Greatest Hits (Five album)

Greatest Hits
Compilation album by
Released19 November 2001
Recorded1997–2001
Genre
Length70:04
LabelRCA
ProducerSimon Cowell (exec.), Julian Gallagher, Richard "Biff" Stannard, Ash Howes, Steve Mac, Stargate, Eliot Kennedy, Max Martin, Denniz Pop
Five chronology
Kingsize
(2001)
Greatest Hits
(2001)
Let's Dance
(2002)

Greatest Hits is the first compilation album by English boy band Five. It was released in the United Kingdom through RCA Records on 19 November 2001, just three months after the release of their third studio album, Kingsize.[1] "Closer to Me" and "Rock the Party" was released as double single on United Kingdom and Ireland. The album was executively produced by Simon Cowell and Richard "Biff" Stannard.[2] In other countries, the songs were released as separate singles. The songs was included in the previous album Kingsize (2001).

The album features thirteen of the band's fifteen singles, excluding "How Do Ya Feel", and the international-only release "Don't Fight It Baby", as well as two popular B-sides, two brand new remixes, and the original track, "Set Me Free", which was recorded during the Kingsize album sessions. The album peaked at number nine on the UK Albums Chart, as well as being certified platinum by the BPI. The album was executively produced by Simon Cowell and Richard "Biff" Stannard.

  1. ^ "Greatest Hits". 14 November 2001 – via Amazon.
  2. ^ Invincible: Special Edition (Back cover). Five. RCA Records. 2000.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)