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Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by the Association
Released	November 1968
Recorded	1966–1968
Genre	Folk; pop; soft rock;
Length	37:30
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Curt Boettcher; Jerry Yester; Bones Howe; The Association;
The Association chronology

Greatest Hits is the first compilation album by the Association, released in 1968 by Warner Bros. Records. The album peaked at #4 on the Billboard 200 album chart. In Canada the album reached #2 and was in the top 10 for 13 weeks. The RIAA certified the album 2× Platinum on June 1, 1989.

The autobiographical tune "Six Man Band", written by Terry Kirkman, was a new song which had also been released as a mono single in July 1968, then appeared in a stereo mix on this album. The version of "Enter the Young" that is on this collection is a re-recording of a track from their first LP. Despite the title, the album does not include the singles "Pandora's Golden Heebie Jeebies" (which charted at #35 in late 1966) or "Looking Glass" (which was a regional hit), using non-hits such as "Like Always" and "We Love Us" instead.

Some recordings on this album were encoded with the Haeco-CSG process.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[3]

Stephen Cook of AllMusic writes, "the majority of this hits collection focuses on the band's dreamy combination of polished folk, limber vocal arrangements, and wide-screen instrumental backdrops" and finishes the review by saying, "A great introduction to the band's prime work from the latter half of the '60s."^[1]

David Bowling reviews the album for Seattle P-I and writes, "No matter what success their albums may have achieved, they will always be remembered for their string of singles. Greatest Hits gathers these singles, plus a few other tracks in support, to form a soft rock and pop album that has withstood the test of time surprisingly well."^[2]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"The Time It Is Today"	Russ Giguere	Birthday (1968)	2:14
2.	"Everything that Touches You"	Terry Kirkman	Birthday	3:19
3.	"Like Always"	Bob Alcivar Tony Ortega Larry Ramos	Birthday	3:04
4.	"Never My Love"	Don Addrisi Dick Addrisi	Insight Out (1967)	3:08
5.	"Requiem for the Masses"	Terry Kirkman	Insight Out	4:05
6.	"Along Comes Mary"	Tandyn Almer	And Then... Along Comes the Association (1966)	2:48

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Enter the Young" (re-recorded version)	Terry Kirkman	And Then... Along Comes the Association	2:43
2.	"No Fair at All"	Jim Yester	Renaissance (1966)	2:35
3.	"Time for Livin'"	Don Addrisi Dick Addrisi	Birthday	2:44
4.	"We Love Us" (erroneously listed as "We Love")	Ted Bluechel	Insight Out	2:22
5.	"Cherish"	Terry Kirkman	And Then... Along Comes the Association	3:24
6.	"Windy"	Ruthann Friedman	Insight Out	2:53
7.	"Six Man Band"	Terry Kirkman	WB single 7229	2:11
Total length:				37:30