Greatest Hits (The Band album)

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Greatest Hits

Greatest hits album by

the Band

Released

September 26, 2000

Recorded

Early 1968 – Early 1977

Genre

Rock

Length

77:00

Label

Capitol

Producer

John Simon and the Band

The Band chronology

The Best of the Band, Vol. II
(1999)

Greatest Hits
(2000)

The Last Waltz
(2002)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the Canadian-American rock group the Band. It was released in 2000 on Capitol Records. The album was released in conjunction with remastered versions of the group's first four albums. It draws very heavily from these records, with thirteen of the eighteen tracks selected from Music from Big Pink, The Band, Stage Fright and Cahoots.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Robbie Robertson unless otherwise noted.

No.	Title	Original album	Length
1.	"The Weight"	Music from Big Pink, 1968	4:35
2.	"Tears of Rage" (Bob Dylan, Richard Manuel)	Music from Big Pink	5:19
3.	"Chest Fever"	Music from Big Pink	5:13
4.	"I Shall Be Released" (Dylan)	Music from Big Pink	3:12
5.	"Up on Cripple Creek"	The Band, 1969	4:31
6.	"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"	The Band	3:32
7.	"Rag Mama Rag"	The Band	3:02
8.	"King Harvest (Has Surely Come)"	The Band	3:38
9.	"The Shape I'm In"	Stage Fright, 1970	4:01
10.	"Stage Fright"	Stage Fright	3:41
11.	"Time to Kill"	Stage Fright	3:26
12.	"Life Is a Carnival" (Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Robbie Robertson)	Cahoots, 1971	3:57
13.	"When I Paint My Masterpiece" (Dylan)	Cahoots	4:18
14.	"Ain't Got No Home" (Clarence "Frogman" Henry)	Moondog Matinee, 1973	3:24
15.	"It Makes No Difference"	Northern Lights – Southern Cross, 1975	6:32
16.	"Ophelia"	Northern Lights – Southern Cross	3:31
17.	"Acadian Driftwood"	Northern Lights – Southern Cross	6:41
18.	"The Saga of Pepote Rouge"	Islands, 1977	4:14

Group members and other participants

The Band – producers (9–18)
Rick Danko – bass, fiddle, vocals
Levon Helm – drums, mandolin, rhythm guitar, bass, tambourine, vocals
Garth Hudson – organ, piano, clavinet, synthesizers, accordion, wind instruments, bagpipe chanter, bass pedals
Richard Manuel – piano, clavinet, organ, drums, harmonica, vocals
Robbie Robertson – guitars
John Simon – producer (1–8), tenor saxophone (2), baritone saxophone (3), tuba (7), electric piano (8)
Allen Toussaint – horn arrangement (12)
Billy Mundi – drums (14)
Byron Berline – fiddle (17)
See individual albums for engineering credits.

References

^ Unterberger, Richie. "Greatest Hits Review". AllMusic. Retrieved October 14, 2022.

The Band

Studio albums

Music from Big Pink The Band Stage Fright Cahoots Moondog Matinee Northern Lights – Southern Cross Islands Jericho High on the Hog Jubilation
with Bob Dylan	Planet Waves The Basement Tapes

Live albums

Compilations

Films

Singles

"Uh-Uh-Uh"
"The Stones I Throw"
"Go Go Liza Jane"
"The Weight" / "I Shall Be Released"
"Rag Mama Rag" / "The Unfaithful Servant"
"Up on Cripple Creek" / "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"
"Time to Kill" / "The Shape I'm In"
"Life Is a Carnival"
"On a Night Like This" (with Bob Dylan)
"Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine" (with Bob Dylan)
"Ophelia"
"Atlantic City"

Other songs

Discography
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan World Tour 1966
Bob Dylan and the Band 1974 Tour
Cate Brothers
Ronnie Hawkins
The Weight Band
Big Pink
Shangri-La
List of Basement Tapes songs
List of Basement Tapes songs (1975)
So Many Roads (1965, Helm, Hudson, Robertson)
The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album (1975, Helm, Hudson)
No Reason to Cry (1976, Danko, Helm, Hudson, Manuel, Robertson)
Let It Rock (1995, Bell, Ciarlante, Danko, Helm, Hudson, Weider)
Carry Me Home (2022, Helm, Weider)
Endless Highway: The Music of the Band
The Complete Last Waltz
This Wheel's on Fire: Levon Helm and the Story of the Band

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