* compilation *
Recorded: 1969-73 1, 1969-81 2
Charted: Dec. 1, 1973 1
Released: May 23, 2000 2
1 Singles 1969-1973
2Singles 1969-1981
Rating:
Genre: AC
Quotable:
“Masters of soft rock” – Blender Magazine
Album Tracks: 1 *
- We’ve Only Just Begun
- Top of the World
- Ticket to Ride
- Superstar
- Rainy Days and Mondays
- Goodbye to Love >
- Yesterday Once More
- It’s Going to Take Some Time
- Sing
- For All We Know
- Hurting Each Other
- They Long to Be Close to You
* See Notes regarding 1969-1981 collection.
Sales: 1
7 million
300,000
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7.3 million
Peak: 1
1 1
1 17
Singles/Hit Songs: *
- Ticket to Ride (12/27/69) #54 US, #19 AC
- They Long to Be Close to You (6/13/70) #1 US, #6 UK, #1 AC. Sales: ½ million
- We’ve Only Just Begun (9/12/70) #2 US, #28 UK, #1 AC. Sales: ½ million. Airplay: 4 million
- For All We Know (2/6/71) #3 US, #1 AC. Sales: ½ million. Airplay: 3 million
- Rainy Days and Mondays (5/15/71) #2 US, #1 AC. Sales: ½ million
- Superstar (9/4/71) #2 US, #1 AC. Sales: ½ million. Airplay: 2 million
- Hurting Each Other (1/15/72) #2 US, #1 AC. Sales: ½ million
- It’s Going to Take Some Time (4/29/72) #12 US, #2 AC
- Goodbye to Love (7/15/72) #7 US, #2 AC
- Sing (2/24/73) #2 US, #1 AC. Sales: ½ million. Airplay: 1 million
- Yesterday Once More (6/2/73) #2 US, #1 AC. Sales: ½ million
- Top of the World (10/6/73) #1 US, #2 AC. Sales: ½ million
- I Won’t Last a Day without You * (4/13/74) #11 US, #1 AC
- Please Mr. Postman * (11/23/74) #1 US, #1 AC. Sales: 1 million
- Only Yesterday * (3/29/75) #4 US, #1 AC
- I Need to Be in Love * (6/12/76) #25 US, #1 AC
- All You Get from Love Is a Song * (5/21/77) #35 US, #4 AC
- I Believe You * (11/18/78) #68 US, #9 AC
- Touch Me When We’re Dancing * (6/20/81) #16 US, #1 AC. Airplay: 2 million
- Those Good Old Dreams * (12/12/81) #63 US, #21 AC
* Songs marked by an asterisk were added to 2000 reissue. See Notes.
Notes: * These songs, as well as a reprise of “For All We Know,” were added to a 2000 reissue retitled Singles 1969-1981.
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