Greatest Hits (1983 Air Supply album)
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Released | August 1983 | |||
Genre | Pop rock, soft rock | |||
Length | 37:27 (CD Edition) | |||
Label | Arista | |||
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Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by British/Australian soft rock duo Air Supply, released in August 1983. It spent one week on top of the Australian (Kent Music Report) album chart on 26 September 1983. The Jim Steinman-written and produced track "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" was released as a single and is Air Supply's last top 10 hit in the United States, peaking at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album was eventually certified 5x platinum in the US, denoting shipments of five million copies.
Background
British-Australian soft rock group Air Supply had been formed in Melbourne in 1975 by vocalists Russell Hitchcock and Graham Russell. By the late 1970s, they were based in the United States. Their compilation album Greatest Hits was issued by Arista Records in August 1983, which included the new track "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" released as a single in July 1983.
Reception
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Track listing
- "Lost in Love" (Graham Russell) – 3:51
- "Even the Nights Are Better" (Kenneth Bell, Terry Skinner, Jerry Lee Wallace) – 3:57
- "The One That You Love" (Russell) – 4:17
- "Every Woman in the World" (Dominic Bugatti, Frank Musker) – 3:29
- "Chances" (Russell) – 3:32
- "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" (Jim Steinman) – 5:15
- "All Out of Love" (Clive Davis, Russell) – 4:01
- "Here I Am (Just When I Thought I Was Over You)" (Norman Sallitt) – 3:46
- "Sweet Dreams" (Russell) – 5:19
Personnel
Credits (tracks 1–5, 7–9)
- 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)
Credits (track 6 "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
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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Certifications and sales
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada (Music Canada) | 2× Platinum | 200,000^ |
United States (RIAA) | 5× Platinum | 5,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |