Greatest Hits (Barry Manilow album)

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by
ReleasedNovember 1978
GenrePop, easy listening
Length70:52
68:49 (CD)
LabelArista
ProducerBarry Manilow, Ron Dante
Barry Manilow chronology
Even Now
(1978)
Greatest Hits
(1978)
One Voice
(1979)
Singles from Greatest Hits
  1. "Mandy (reissue)"
    Released: 1978

Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits album by singer/songwriter Barry Manilow, released in 1978. The album was certified 3× Platinum in the US,[1] and would be Manilow's last of that certification, as of 2021.[2] It also features the new single, "Ready to Take a Chance Again", which reached #11 in the US the same year.[3] The US CD version has been released in three slightly different incarnations. The first pressing featured the single version of "Copacabana" (3:58), and the non-hit studio version of "Daybreak" (3:09). "Jump Shout Boogie" was omitted from all three versions.

In some European countries the album was released as Manilow Magic: The Best of Barry Manilow[4] The Very Best of Barry Manilow,[5] or simply The Best Of Barry Manilow.[6] It was a single LP with either 11 or 12 tracks.

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  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference riaa was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference BB2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Manilow Magic at discogs.com". Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  5. ^ "Release "The Very Best of Barry Manilow" by Barry Manilow - MusicBrainz". musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  6. ^ "The Best of at discogs.com". Retrieved 23 February 2016.