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Greatest Hits by  ReleasedNovember 1976RecordedDecember 1969–October 1976   Length43:42        chronology
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Greatest Hits is the first compilation album by American singer-songwriter . Released in November 1976. To this day, it is the best-selling album of his career.

The album took place in the context of Taylor's end of his recording contract with . It features redone versions of "" and "", both of which had been previously included on  in 1968. It also includes a previously unavailable live version of "".

The album did not rise higher than #23 on the  on its original release. However it became a steady seller for many years, and Greatest Hits has sold over 11,000,000 copies certifying it as a Platinum album eleven times over, and a diamond album once (for 10 million copies).

In August 2012, the album re-entered the  at #15, which gave the album a new peak.

Reception Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingC3.5/5

 William Ruhlmann gave the album a positive review, writing for  that it constitutes a "reasonable collection for an artist who wasn't particularly well-defined by his singles. While cautioning that the release didn't quite show the "evolution" of Taylor's songwriting, he stated that it remains "a good sampler" of the artist's early work.

Track listing

All songs were written by James Taylor except where noted.

Side 1 "" (1976 Version) – 3:14 "" (1976 Version) – 4:00 "" – 3:26 "" – 2:55 "" – 3:26 "" () – 4:33 Side 2 "" – 2:39 "" – 3:36 "" () – 3:39 "" – 3:01 "" – 4:01 "" (Live) – 5:19