Greatest Messages

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Greatest Messages
Sugar Hill/MCA Records
SH-9121
ProducerSylvia Inc.
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five chronology
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
(1983)
Greatest Messages
(1984)
They Said It Couldn't Be Done
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic
[1]
The Village VoiceB+[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
  1. "Freedom" – 8:14
  2. "The Birthday Party" – 5:42
  3. "Flash to the Beat" – 4:27
  4. "It's Nasty (Genius of Love)" – 4:20
  5. "The Message" – 4:44
  6. "Scorpio" – 4:55
  7. "Message II (Survival)" – 6:37
  8. "New York, New York" – 7:24

UK edition

Vinyl LP
  1. "The Message"
  2. "Survival (Message II)"
  3. "Freedom"
  4. "Flash to the Beat"
  5. "Jesse"
  6. "White Lines"
  7. "New York, New York"
  8. "Internationally Known"
  9. "Birthday Party"
  10. "Adventures on the Wheels of Steel"
Cassette
  1. "The Message"
  2. "Survival (Message II)"
  3. "Freedom"
  4. "Flash to the Beat"
  5. "Jesse"
  6. "It's Nasty (Genius of Love)"
  7. "White Lines"
  8. "New York, New York"
  9. "Internationally Known"
  10. "Birthday Party"
  11. "Adventures on the Wheels of Steel"
  12. "Scorpio"

References

  1. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r53310
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Grandmaster Melle Mel and the Furious Five [extended]". The Village Voice. Retrieved February 28, 2018.