Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by American band Earth, Wind & Fire, released on November 17, 1998, by Columbia/Legacy Records. The album reached No. 40 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. The album was re-issued in 2008 by Columbia/Legacy.
Critical reception
Terry Lawson of the Detroit Free Press called Greatest Hits a "stellar single disc distillation" and a "shimmering state of sonic funk perfection". Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic described the LP as "a terrifically entertaining and valuable disc". Jim DeRogatis of the Chicago Sun Times also described the album as "worth owning".
Track listing
Personnel
Robert Appere: Engineer Dorothy Ashby: Harp Philip Bailey: Congas, Percussion, Vocals Marilyn Baker: Viola Roland Bautista: Guitar Delores M. Bing: Cello George Bohannon: Trombone Oscar Brashear: Trumpet Elmer Brown: Trumpet Garnett Brown: Trombone Sherman Bryana: Violin Bobby Bryant: Trumpet Denyse Buffum: Viola David Campbell: Viola Ronald Clark: Violin Ronald Cooper: Cello Larry Corbett: Cello Steve Crimmel: Engineer Paulinho Da Costa: Percussion Rollice Dale: Viola Rahmlee Michael Davis: Flugelhorn, Trumpet Eduardo del Barrio: Keyboards, Piano, Synthesizer George Del Barrio: Keyboards, Piano, Synthesizer Marci Dicterow: Violin Assa Drori: Violin David Duke: French Horn James Dunham: Viola Larry Dunn: Associate Producer, Organ, Piano, Programming, Synthesizer The Emotions: Vocals (Background) Pavel Farkas: Violin Marie Fera: Cello Henry Ferber: Violin Chuck Findley: Trumpet David Foster: Keyboards, Piano, String Arrangements, Synthesizer Winterton Garvey: Violin Pamela Gates: Violin Harris Goldman: Concert Master, Violin Joseph Goodman: Violin Richard Goodman: Engineer Jack Gootkin: Violin Janice Gower: Concert Master Gary Grant: Trumpet Mick Guzauski: Engineer Michael Harris: Flugelhorn, Trumpet
Jeanette Hawes: Vocals (Background) Jerry Hay: Horn Arrangements Marlo Henderson: Guitar William Henderson: Violin Jerry Hey: Trumpet Zakir Hussain: Tabla Wanda Hutchinson: Vocals (Background) Fred Jackson, Jr.: Saxophone Ralph Johnson: Drums, Percussion Thomas "Snake" Johnson: Tuba Dennis Karmazyn: Cello Jan Kelley: Cello Rick Kelly: Keyboards, Piano, Synthesizer Barbara Korn: French Horn Gina Kronstadt: Violin Carl LaMagna: Violin Azar Lawrence: Keyboards, Piano, Synthesizer Richard Lepore: Timpani Maxine Lewis: Keyboards, Piano, Synthesizer Linda Lipsett: Viola Joseph Livoti: Violin Charles Loper: Trombone Steve Lukather: Guitar Jacqueline Lustgarten: Cello Joy Lyle: Violin Steve Madaio: Trumpet Arthur Maebe: French Horn Virginia Majewski: Viola Miguel Martinez: Cello Harvey Mason, Sr.: Percussion George Massenburg: Engineer Lew McCreary: Trombone Al McKay: Guitar, Percussion, Producer, Vocals Bill Meyers: Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements Sidney Muldrow: French Horn Billy Myers: Keyboards, Piano, Synthesizer Don Myrick: Saxophone Ross Pallone: Engineer Richard Perissi: French Horn Tom Perry: Engineer Jerry Peters: Keyboards, Piano, Synthesizer The Phoenix Horns: Band Paul Polivnick: Viola Steve Porcaro: Keyboards, Piano, Synthesizer
Benjamin Powell: Trombone William Frank "Bill" Reichenbach Jr.: Trombone Jerome Reisler: Violin Jerome Richardson: Saxophone Herman Riley: Saxophone Marilyn Robinson: French Horn Dean Rod: Engineer James Ross: Viola Henry Roth: Violin Sheldon Sanov: Violin Louis Satterfield: Trombone Skip Scarborough: Keyboards, Piano, Synthesizer Sandy Seemore: Violin Anton Sen: Violin Leena Sherman: Violin Haim Shtrum: Violin Harry Shultz: Cello Daniel Smith: Cello Robert Spano: Engineer Maurice Spears: Trombone Charles Stepney: Arranger, Associate Producer, Keyboards, Piano, Producer, Synthesizer Linn Subotnick: Viola Ilka Talvi: Violin Judith Talvi: Violin Beloyd Taylor: Guitar, Vocals (Background) Barbara Thomason: Viola Tom Tom 84: Arranger, Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements Kevan Torfeh: Cello Rosmen Torfeh: Violin Wayne Vaughn: Keyboards, Piano, Synthesizer Charles Veal: Concert Master John Walz: Cello Jerome Webster: Violin Fred White: Drums, Percussion Maurice White: Compilation Producer, Drums, Kalimba, Producer, Timbales, Vocals Verdine White: Associate Producer, Bass, Percussion, Vocals Sheila Whitt: Vocals (Background) Craig Widby: Engineer Mark Wilder: Mastering Joseph Wissert: Producer Larry Woods: Viola Andrew Woolfolk: Flute, Percussion, Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor) Benjamin F. Wright: Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements Ken Yerke: Violin
Charts Year Chart Peakposition1999 Japanese Albums (Oricon)432013 US Billboard 200 40 Italian Albums (FIMI) 89 Dutch Midprice Top 506 Dutch Combi Album Top 100552016 French Albums 56 Swiss Albums (Hitparade) 89
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