Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by American band Earth, Wind & Fire, released on November 17, 1998, by Columbia/Legacy Records. The album reached No. 40 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. The album was re-issued in 2008 by Columbia/Legacy.
Critical reception
Terry Lawson of the Detroit Free Press called Greatest Hits a "stellar single disc distillation" and a "shimmering state of sonic funk perfection". Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic described the LP as "a terrifically entertaining and valuable disc". Jim DeRogatis of the Chicago Sun Times also described the album as "worth owning".
Track listing
Personnel
Robert Appere: Engineer
Dorothy Ashby: Harp
Philip Bailey: Congas, Percussion, Vocals
Marilyn Baker: Viola
Roland Bautista: Guitar
Delores M. Bing: Cello
George Bohannon: Trombone
Oscar Brashear: Trumpet
Elmer Brown: Trumpet
Garnett Brown: Trombone
Sherman Bryana: Violin
Bobby Bryant: Trumpet
Denyse Buffum: Viola
David Campbell: Viola
Ronald Clark: Violin
Ronald Cooper: Cello
Larry Corbett: Cello
Steve Crimmel: Engineer
Paulinho Da Costa: Percussion
Rollice Dale: Viola
Rahmlee Michael Davis: Flugelhorn, Trumpet
Eduardo del Barrio: Keyboards, Piano, Synthesizer
George Del Barrio: Keyboards, Piano, Synthesizer
Marci Dicterow: Violin
Assa Drori: Violin
David Duke: French Horn
James Dunham: Viola
Larry Dunn: Associate Producer, Organ, Piano, Programming, Synthesizer
The Emotions: Vocals (Background) Pavel Farkas: Violin Marie Fera: Cello Henry Ferber: Violin Chuck Findley: Trumpet David Foster: Keyboards, Piano, String Arrangements, Synthesizer Winterton Garvey: Violin Pamela Gates: Violin Harris Goldman: Concert Master, Violin Joseph Goodman: Violin Richard Goodman: Engineer Jack Gootkin: Violin Janice Gower: Concert Master Gary Grant: Trumpet Mick Guzauski: Engineer Michael Harris: Flugelhorn, Trumpet
Jeanette Hawes: Vocals (Background) Jerry Hay: Horn Arrangements Marlo Henderson: Guitar William Henderson: Violin Jerry Hey: Trumpet Zakir Hussain: Tabla Wanda Hutchinson: Vocals (Background) Fred Jackson, Jr.: Saxophone Ralph Johnson: Drums, Percussion Thomas "Snake" Johnson: Tuba Dennis Karmazyn: Cello Jan Kelley: Cello Rick Kelly: Keyboards, Piano, Synthesizer Barbara Korn: French Horn Gina Kronstadt: Violin Carl LaMagna: Violin Azar Lawrence: Keyboards, Piano, Synthesizer Richard Lepore: Timpani Maxine Lewis: Keyboards, Piano, Synthesizer Linda Lipsett: Viola Joseph Livoti: Violin Charles Loper: Trombone Steve Lukather: Guitar Jacqueline Lustgarten: Cello Joy Lyle: Violin Steve Madaio: Trumpet Arthur Maebe: French Horn Virginia Majewski: Viola Miguel Martinez: Cello Harvey Mason, Sr.: Percussion George Massenburg: Engineer Lew McCreary: Trombone Al McKay: Guitar, Percussion, Producer, Vocals Bill Meyers: Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements Sidney Muldrow: French Horn Billy Myers: Keyboards, Piano, Synthesizer Don Myrick: Saxophone Ross Pallone: Engineer Richard Perissi: French Horn Tom Perry: Engineer Jerry Peters: Keyboards, Piano, Synthesizer The Phoenix Horns: Band Paul Polivnick: Viola Steve Porcaro: Keyboards, Piano, Synthesizer