Greatest Hits '78-'90 is Riot's only compilation album, released exclusively by Sony Music Japan in 1993. The collection was also issued as a limited edition Starbox.
It contains no material from the Rhett Forrester era, focusing on the Guy Speranza and Tony Moore years only.
Track listing "Warrior" - 3:50 + "49er" - 4:37 ^ "Overdrive" - 4:12 + "Kick Down the Wall" - 4:33 ^ "Tokyo Rose" - 4:19 + "Road Racin'" - 4:32 ^ "Narita" - 4:39 ^ "Flight of the Warrior" - 4:19 ~ "Metal Soldiers" - 6:39 {} "Runaway" - 5:12 {} "Johnny's Back" - 5:34 ~ "Sign of the Crimson Storm" - 4:40 ~ "Killer" - 4:53 {} "Storming the Gates of Hell" - 3:43 {} "Bloodstreets" - 4:40 ~ "Thundersteel" - 3:52 ~
+ = taken from the album Rock City (1977) ^ = taken from the album Narita (1979) ~ = taken from the album Thundersteel (1988) {} = taken from the album The Privilege of Power (1990)
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