Twenty Greatest


Twenty Greatest is the sixth album released by British pop group Brotherhood of Man and their first compilation. It was released in 1978 and became their biggest selling album, peaking at No.6 in the UK and being certified gold.
As the title suggests, it is a collection of twenty songs, including their three number one hits, "Save Your Kisses for Me", "Angelo" and "Figaro" alongside their current single release, "Middle of the Night".

Background

This album was a Greatest Hits compilation featuring all their hit singles up to this point as well as selected album tracks and new recordings. The album was released on K-Tel records in late September 1978 and reached No.6 in the UK album charts. It remained on the charts for 15 weeks and was certified gold by the BPI, becoming the most successful album of their career.
The singles included are: "Lady", "Lady Lady Lay", "Kiss Me Kiss Your Baby", "Save Your Kisses for Me", "My Sweet Rosalie", "Oh Boy ", "Angelo", "Highwayman", "Figaro", "Beautiful Lover" and "Middle of the Night". The early hits "United We Stand" and "Where are You Going to My Love" included here are new recordings by this version of the group. Two other new recordings for this album are cover versions of "How Deep Is Your Love" and "Send in the Clowns", which is largely an a cappella piece, with piano accompaniment by member Nicky Stevens.
This album is sometimes referred to simply as Brotherhood of Man - as this was the name accredited to it in the UK Chart listings. Early pressings of the album gave the group's name as 'The Brotherhood of Man' , but later pressings had rectified this to simply 'Brotherhood of Man'.
The Soviet record company Melodiya released this album in 1981 as a 12-track collection: Side A: "Save Your Kisses for Me", "Angelo", "Oh Boy ", "My Sweet Rosalie", "Kiss Me Kiss Your Baby", "Beautiful Lover"; Side B: "Middle of the Night", "Figaro", "Highwayman", "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother", "Lady Lady Lady Lay", "United We Stand". This compilation was very popular in the USSR and sold 500,000 copies.

Track listing

Side One
  1. "Save Your Kisses for Me" – 3:04
  2. "Angelo" – 3:18
  3. "Oh Boy " – 3:16
  4. "Where are You Going to My Love" – 3:24
  5. "Images" – 2:25
  6. "Send in the Clowns" – 3:50
  7. "In Love" – 3:53
  8. "My Sweet Rosalie" – 2:37
  9. "Kiss Me Kiss Your Baby" – 3:05
  10. "Beautiful Lover" – 3:21
Side Two
  1. "Middle of the Night" – 3:05
  2. "Figaro" – 2:51
  3. "Highwayman" – 2:32
  4. "People Over the World" – 3:05
  5. "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" – 4:23
  6. "To-night's the Night" – 2:40
  7. "Lady Lady Lady Lay" – 2:58
  8. "How Deep Is Your Love" – 4:08
  9. "Lady" – 3:27
  10. "United We Stand" – 2:57

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