Greatest Hits (1983 Air Supply album)
Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by Australian soft rock group Air Supply, released in August 1983
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| Released | August 1983 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock, soft rock | |||
| Length | 37:27 (CD Edition) | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
| Producer | Rick Chertoff, Charles Fisher, Harry Maslin, Robie Porter, Jim Steinman, Peter Dawkins | |||
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It spent one week on top of the Australian (Kent Music Report) album chart on 26 September 1983[2]
The Jim Steinman-written and produced track "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" was released as a single and became Air Supply's last top 10 hit in the United States, peaking at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album sold over 7 million copies in the United States.
Track listings
- "Lost in Love" - 3:51
- "Even the Nights Are Better" - 3:57
- "The One That You Love" - 4:17
- "Every Woman in the World" - 3:29
- "Chances" - 3:32
- "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" (Jim Steinman) (starts Side 2 on LP) - 5:15
- "All Out of Love" - 4:01
- "Here I Am (Just When I Thought I Was Over You)" - 3:46
- "Sweet Dreams" - 5:19
Personnel
Credits for "Making Love Out of Nothing at All"
Air Supply
- Russell Hitchcock – lead vocals
- Graham Russell – backing vocals
Musicians
- Roy Bittan – acoustic piano, synthesizers, arrangements
- Larry Fast – synthesizers
- Rick Derringer – guitar
- Sid McGinnis – acoustic guitar
- Steve Buslowe – bass
- Max Weinberg – drums
- Jimmy Maelen – percussion
- Jim Steinman – arrangements
- Rory Dodd – additional backing vocals
- Holly Sherwood – additional backing vocals
- Eric Troyer – additional backing vocals
Credits (Tracks 1–5, 7, 8 & 9)
- Russell Hitchcock – lead and backing vocals
- Graham Russell – lead vocals (1, 4, 7), backing vocals (1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9), rhythm guitar (1, 2, 4, 5, 7), acoustic guitar (3, 8, 9)
- David Moyse – lead guitar (1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9), bass (1, 4, 5, 7), backing vocals (1, 4, 5, 7), rhythm guitar (3, 8, 9)
- Rex Goh – lead guitar (2), rhythm guitar (8, 9)
- Frank Esler-Smith – keyboards, orchestrations
- David Green – bass (2, 3, 8, 9)
- Ralph Cooper – drums (1-5, 7, 8, 9)
Production
- Clive Davis – executive producer
- Rick Chertoff – producer (1)
- Charles Fisher – producer (1)
- Robie Porter – producer (1, 4, 5, 7)
- Harry Maslin – producer (2, 3, 4, 8, 9), engineer (2, 3, 8, 9)
- Jim Steinman – producer (6), mixing (6)
- John Jansen – associate producer (6), engineer (6), mixing (6)
- Rod Hui – engineer (6)
- Scott Litt – engineer (6)
- Arthur Payson – engineer (6)
- Dee Rob – engineer (6)
- Neil Dorfsman – mixing (6)
- Greg Calbi – mastering (6)
- Donn Davenport – art direction, design
- Linda Fenimore – illustration
- Don Arden – management
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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References
- Greatest Hits at AllMusic
- Kent, David. "Australian Chart Book 1970-1992, published 1993, ISBN 0 646 11917 6 , page 418".
- Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 13. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- "Charts.nz – Air Supply – Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- "Air Supply Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- "Top Selling Albums of 1983 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
External links
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