The Seekers' Greatest Hits

The Seekers' Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by The Seekers
Released July 1968 (Australia)
Recorded 1964-67
Genre Folk, pop
Label EMI, Columbia Records
The Seekers chronology
Live at the Talk of the Town
(1968)
The Seekers' Greatest Hits
(1968)
The Best of The Seekers
(1968)

The Seekers' Greatest Hits is a compilation album released in Australia by EMI's Columbia label (Catalogue No. SCXO 7830) in July 1968 on the break-up of The Seekers. This album did not include "I'll Never Find Another You" or "A World of Our Own" which were previously released on The Seekers Sing Their Big Hits (1965) W&G 25/2512. The album peaked at number 1 for 17 weeks and was the highest selling album in Australian in 1968.

In October 2010, The Seekers' Greatest Hits, was listed in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums.[1]

Track listing

Side One

  1. "Morningtown Ride" (Malvina Reynolds)
  2. "The Carnival is Over" (Tom Springfield)
  3. "Turn, Turn, Turn" (Pete Seeger)
  4. "Walk With Me" (Springfield)
  5. "When the Stars Begin to Fall" (Trad. Arr. The Seekers)
  6. "Someday, Oneday" (Simon)

Side Two

  1. "On the Other Side" (Springfield-Osbourne-Sage)
  2. "Georgy Girl" (Springfield, Jim Dale)
  3. "When the Good Apples Fall" (Kenny Young)
  4. "Myra" (The Seekers)
  5. "Emerald City" (Kim Fowley, Keith Potger)
  6. "Love Is Kind, Love Is Wine" (Woodley)

Chart positions

Weekly charts

Year Chart Position
1968 Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1968) Position
Australian Albums Chart 1
Preceded by
Blooming Hits by Paul Mauriat and His Orchestra
Australian Kent Music Report number-one album
27 July - 22 November 1968
Succeeded by
Smash Hits by The Jimi Hendrix Experience

References

  1. O'Donnell, John; Creswell, Toby; Mathieson, Craig (October 2010). 100 Best Australian Albums. Prahran, Vic: Hardie Grant Books. ISBN 978-1-74066-955-9.
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