Greatest Hits (Cat Stevens album)

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Cat Stevens
Released	20 June 1975
Genre	Folk rock soft rock
Length	39:16
Label	A&M (US, Canada, Japan) Island (UK, Europe, Australia)
Producer	Cat Stevens, Paul Samwell-Smith
Cat Stevens chronology
The View from the Top (1975) Greatest Hits (1975) Morning Has Broken (1981)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B−[2]

Greatest Hits is a 1975 compilation album by British singer-songwriter Cat Stevens. It reached No. 2 in the UK Albums Chart and peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard 200. Though made up mostly of tracks from his five previous studio albums, Cat Stevens' Greatest Hits did contain one new song, "Two Fine People", which was also released as a single in 1975, and the previous non-album single, "Another Saturday Night". Those singles charted at No. 33 and No. 6, respectively, on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

Track listing

All tracks by Cat Stevens, unless otherwise noted.

Side one

1. "Wild World" – 3:22
2. "Oh Very Young" – 2:34
3. "Can't Keep It In" – 2:59
4. "Hard Headed Woman" – 3:49
5. "Moonshadow" – 2:49
6. "Two Fine People" – 3:33

Side two

1. "Peace Train" – 4:13
2. "Ready" – 3:16
3. "Father and Son" – 3:41
4. "Sitting" – 3:13
5. "Morning Has Broken" (Eleanor Farjeon) – 3:18
6. "Another Saturday Night" (Sam Cooke) – 2:29

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1975–77) Peak position Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[3] 41 Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[4] 1 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[5] 11 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[6] 6 Italian Albums (Musica e Dischi)[7] 15 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[8] 10 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[9] 14 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[10] 5 UK Albums (OCC)[11] 2 US Billboard 200[12] 6

Year-end charts Chart (1975) Position UK Albums (OCC)[13] 21 Chart (1976) Position German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[14] 7 Chart (1977) Position German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[15] 17

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI)[16]	2× Platinum	1,000,000^^
Sweden	—	150,000[17]
United Kingdom (BPI)[18]	Gold	100,000^^
United States (RIAA)[19]	4× Platinum	4,000,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Notes

1. Greatest Hits at AllMusic
2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 13 March 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 293. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
4. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 4046". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
5. Pennanen, Timo (2021). "Cat STEVENS". Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 (PDF). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 246. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
6. "Offiziellecharts.de – Cat Stevens – Greatest Hits" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
7. "Classifiche". Musica e dischi (in Italian). Retrieved 18 June 2022. Set "Tipo" on "Album". Then, with "Greatest hits" in the "Titolo" field and "Cat Stevens" in "Artista", click "cerca".
8. "Charts.nz – Cat Stevens – Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
9. "Norwegiancharts.com – Cat Stevens – Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
10. "Swedishcharts.com – Cat Stevens – Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
11. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
12. "Cat Stevens Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
13. "Top Selling Albums For 1975" (PDF). Music Week. 27 December 1975. p. 10. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2021 – via worldradiohistory.com.
14. "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. 1976. Archived from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
15. "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
16. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Cat Stevens; 'Greatest Hits')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
17. Newman, Melinda (11 December 1975). "Stockholm Group". Billboard. p. S-14. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
18. "British album certifications – Cat Stevens – Greatest Hits". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
19. "American album certifications – Cat Stevens – Cat Stevens Greatest Hits". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 7 June 2019.