Greatest Hits (1983 Air Supply album)

Greatest Hits is a 1983 greatest hits album by Australian soft rock group Air Supply.

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Air Supply
Released	1983
Genre	Pop rock, soft rock
Length	37:27 (CD Edition)
Label	Arista
Producer	Rick Chertoff, Charles Fisher, Harry Maslin, Robie Porter, Jim Steinman, Peter Dawkins
Air Supply chronology
Now and Forever (1982) Greatest Hits (1983) Air Supply (1985)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

It spent one week on top of the Australian (Kent Music Report) album chart on 26 September 1983[2]

The Jim Steinman-written and produced track "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" was released as a single and became Air Supply's last top 10 hit in the United States, peaking at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album sold over 7 million copies in the United States.

Track listings

1. "Lost in Love" - 3:51
2. "Even the Nights Are Better" - 3:57
3. "The One That You Love" - 4:17
4. "Every Woman in the World" - 3:29
5. "Chances" - 3:32
6. "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" (Jim Steinman) (starts Side 2 on LP) - 5:15
7. "All Out of Love"' - 4:01
8. "Here I Am (Just When I Thought I Was Over You)" - 3:46
9. "Sweet Dreams" - 5:19

Chart positions

Chart (1983)	Peak position
Australian Kent Music Report	1
US Billboard 200	7

Personnel

Credits for "Making Love Out of Nothing at All"

Air Supply

• Russell Hitchcock – lead vocals
• Graham Russell – backing vocals

Musicians

• Roy Bittan – acoustic piano, synthesizers, arrangements
• Larry Fast – synthesizers
• Rick Derringer – guitar
• Sid McGinnis – acoustic guitar
• Steve Buslowe – bass
• Max Weinberg – drums
• Jimmy Maelen – percussion
• Jim Steinman – arrangements
• Rory Dodd – additional backing vocals
• Holly Sherwood – additional backing vocals
• Eric Troyer – additional backing vocals

Credits (Tracks 1–5, 7, 8 & 9)

• Russell Hitchcock – lead and backing vocals
• Graham Russell – lead vocals (1, 4, 7), backing vocals (1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9), rhythm guitar (1, 2, 4, 5, 7), acoustic guitar (3, 8, 9)
• David Moyse – lead guitar (1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9), bass (1, 4, 5, 7), backing vocals (1, 4, 5, 7), rhythm guitar (3, 8, 9)
• Rex Goh – lead guitar (2), rhythm guitar (8, 9)
• Frank Esler-Smith – keyboards, orchestrations
• David Green – bass (2, 3, 8, 9)
• Ralph Cooper – drums (1-5, 7, 8, 9)

Production

• Clive Davis – executive producer
• Rick Chertoff – producer (1)
• Charles Fisher – producer (1)
• Robie Porter – producer (1, 4, 5, 7)
• Harry Maslin – producer (2, 3, 4, 8, 9), engineer (2, 3, 8, 9)
• Jim Steinman – producer (6), mixing (6)
• John Jansen – associate producer (6), engineer (6), mixing (6)
• Rod Hui – engineer (6)
• Scott Litt – engineer (6)
• Arthur Payson – engineer (6)
• Dee Rob – engineer (6)
• Neil Dorfsman – mixing (6)
• Greg Calbi – mastering (6)
• Donn Davenport – art direction, design
• Linda Fenimore – illustration
• Don Arden – management

References

1. Greatest Hits at AllMusic
2. Kent, David. "Australian Chart Book 1970-1992, published 1993, ISBN 0 646 11917 6 , page 418".

External links

• Google Music: Air Supply