The Association Greatest Hits Rare 1968 Warner Bros. Original Press Vinyl LP

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Greatest Hits Greatest hits album by  The Association Released November 1968 Recorded 1966-1968 Genre Sunshine pop, baroque pop Length 37:30 Label Warner Bros. Producer Curt Boettcher, Jerry Yester, Bones Howe, The Association The Association chronology Birthday
(1968) Greatest Hits
(1968) Goodbye Columbus
(1969)

Greatest Hits is the first compilation album by The Association, released in 1968 by Warner Bros. Records. The album peaked at #4 on the Billboard 200 album chart. The RIAA certified the album 2X Platinum on June 1, 1989.

The autobiographical tune "Six Man Band", written by Terry Kirkman, was a new song which had also been released as a mono single in July 1968, then appeared in a stereo mix on this album. The version of "Enter the Young" that is on this collection is a re-recording of a track from their first LP. Despite the title, the album does not include the singles "Pandora's Golden Heebie Jeebies" (which charted at #35 in late 1966) or "Looking Glass" (which was a regional hit), using non-hits such as "Like Always" and "We Love Us" instead.

Some recordings on this album were encoded with the Haeco-CSG process.

Critical reception

Stephen Cook of AllMusic writes, "the majority of this hits collection focuses on the band's dreamy combination of polished folk, limber vocal arrangements, and wide-screen instrumental backdrops" and finishes the review by saying, "A great introduction to the band's prime work from the latter half of the '60s."

David Bowling reviews the album for Seattle P-I and writes, "No matter what success their albums may have achieved, they will always be remembered for their string of singles. Greatest Hits gathers these singles, plus a few other tracks in support, to form a soft rock and pop album that has withstood the test of time surprisingly well."

Track listing

• Bob Alcivar
• Tony Ortega
• Larry Ramos

• Don Addrisi
• Dick Addrisi

• Don Addrisi
• Dick Addrisi