Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, released in 1994. Certified Diamond by the RIAA, it is Seger's most successful album to date. In December 2009, Billboard and Nielsen SoundScan confirmed that with nearly nine million copies sold. Bob Seger's Greatest Hits was the decade's best-selling catalog album in the United States, even out-selling the Beatles' 1 and Michael Jackson's Number Ones. By September 2011, the album had sold a total of 9,062,000 copies in the United States. Alt URL

Album art Californian photographer, Karen Miller, took photos of the band as part of two photoshoots for the album. The most popular pictures out of the first photoshoot were the railroad track scenes taken on the Southern Pacific railroad tracks north of Mojave, California. The single picture of Seger holding his guitar became the cover photo. Another photograph of the entire band on the same tracks was used for the centerfold of the booklet that came with the It's a Mystery CD, released the following year.

Other photos on the album include pictures of Seger's newborn son, Cole. The back cover of Seger's son at a water pump was taken at Seger's home at the time in Miami, Florida. Cole was 17 months old at the time. The inside of the booklet includes photos of Silver Bullet Band members Craig Frost, Chris Campbell, and Alto Reed with their kids as well. Seger's manager, Punch Andrews, was skeptical about the idea of using the band's children as album art at first. However, Seger had seen it done before with other artists and insisted on the photographs being used on the final copy of the CD's insert.

Track listing

Personnel As listed in liner notes.

Roy Bittan – piano Michael Boddicker – synthesizer Chris Campbell – bass guitar Craig Frost – organ Bobbye Hall – percussion Russ Kunkel – drums Bob Seger – lead vocals Waddy Wachtel – guitar

Chris Campbell – bass guitar Charlie Allen Martin – drums Joe Miquelon – electric guitar Doug Riley – piano, organ Bob Seger – lead vocals, acoustic guitar Rhonda Silver – background vocals Laurel Ward – background vocals Sharon Lee Williams – background vocals

Drew Abbott – guitar Chris Campbell – bass guitar Charlie Allen Martin – drums Alto Reed – saxophone Robyn Robbins – Mellotron Bob Seger – lead vocals, electric piano

Ginger Blake – background vocals Chris Campbell – bass guitar Sam Clayton – percussion Laura Creamer – background vocals Linda Dillard – background vocals Bill Payne – piano, organ, synthesizer Bob Seger – lead vocals, acoustic guitar David Teegarden – drums

Chris Campbell – bass guitar Bill Payne – piano, organ Bob Seger – lead vocals, guitar David Teegarden – drums, percussion Julia Waters, Luther Waters, Maxine Waters, Oren Waters – background vocals

Chris Campbell – bass guitar Venetta Fields – background vocals Clydie King – background vocals Sherlie Matthews – background vocals Robyn Robbins – organ Bob Seger – lead vocals, piano, acoustic guitar David Teegarden – drums, percussion

Ken Bell – guitar Stanley Carter – background vocals James Lavell Easley – background vocals Roger Hawkins – drums, percussion David Hood – bass guitar George Jackson – background vocals Randy McCormick – piano Howie McDonald – guitar solo Alto Reed – saxophone Bob Seger – lead vocals

Barry Beckett – keyboards Pete Carr – lead guitar Venetta Fields – background vocals Roger Hawkins – drums, percussion David Hood – bass guitar Jimmy Johnson – rhythm guitar Clydie King – background vocals Sherlie Matthews – background vocals Bob Seger – lead vocals Strings conducted and arranged by Jim Ed Norman.

Drew Abbott – electric guitar Chris Campbell – bass guitar Glenn Frey – background vocals Paul Harris – piano, organ Bob Seger – lead vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitar David Teegarden – drums

Barry Beckett – keyboards Pete Carr – lead guitar, acoustic guitar Roger Hawkins – drums, percussion David Hood – bass guitar Jimmy Johnson – rhythm guitar Bob Seger – lead vocals

Roy Bittan – piano Bob Glaub – bass guitar Russ Kunkel – drums Steve Lukather – acoustic guitar Bob Seger – lead vocals Jai Winding – organ

Dawayne Bailey – acoustic guitar Chris Campbell – bass guitar Craig Frost – organ Douglas Kibble – background vocals Russ Kunkel – drums Bill Payne – piano Bob Seger – lead vocals Rick Vito – slide guitar The Weather Girls (Izora Armstead and Martha Wash) – background vocals

Chris Campbell – bass guitar Craig Frost – piano Alto Reed – saxophone Jimmy Romeo – saxophone Bob Seger – vocals, guitar Crystal Taliefero – saxophone Tomo Thomas – saxophone David Teegarden – drums

Rosemary Butler – background vocals Chris Campbell – bass guitar Laura Creamer – background vocals Donny Gerrard – background vocals Russ Kunkel – drums, percussion Tim Mitchell – electric guitar Shaun Murphy – background vocals Alto Reed – saxophone Bob Seger – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, synthesizer

Charts

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Year-end charts +Year-end chart performance for Greatest Hits Chart (1994) Position Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM) 53 Chart (1995) Position US Billboard 200 22 Chart (1996) Position US Billboard 200 94 Chart (2018) Position US Billboard 200 153 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) 22 Chart (2019) Position US Billboard 200 121 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) 20 Chart (2020) Position US Billboard 200 138 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) 14 Chart (2021) Position US Billboard 200 125 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) 17 Chart (2022) Position US Billboard 200 117 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) 24 Chart (2023) Position US Billboard 200 145 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) 24 Chart (2024) Position US Billboard 200 143

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