Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by
Air Supply
ReleasedAugust 1983
GenrePop rock, soft rock
Length37:27 (CD Edition)
LabelArista
Producer
Air Supply chronology
Now and Forever
(1982)		 Greatest Hits
(1983)		 Ghostbusters: Original Soundtrack Album
(1984)
Singles from Greatest Hits
  1. "Making Love Out of Nothing at All"
    Released: July 1983

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.[1] 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.[2][3] By the late 1970s, they were based in the United States.[2] 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.[2][4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]

Track listing

  1. "Lost in Love" (Graham Russell) – 3:51
  2. "Even the Nights Are Better" (Kenneth Bell, Terry Skinner, Jerry Lee Wallace) – 3:57
  3. "The One That You Love" (Russell) – 4:17
  4. "Every Woman in the World" (Dominic Bugatti, Frank Musker) – 3:29
  5. "Chances" (Russell) – 3:32
  6. "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" (Jim Steinman) – 5:15
  7. "All Out of Love" (Clive Davis, Russell) – 4:01
  8. "Here I Am (Just When I Thought I Was Over You)" (Norman Sallitt) – 3:46
  9. "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

Musicians

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

Certifications and sales

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[10] 2× Platinum 200,000^
United States (RIAA)[11] 5× Platinum 5,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ Kent, David. "Australian Chart Book 1970-1992, published 1993, ISBN 0 646 11917 6 , page 418".
  2. 1 2 3
    • McFarlane (1999). Encyclopedia entry for 'Air Supply'. Retrieved 12 August 2010.
    • McFarlane, Ian (2017). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Air Supply'". The Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. Jenkins, Jeff (Foreword) (2nd ed.). Gisborne, VIC: Third Stone Press. pp. 11–12. ISBN 978-0-9953856-0-3.
  3. ↑ Holmgren, Magnus; Thornton, Mary Ann; Padgett, Chris. "Air Supply". Australian Rock Database. Archived from the original on 3 March 2004. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  4. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Air Supply – Greatest Hits [Arista] Album Reviews, Songs & More". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  5. ↑ Greatest Hits at AllMusic
  6. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 13. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  7. ↑ "Charts.nz – Air Supply – Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  8. ↑ "Air Supply Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  9. ↑ "Top Selling Albums of 1983 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  10. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Air Supply – Greatest Hits". Music Canada. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  11. ↑ "American album certifications – Air Supply – Greatest Hits". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
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