The Greatest Hits (Cheap Trick album)


The Greatest Hits is the first compilation album by Cheap Trick. It contains many of Cheap Trick's popular songs, as well as a previously unreleased cover version of The Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour", which according to the liner notes, was an outtake from the Lap of Luxury album. Though it peaked at only #174 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, it remained a steady seller, and was certified platinum for one million U.S. shipments seven years after its release.
Rendered obsolete by succeeding compilations that contain almost all of the songs in this album, it was nonetheless re-released in 2003, in a re-mastered edition with the addition of "Clock Strikes Ten".

Track listing (1991 U.S. release)

  1. "Magical Mystery Tour" – 4:08
  2. "Dream Police" – 3:49
  3. "Don't Be Cruel" – 3:07
  4. "Tonight It's You" – 4:47
  5. "She's Tight" – 2:58
  6. "I Want You to Want Me " – 3:38
  7. "If You Want My Love" – 3:36
  8. "Ain't That a Shame " – 5:10
  9. "Surrender" – 4:16
  10. "The Flame" – 5:36
  11. "I Can't Take It" – 3:28
  12. "Can't Stop Fallin' into Love" – 3:45
  13. "Voices" – 4:22

    Track listing (2003 international remastered re-release)

  1. "Clock Strikes Ten " – 3:20
  2. "Dream Police" – 3:49
  3. "Don't Be Cruel" – 3:07
  4. "Tonight It's You" – 4:47
  5. "She's Tight" – 2:58
  6. "I Want You to Want Me " – 3:38
  7. "If You Want My Love" – 3:36
  8. "Ain't That a Shame " – 5:10
  9. "Surrender" – 4:16
  10. "The Flame" – 5:36
  11. "I Can't Take It" – 3:28
  12. "Can't Stop Fallin' into Love" – 3:45
  13. "Voices" – 4:22
  14. "Magical Mystery Tour" – 4:08

    Track listing (Japanese edition)

In Japan, this compilation was released as a double album consisting of two compact discs, one entitled "Cheap Side" and the other "Trick Side". This extended version has gone out of print since the issue of the remastered edition in 2003.

Disc 1 ("Cheap" Side)

  1. "Hello There" – 1:41
  2. "On Top of the World" – 4:01
  3. "ELO Kiddies" – 3:41
  4. "Hot Love" – 2:30
  5. "Big Eyes" – 3:10
  6. "Clock Strikes Ten" – 2:59
  7. "California Man" – 3:44
  8. "Stop This Game" – 3:57
  9. "I Know What I Want" – 4:29
  10. "Just Got Back" – 2:05
  11. "The Doctor" – 4:03
  12. "High Roller" – 3:58
  13. "Gonna Raise Hell" – 9:20
  14. "Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace" – 4:35
  15. "Day Tripper" – 3:33

    Disc 2 ("Trick" Side)

  16. "Magical Mystery Tour" – 4:08
  17. "Dream Police" – 3:49
  18. "Don't Be Cruel" – 3:07
  19. "Tonight It's You" – 4:47
  20. "She's Tight" – 2:58
  21. "I Want You to Want Me " – 3:38
  22. "If You Want My Love" – 3:36
  23. "Ain't That a Shame" – 5:10
  24. "Surrender" – 4:16
  25. "The Flame" – 5:36
  26. "I Can't Take It" – 3:28
  27. "Can't Stop Fallin' into Love" – 3:45
  28. "Voices" – 4:22

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