:37
  15. "Last Dance" (Bryson) – 3:38
  16. "I Don't Know What I Want" (Carmen) – 4:17
  17. "Cruisin' Music" (Carmen) – 3:09
  18. "Starting Over" (Carmen) – 4:09
  19. Party's Over" (Bryson, Carmen) – 3:08
  20. "Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)" (Carmen) – 5:36

References

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  1. ^ a b Deming, Mark. "Greatest". Allmusic. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  2. ^ Marymont, Mark (August 19, 2005). "Ex-Doobie, Raspberries, ELO pop to the forefront". News-Press. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-04-07 – via newspapers.com.