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Greatest Hits (1988 Fleetwood Mac album)

1988 greatest hits album by Fleetwood Mac

Summary

1988 greatest hits album by Fleetwood Mac

FieldValue
nameGreatest Hits
typegreatest
artistFleetwood Mac
coverFleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits (1988).png
released21 November 1988
recorded1975–1988
genre
length64:19 (US)
66:45 (Europe, Australia)
labelWarner Bros.
producerGrag Ladanyi and Fleetwood Mac (original versions produced by Fleetwood Mac, Keith Olsen, Richard Dashut, Ken Calliat and Lindsey Buckingham)
prev_titleTango in the Night
prev_year1987
next_titleBehind the Mask
next_year1990
misc{{Singles
nameGreatest Hits
typecompilation
single1As Long as You Follow
single1date28 November 1988
single2Hold Me
single2date13 February 1989

66:45 (Europe, Australia)

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

Other than the identical title, it is completely different from the 1971 "Greatest Hits" album (which covers the early Peter Green incarnation of the band) and the two releases have no tracks in common. 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 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 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).

Rick Vito, who was one of the two guitarists to replace Lindsey Buckingham, described the compilation album as "a presentation of the new band" and "the ushering in of a new era".

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

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 (except "As Long as You Follow" and "No Questions Asked"), banjo ("Say You Love Me")
  • Stevie Nicks – lead and backing vocals, additional keyboards ("Sara")
  • Billy Burnette – rhythm guitar, backing vocals ("As Long as You Follow" and "No Questions Asked")
  • Rick Vito – lead guitar, backing vocals ("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

Chart (1988–1989)Peak
positionCanada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)European Albums (Music & Media)Icelandic Albums (Tónlist)Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)
11
4
6
19
Chart (1997)Peak
position
Chart (2006)Peak
position
Chart (2012)Peak
position
Chart (2019–2026)Peak
positionGreek Albums (IFPI)Hungarian Physical Albums (MAHASZ)
3
7

Year-end charts

Chart (1988)PositionDutch Albums (Album Top 100)UK Albums (Gallup)
39
27
Chart (1989)PositionAustralian Albums (ARIA)Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)European Albums (Music & Media)German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)US Billboard 200
31
62
8
53
43
19
72
Chart (2015)PositionUS Billboard 200
71
Chart (2016)PositionUS Billboard 200
173
Chart (2018)PositionUS Top Rock Albums (Billboard)
78
Chart (2019)PositionUS Top Rock Albums (Billboard)
45
Chart (2020)PositionUS Top Rock Albums (Billboard)
17
Chart (2021)PositionIrish Vinyl Albums (IRMA)US Billboard 200US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)
6
135
16
Chart (2022)PositionBelgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)
118
Chart (2023)PositionBelgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)US Billboard 200US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)
129
135
28
Chart (2024)PositionBelgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)US Billboard 200
138
158
Chart (2025)PositionBelgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)
154

Certifications

References

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  3. "BPI certifications".
  4. [{{BillboardURLbyName
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  9. (14 January 1989). "European Top 100 Albums".
  10. (2 December 1988). "Ísland (LP-plötur)". [[DV (newspaper).
  11. "Classifiche". [[Musica e dischi]].
  12. "Official IFPI Charts Top-75 Albums Sales Chart (Combined) – Εβδομάδα: 15/2025". [[IFPI Greece]].
  13. "Album Top 40 slágerlista (fizikai hanghordozók) – 2025. 19. hét". [[Association of Hungarian Record Companies.
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  16. "ARIA Top 50 Albums for 1989". [[Australian Recording Industry Association]].
  17. (23 December 1989). "Top 100 Albums of '89".
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  23. "Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2015".
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  28. Griffiths, George. (11 January 2022). "The Top 50 official best-selling vinyl albums of 2021 in Ireland revealed". Official Charts Company.
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  32. "Jaaroverzichten 2023". [[Ultratop]].
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  35. "Jaaroverzichten 2024". [[Ultratop]].
  36. "Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2024".
  37. "Jaaroverzichten 2025". [[Ultratop]].
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