Greatest Hits is a compilation album by American rock band Boston. Released on June 3, 1997, the album features songs originally released on both the Epic and MCA record 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 audio 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.
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.
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Personnel Tom Scholz – lead and rhythm guitars, acoustic guitar, bass, organ, clavinet, grand piano, electric piano, keyboards, percussion (all); drums (Walk On, "Higher Power", "The Star-Spangled Banner/4th of July Reprise", "Tell Me"); vocals ("Higher Power") Brad Delp – lead and harmony vocals, acoustic 12-string guitar, rhythm guitar, percussion (Boston, Don't Look Back, Third Stage, "Higher Power", "I Had a Good Time") Sib Hashian – drums, percussion (Boston, Don't Look Back, Third Stage) Barry Goudreau – lead and rhythm guitars, slide guitar (Boston, Don't Look Back) Fran Sheehan – bass, percussion (Boston, Don't Look Back) Jim Masdea – drums ("Rock & Roll Band") Fran Cosmo – vocals (Walk On, "Higher Power") David Sikes – vocals (Walk On, "Tell Me"), bass (Walk On) Gary Pihl – guitar (Walk On) Doug Huffman – drums (Walk On) Curly Smith – harmonica ("Higher Power")
Charts Chart (1997) PeakpositionJapanese Albums (Oricon) 21
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