Greatest Hits (The Association album)

Greatest Hits is the first compilation album by The Association, released in 1968 by Warner Bros. Records.  The album peaked at #4 on the Billboard 200 album chart.  It has sold more than 2 million copies in the U.S. alone, making it the group's biggest seller.

The autobiographical tune "Six Man Band", written by Terry Kirkman, was a new song which had also been released as a mono single in July 1968, then appeared in a stereo mix on this album. The version of "Enter the Young" that is on this collection is a re-recording of a track from their first LP. Despite the title, the album does not include the singles "Pandora's Golden Heebie Jeebies" (which charted at #35 in late 1966) or "Looking Glass" (which was a regional hit), using non-hits such as "Like Always" and "We Love Us" instead.

Some recordings on this album were encoded with the Haeco-CSG process.

Track listing

Side 1
"The Time It Is Today" (Russ Giguere) – 2:19
"Everything That Touches You" (Terry Kirkman) – 3:22
"Like Always" (Bob Alcivar, Tony Ortega, Larry Ramos) – 3:08
"Never My Love" (Don and Dick Addrisi) – 3:10
"Requiem For The Masses" (Kirkman) – 4:06
"Along Comes Mary" (Tandyn Almer) – 2:49

Side 2
"Enter the Young" (Kirkman) – 2:45 [re-recorded version of the track from their debut album]
"No Fair at All" (Jim Yester) – 2:37 
"Time for Livin'" (D. and D. Addrisi) – 2:48
"We Love Us" (Ted Bluechel) – 2:25 [erroneously listed as "We Love"]
"Cherish" (Kirkman) – 3:27
"Windy" (Ruthann Friedman) – 2:56
"Six Man Band" (Kirkman) - 2:12

Charts

References

Category:The Association albums
Category:1969 greatest hits albums
Category:Warner Records compilation albums
Category:Albums produced by Curt Boettcher
Category:Albums produced by Jerry Yester
Category:Albums produced by Bones Howe