Greatest Hits (Marcia Hines album)

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by
Marcia Hines
ReleasedDecember 1981
Recorded1975–1979
Genre
LabelWizard Records
Marcia Hines chronology
Take It from the Boys
(1981) 		Greatest Hits
(1981) 		Greatest Hits Volume 2
(1982)

Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits album by Australian recording artist, Marcia Hines. It was released in December 1981 and peaked at number 2 on the Australian Kent Music Report in January 1982. This remains Hines’ highest charting album.[1] The chart position of Greatest Hits gave Hines the distinction of being the first Australian female performer to release seven consecutive Top 20 Albums.[2] The back of the LP also said the Hines had sold over 600,000 copies of her first five albums and had accrued 11 platinum awards in Australia alone.

Track listing

Side A

  1. “From the Inside” (new version)(3:56)
  2. “Shining” (3:42)
  3. “Something's Missing (In My Life)” (4:36)
  4. “What I Did For Love” (3:15)
  5. “I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself” (3:06)
  6. “Where Did We Go Wrong” (4:03)
  7. “Fire and Rain” (4:44)
  8. “I Don't Know How To Love Him” (3:46)

Side B

  1. “You” (3:15)
  2. “Don't Let The Grass Grow” (2:58)
  3. “Jumpin' Jack Flash” (new version)(3:13)
  4. “Whatever Goes Around” (2:57)
  5. “Trilogy” (4:19)
  6. “Moments” (3:22)
  7. “Music Is My Life” (2:07)
  8. “Believe In Me” (2:07)
  9. “Empty” (2:34)
  10. “I've Got the Music in Me” (4:12)

Charts

Chart (1982) Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report)[3] 2

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[4] Platinum 50,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ David Kent's "Australian Chart Book 1970-1992" Archived 2016-03-05 at archive.today
  2. ^ "MARCIA HINES". www.milesago.com. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 139. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. ^ "Platinum and Gold Singles 1982". Kent Music Report. 28 February 1983. Retrieved 10 November 2021 – via Imgur.