Greatest Hits (1988 Fleetwood Mac album)

Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on 21 November 1988 by Warner Bros. Records.^[3] It covers the period of the band's greatest commercial success, from the mid-1970s to the late-1980s.

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Fleetwood Mac
Released	21 November 1988
Recorded	1975–1988
Genre	Rock
Length	64:19 (US) 66:45 (Europe, Australia)
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Grag Ladanyi and Fleetwood Mac (original versions produced by Fleetwood Mac, Keith Olsen, Richrd Dashut, Ken Calliat and Lindsey Buckingham)
Fleetwood Mac chronology
Tango in the Night (1987) Greatest Hits (1988) Behind the Mask (1990)
Singles from Greatest Hits
"As Long as You Follow" Released: 28 November 1988 "Hold Me" Released: 13 February 1989^[1]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

It is different from the similarly titled 1971 release by the Peter Green incarnation of the band and contains a different track listing. The 1988 album draws only on recordings from after Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham joined the group in 1975, omitting earlier hits such as "Albatross" and "Oh Well".

The album has proven to be a major success since the time of its release. It peaked at number 14 on the US Billboard 200^[4] and sold steadily over the years since its release, and has to date been certified 8× platinum for shipping eight million copies there. In the United Kingdom, it reached number three upon release and has returned several times to the UK album chart^[5] and has been certified triple platinum for shipping 900,000 copies there.

Background

The album contains two new tracks, "As Long as You Follow" (which was released as a single to promote the album), and "No Questions Asked". The track listing for the US release differs slightly from that of other territories. It includes the 1975 track "Over My Head" but omits the 1987 track "Seven Wonders" (despite it being a top 20 hit in the US) as well as the 1982 track "Oh Diane" (which failed to chart there in 1983, but was a top-ten hit in the UK).

A number of sources state that this album was the last to be commercially released as an 8-track tape by a major label.^[6]

Track listing

US release

1. "Rhiannon" from Fleetwood Mac (Stevie Nicks) – 4:11
2. "Don't Stop" from Rumours (Christine McVie) – 3:12
3. "Go Your Own Way" from Rumours (Lindsey Buckingham) – 3:38
4. "Hold Me" from Mirage (C. McVie, Robbie Patton) – 3:45
5. "Everywhere" from Tango in the Night (C. McVie) – 3:42
6. "Gypsy" from Mirage (Nicks) – 4:24
7. "You Make Loving Fun" from Rumours (C. McVie) – 3:31
8. "As Long as You Follow" (previously unreleased) (C. McVie, Eddy Quintela) – 4:10*
9. "Dreams" from Rumours (Nicks) – 4:14
10. "Say You Love Me" from Fleetwood Mac (C. McVie) – 4:10
11. "Tusk" from Tusk (Buckingham) – 3:30
12. "Little Lies" from Tango in the Night (C. McVie, Quintela) – 3:38
13. "Sara" from Tusk (Nicks) – 6:22
14. "Big Love" from Tango in the Night (Buckingham) – 3:38
15. "Over My Head" from Fleetwood Mac (C. McVie) – 3:34
16. "No Questions Asked" (previously unreleased) (Nicks, Kelly Johnston) – 4:40*

One US reissue by WB as #R1 25801, does not include tracks 7, 14 or 15, and the order of the tracks on the back side is different.

European and Australian releases

1. "Rhiannon" – 4:11
2. "Go Your Own Way" – 3:37
3. "Don't Stop" – 3:11
4. "Gypsy" – 4:22
5. "Everywhere" – 3:41
6. "You Make Loving Fun" – 3:31
7. "Big Love" – 3:38
8. "As Long as You Follow" – 4:11*
9. "Say You Love Me" – 4:09
10. "Dreams" – 4:15
11. "Little Lies" – 3:37
12. "Oh Diane" from Mirage (Buckingham, Richard Dashut) – 2:33
13. "Sara" – 6:25
14. "Tusk" – 3:26
15. "Seven Wonders" from Tango in the Night (Sandy Stewart, Nicks) – 3:33
16. "Hold Me" – 3:44
17. "No Questions Asked" – 4:41*

• "As Long as You Follow" and "No Questions Asked" were new tracks at the time of the album's release. The former was released as a single to promote the album in December 1988, peaking at No. 66 in the UK and No. 43 in the US. "Hold Me" was also re-released in the UK with "No Questions Asked" as its B-side in February 1989.
• "You Make Loving Fun", "Big Love", "Oh Diane" and "Seven Wonders" are not included on the UK vinyl version, but are included on the cassette and CD formats. The LP contained 13 tracks.

Personnel

Fleetwood Mac

• Lindsey Buckingham – lead and backing vocals, guitars, additional keyboards, percussion, banjo ("Say You Love Me")
• Stevie Nicks – lead and backing vocals, additional keyboards ("Sara")
• Billy Burnette – backing vocals, guitar ("As Long as You Follow" and "No Questions Asked")
• Rick Vito – backing vocals, guitar ("As Long as You Follow" and "No Questions Asked")
• Christine McVie – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizer
• John McVie – bass guitar
• Mick Fleetwood – drums, percussion

Charts

Weekly charts 1988–1989 weekly chart performance for Greatest Hits Chart (1988–1989) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)^[7] 3 Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)^[8] 11 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[9] 3 European Albums (Music & Media)^[10] 4 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[11] 9 Icelandic Albums (Tónlist)^[12] 6 Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)^[13] 19 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[14] 1 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[15] 11 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[16] 15 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[17] 18 UK Albums (OCC)^[18] 3 US Billboard 200^[19] 14 1997 weekly chart performance for Greatest Hits Chart (1997) Peak position Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[20] 24 US Top Catalog Albums (Billboard)^[21] 1 2006 weekly chart performance for Greatest Hits Chart (2006) Peak position Irish Albums (IRMA)^[22] 7 2012 weekly chart performance for Greatest Hits Chart (2012) Peak position Polish Albums (ZPAV)^[23] 46 2019–2022 weekly chart performance for Greatest Hits Chart (2019–2022) Peak position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[24] 17 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[25] 178 Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[26] 30 Greek Albums (IFPI)^[27] 7 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[28] 4 US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)^[29] 4 US Vinyl Albums (Billboard)^[30] 7

Year-end charts 1988 weekly chart performance for Greatest Hits Chart (1988) Position Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[31] 39 UK Albums (Gallup)^[32] 27 1989 year-end chart performance for Greatest Hits Chart (1989) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)^[33] 31 Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)^[34] 62 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[35] 8 European Albums (Music & Media)^[36] 53 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[37] 43 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[38] 19 US Billboard 200^[39] 72 2015 year-end chart performance for Greatest Hits Chart (2015) Position US Billboard 200^[40] 71 2016 year-end chart performance for Greatest Hits Chart (2016) Position US Billboard 200^[41] 173 2018 year-end chart performance for Greatest Hits Chart (2018) Position US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[42] 78 2019 year-end chart performance for Greatest Hits Chart (2019) Position US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[43] 45 2020 year-end chart performance for Greatest Hits Chart (2020) Position US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[44] 17 2021 year-end chart performance for Greatest Hits Chart (2021) Position Irish Vinyl Albums (IRMA)^[45] 6 US Billboard 200^[46] 135 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[47] 16 2022 year-end chart performance for Greatest Hits Chart (2022) Position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[48] 118 2023 year-end chart performance for Greatest Hits Chart (2023) Position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[49] 129 US Billboard 200^[50] 135 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[51] 28

Certifications

Certifications for Greatest Hits

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[53]	9× Platinum	680,000^[52]
Belgium (BEA)^[54]	Platinum	50,000^*
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)^[55]	2× Platinum	40,000^‡
France (SNEP)^[56]	2× Gold	200,000^*
Germany (BVMI)^[57]	Platinum	500,000^^
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)^[58]	Gold	10,000^*
Netherlands (NVPI)^[59]	Platinum	100,000^^
New Zealand (RMNZ)^[60]	11× Platinum	165,000^^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)^[61]	Platinum	100,000^^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)^[62]	Gold	25,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)^[63]	3× Platinum	900,000^^
United States (RIAA)^[64]	8× Platinum	8,000,000^^
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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