Greatest Hits (Boston album)

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Boston
Released	June 3, 1997 (1997-06-03)
Recorded	1975–1997
Genre	Hard rock
Length	75:23
Label	Epic/Legacy
Producer	Tom Scholz
Boston chronology
Walk On (1994) Greatest Hits (1997) Corporate America (2002)

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Greatest Hits is the first compilation album by the American rock band Boston. The album, released on June 3, 1997, features songs originally released on both the Epic and MCA labels, as well as three previously unreleased recordings ("Tell Me", "Higher Power" and "The Star-Spangled Banner"). Tom Scholz, the band's leader, felt that the album's sound quality was not up to his standards, so a remastered version of the album was released in 2009 with a slightly different track listing. Boston embarked on a tour for this album both times it was released. "Higher Power" reached #17 on the Heritage Rock Chart in Billboard, charting for 9 weeks.

The album was certified double platinum by the RIAA on December 4, 2003, and it has sold 2,234,000 copies in the United States as of August 2014.

The cover features the guitar-shaped spaceship flying low over a planet with turquoise rocks and a turquoise tower in the distance. The backside shows a personification of New York City. It is unknown why the band chose New York City instead of Boston, the city they are named after and which they usually show on their artwork.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tom Scholz, additional songwriters are noted below

1997 original release

No.	Title	Origin	Length
1.	"Tell Me"	Previously unreleased, 1997	4:04
2.	"Higher Power" (David Sikes)	Previously unreleased, 1997	5:06
3.	"More Than a Feeling"	Boston, 1976	4:45
4.	"Peace of Mind"	Boston	5:05
5.	"Don't Look Back"	Don't Look Back, 1978	5:57
6.	"Cool the Engines" (Brad Delp, Fran Sheehan)	Third Stage, 1986	4:35
7.	"Livin' for You"	Walk On, 1994	4:55
8.	"Feelin' Satisfied"	Don't Look Back	4:11
9.	"Party" (Delp)	Don't Look Back	4:08
10.	"Foreplay/Long Time"	Boston	7:48
11.	"Amanda"	Third Stage	4:15
12.	"Rock and Roll Band"	Boston	3:00
13.	"Smokin'" (Delp)	Boston	4:20
14.	"A Man I'll Never Be"	Don't Look Back	6:32
15.	"The Star-Spangled Banner/4th of July Reprise" (John Stafford Smith1)	Previously unreleased, 1997	2:44
16.	"Higher Power" (Kalodner edit) (Sikes)	Previously unreleased, 1997	3:52

2009 reissue

No.	Title	Origin	Length
1.	"I Had a Good Time"	Corporate America, 2002	4:16
2.	"Higher Power" (Sikes)	Greatest Hits, 1997	5:05
3.	"More Than a Feeling"	Boston	4:45
4.	"Peace of Mind"	Boston	5:01
5.	"Don't Look Back"	Don't Look Back	6:03
6.	"I Need Your Love" (Fred Sampson)	Walk On	5:22
7.	"Cool the Engines" (Delp, Sheehan)	Third Stage	4:36
8.	"Party" (Scholz, Delp)	Don't Look Back	4:06
9.	"Feelin' Satisfied"	Don't Look Back	4:11
10.	"Foreplay/Long Time"	Boston	7:48
11.	"Amanda"	Third Stage	4:18
12.	"Rock and Roll Band"	Boston	3:00
13.	"Smokin'" (Delp)	Boston	4:23
14.	"A Man I'll Never Be"	Don't Look Back	6:40
15.	"The Star Spangled Banner/4th of July Reprise" (Smith1)	Greatest Hits	2:43

Notes

1. ^ Boston credits this song to three composers – "F.S. Key", "J.S. Smith", and "T. Scholz" – but none of Francis Scott Key's contributions to the original song (lyrics only) were used in this version.

Personnel

• Tom Scholz – guitar, bass, organ, drums, clavinet, keyboards, hand clapping
• Brad Delp – vocals, guitar
• Barry Goudreau – guitar
• Fran Sheehan – bass guitar
• Sib Hashian – drums
• Jim Masdea – drums
• Gary Pihl – guitar
• Fran Cosmo – vocals
• David Sikes – bass guitar, vocals
• Doug Huffman – drums

Charts

Charts

Chart (1997)	Peak position
Canadian Top Selling Albums	61
US Billboard 200	47

Chart (2014)	Peak position
US Catalog Albums	1

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)	Gold	100,000‡
United States (RIAA)	2× Platinum	2,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.