Greatest Hits (Eurythmics album)

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by
Eurythmics
Released18 March 1991 (1991-03-18)
Recorded1982–1989
Genre
Length77:19
LabelRCA
Producer
Eurythmics chronology
We Too Are One
(1989) 		Greatest Hits
(1991) 		Live 1983–1989
(1993)
Singles from Greatest Hits
  1. "Love Is a Stranger"
    Released: 1991 (re-release)
  2. "Sweet Dreams '91"
    Released: 1991 (remix)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Calgary HeraldB[2]
Robert ChristgauA−[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[4]
New Musical Express8/10[5]
Tom Hull – on the WebB+ ((2-star Honorable Mention)(2-star Honorable Mention))[6]
Q Magazine[7]

Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by British pop duo Eurythmics, released on 18 March 1991 by RCA Records. It contains their successful singles spanning the years 1982 through 1990. The album topped the charts in the United Kingdom for a total of 10 weeks, in New Zealand for eight weeks and in Australia for seven weeks. It remains the duo's best-selling album worldwide and has been certified six-times platinum in the United Kingdom and triple platinum in the United States. Phil Sutcliffe in Q Magazine noted that "this compilation portrays, for once, a band accorded precise justice by the singles charts".[7]

The original European version of the album contains 18 tracks, while the version released in the US contains only 14. The five songs omitted from the US edition are "Right by Your Side", "Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)", "It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)", "You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart" and "The Miracle of Love", while "The King and Queen of America" is added. The track order also differs.

  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ Muretich, James (2 June 1991). "Recent Releases". Calgary Herald.
  3. ^ Robert Christgau review
  4. ^ Robbins, Ira (27 September 1991). "Eurythmics: Greatest Hits". Entertainment Weekly.
  5. ^ Collins, Andrew (23 March 1991). "Long Play". NME. p. 36.
  6. ^ Hull, Tom (26 April 2021). "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  7. ^ a b Sutcliffe, Phil (5 March 1991). "Eurythmics Greatest Hits review". Q Magazine. 55: 85.