Greatest Hits (1983 Air Supply album)

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.

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

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".
    • 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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