Greatest Messages
Greatest Messages | ||||
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Sugar Hill/MCA Records SH-9121 | ||||
Producer | Sylvia Inc. | |||
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
The Village Voice | B+[2] |
Greatest Messages is a compilation album release by
Sugar Hill Records hit singles including "The Message". Over half of the tracks were single-only releases prior to this compilation. Singles from Melle Mel
are also on this compilation.
The jacket, labels, and liners of this recording incorrectly pluralize the title as Greatest Message's.
Track listing
US and international edition
- Vinyl LP and Cassette
- "Freedom" – 8:14
- "The Birthday Party" – 5:42
- "Flash to the Beat" – 4:27
- "It's Nasty (Genius of Love)" – 4:20
- "The Message" – 4:44
- "Scorpio" – 4:55
- "Message II (Survival)" – 6:37
- "New York, New York" – 7:24
UK edition
- Vinyl LP
- "The Message"
- "Survival (Message II)"
- "Freedom"
- "Flash to the Beat"
- "Jesse"
- "White Lines"
- "New York, New York"
- "Internationally Known"
- "Birthday Party"
- "Adventures on the Wheels of Steel"
- Cassette
- "The Message"
- "Survival (Message II)"
- "Freedom"
- "Flash to the Beat"
- "Jesse"
- "It's Nasty (Genius of Love)"
- "White Lines"
- "New York, New York"
- "Internationally Known"
- "Birthday Party"
- "Adventures on the Wheels of Steel"
- "Scorpio"
References
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r53310
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Grandmaster Melle Mel and the Furious Five [extended]". The Village Voice. Retrieved February 28, 2018.