Greatest Hits (Dr. Hook album)

Greatest Hits

Greatest hits album by

Dr. Hook

Released

1980

Recorded

1971–1979

Genre

Country rock

Length

45:29

Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show chronology

Rising
(1980)

Greatest Hits
(1980)

Live in the U.K.
(1981)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Greatest Hits is a compilation album of hits by Dr. Hook released in 1980. The album spent 4 weeks at the top of the Australian album charts in 1981. In 1987, an expanded CD version was released by Capitol under the title Greatest Hits (and More).

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Track listings

Original 1980 release

"Sylvia's Mother" – 3:55
"The Cover of the Rolling Stone" – 2:52
"Only Sixteen" – 2:44
"A Little Bit More" – 2:56
"Walk Right In" – 3:04
"Sharing the Night Together" – 2:54
"When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman" – 2:58
"Better Love Next Time" – 2:59
"Sexy Eyes" – 3:30
"Years from Now" – 3:14

Greatest Hits (and More)

"Sylvia's Mother" (3:52
"The Cover of the Rolling Stone" – 2:54
"Only Sixteen" – 2:46
"A Little Bit More" – 2:57
"Walk Right In" – 3:07
"Making Love & Music" – 2:47
"I Couldn't Believe" – 2:49
"A Couple More Years" – 3:10
"Sharing the Night Together" – 2:57
"When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman" – 2:59
"Better Love Next Time" – 3:03
"Sexy Eyes" – 3:00
"Years from Now" – 2:58
"The Radio" – 3:31
"Sweetest of All" – 2:39

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1980–2001)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[2]	1
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[3]	5
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[4]	1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[5]	14
UK Albums (OCC)^[6]	2
US Billboard Top LPs^[7]	142

Year-end charts

Chart (1981)	Position
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[8]	36

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[9]	Platinum	70,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ Greatest Hits at AllMusic
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Dr. Hook – Greatest Hits (and More)" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
^ "Charts.nz – Dr. Hook – Greatest Hits (and More)". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Dr. Hook – Greatest Hits (and More)". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
^ Billboard Charts Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show – Greatest Hits
^ "Top Selling Albums of 1981 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1992 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 23 July 2021.

v t e Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show
Billy Francis Ray Sawyer George Cummings Bobby Dominguez Jimmy Allen Dennis Locorriere Popeye Phillips Joseph Oliver John David Rik Elswit Jance Garfat John Wolters Bob "Willard" Henke Rod Smarr Walter Hartman
Studio albums	Doctor Hook (1972) Sloppy Seconds (1972) Pleasure and Pain (1978) Sometimes You Win (1979)
Compilations	Dr. Hook Revisited (1976) Greatest Hits (1980) The Essential Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show (2003)
Singles	"Sylvia's Mother" "Carry Me Carrie "The Cover of 'Rolling Stone'" "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan" "Only Sixteen" "A Little Bit More" "Walk Right In" "Sharing the Night Together" "All the Time in the World" "When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman" "Better Love Next Time" "Sexy Eyes"

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