Greatest Hits (The Bangles album)

Greatest Hits is a compilation album by American pop rock band the Bangles. It was released by their record company, Columbia Records on May 8, 1990, to fulfill the band's contractual requirements; by the time of the release of the album, the group had already broken up. The album peaked at #97 on the US Billboard 200 and at #4 in the UK Albums Chart.

Content

The album features the single remixes of "Hero Takes a Fall", "Walking Down Your Street" and "I'll Set You Free". It also includes the group's cover of Simon & Garfunkel's "Hazy Shade of Winter", which was released on the soundtrack of the film Less than Zero, and had not been included on a Bangles album. It also contains the non-album B-side cover of The Grass Roots' "Where Were You When I Needed You" and the previously unreleased song "Everything I Wanted" from the Everything album sessions. "Everything I Wanted" was released as a single in the Netherlands and Australia to promote the release. In the UK, a new remix of "Walk Like an Egyptian" was released instead, peaking at #73.

Track listing

Tracks are included in chronological order by album, except the last track.

Band members

The Bangles

• Susanna Hoffs – rhythm guitar, percussion, vocals
• Vicki Peterson – lead guitar, mandolin, electric sitar, vocals
• Michael Steele – bass guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals
• Debbi Peterson – drums, percussion, vocals

Additional musicians

• Rusty Anderson – additional guitars
• Barbara Chapman – harp, additional guitars
• Mitchell Froom, David Kahne – keyboards
• Darryl Citizen – "noise"
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion
• Bobby Donati, Vinnie Vincent – guitars
• Tommy Morgan – harmonica
• Jim Snodgrass – tabla
• David Lindley – guitars, bouzouki, saxophone, Dobro, multi-instruments
• Walker Igleheart, John Philip Shenale, David White – keyboards, programming

Charts

Certifications

References

External links

• The Bangles official website

1. The Bangles discography
2. The Essential Bangles
3. Everything (The Bangles album)
4. All Over the Place (The Bangles album)
5. List of greatest hits albums
6. Greatest Hits (The Bangles video)
7. Be with You (The Bangles song)
8. Everything I Wanted (The Bangles song)
9. Susanna Hoffs
10. I'll Set You Free
11. Girls Aloud
12. Michael Steele (musician)
13. Hits 5
14. Mr. Mister
15. Walk Like an Egyptian
16. Billy Steinberg
17. Prince (musician)
18. A Hazy Shade of Winter
19. Atomic Kitten
20. Doll Revolution