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Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (Rod Stewart album)

{{short description|1979 compilation album by Rod Stewart}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2012}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Greatest Hits, Vol. 1

| type = greatest

| artist = Rod Stewart

| cover = Rod Stewart Greatest Hits vol 1.jpg

| alt =

| released = 12 October 1979

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Rock, folk rock, pop, dance

| length =

| label = Warner Bros.

| producer =

| prev_title = Blondes Have More Fun

| prev_year = 1978

| next_title = Foolish Behaviour

| next_year = 1980

}}

Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 is Rod Stewart's 1979 Warner Bros. Records best-of compilation.

{{Album reviews

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{AllMusic|id=mw0000192008}}

| rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide

| rev2Score = B+{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: S|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=S&bk=70|access-date=13 March 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}

| rev3 = Music Week

| rev3score = {{Rating|4|4}}{{Cite magazine|date=November 10, 1979|title=Album Reviews: Rod Stewart — Greatest Hits|magazine=Music Week|page=16|publisher=Pensord Press Ltd.|location=Gwent|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1979/Music-Week-1979-11-10.pdf#page=16|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250222234231/https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1979/Music-Week-1979-11-10.pdf#page=16|archive-date=February 22, 2025|access-date=April 6, 2025|via=WorldRadioHistory.com}}

| rev4 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/rod-stewart/albumguide |title=Rod Stewart: Album Guide | Rolling Stone Music |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=29 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130105161110/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/rod-stewart/albumguide |archive-date=5 January 2013 |url-status=dead }}

}}

Track listing

  1. "Hot Legs" (Rod Stewart, Gary Grainger)
  2. "Maggie May" (Rod Stewart; Martin Quittenton)
  3. "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" (Rod Stewart; Carmine Appice; Duane Wade)
  4. "You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)" (Rod Stewart)
  5. "Sailing" (Gavin Sutherland)
  6. "I Don't Want to Talk About It" (Danny Whitten)
  7. "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" (Rod Stewart)
  8. "The Killing of Georgie (Part I and II)" (Rod Stewart)
  9. "The First Cut Is the Deepest" (Cat Stevens)
  10. "I Was Only Joking" (Rod Stewart; Gary Grainger)

Charts

=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (1979–80)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report){{Cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, NSW|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}

| 1

{{album chart|Austria|17|artist=Rod Stewart|album=Greatest Hits|rowheader=true|access-date=26 January 2022}}
{{album chart|Canada|12|chartid=9468a|rowheader=true|access-date=10 February 2025}}
{{album chart|Netherlands|23|artist=Rod Stewart|album=Greatest Hits|rowheader=true|access-date=26 January 2022}}
{{album chart|New Zealand|1|artist=Rod Stewart|album=Greatest Hits|rowheader=true|access-date=26 January 2022}}
{{album chart|Norway|29|artist=Rod Stewart|album=Greatest Hits|rowheader=true|access-date=26 January 2022}}
{{album chart|Sweden|27|artist=Rod Stewart|album=Greatest Hits|rowheader=true|access-date=26 January 2022}}
{{album chart|UK2|1|date=19791202|rowheader=true|access-date=January 26, 2022}}
{{album chart|Billboard200|22|artist=Rod Stewart|rowheader=true|access-date=January 26, 2022}}

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col" | Chart (1979)

! scope="col" | Position

scope="row" | New Zealand Albums (RMNZ){{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/1979-12-31|title=Top Selling Albums of 1979 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart|publisher=Recorded Music New Zealand|access-date=26 January 2022}}

| 3

scope="col" | Chart (1980)

! scope="col" | Position

{{album chart|Canada|62|chartid=0275|rowheader=true|access-date=10 February 2025|refname=CA_YE}}

Certifications and sales

{{certification Table Top}}

{{certification Table Entry|region=Australia|artist=Rod Stewart|title=Greatest Hits|award=Platinum|number=4|type=album|relyear=1979|certyear=1996|access-date=14 July 2021}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|artist=Rod Stewart|title=Greatest Hits|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1984|certref={{cite web|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Music-and-Media/80s/1986/M&M-1986-12-27.pdf|title=Gold & Platinum Awards 1986|publisher=Music and Media|page=34|date=27 December 1986|access-date=13 September 2020}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|nocert=true|salesamount=100,000|salesref={{cite journal|url=https://memoria.bn.br/DocReader/DocReader.aspx?bib=029670_07&pesq=mil&pasta=ano%20198&hf=memoria.bn.br&pagfis=183717|title=Nem dentro nem fora do brega|journal=O Globo|page=12|date=May 29, 1988|access-date=August 9, 2023|language=pt|first=Deborah|last=Dumar}}}}

{{certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Rod Stewart|title=Greatest hits|award=Platinum|number=2|type=album|relyear=1981|certyear=1982|access-date=17 October 2019}}

{{certification Table Entry|region=Germany|artist=Rod Stewart|title=Greatest Hits|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1979|certyear=1994|access-date=17 October 2019}}

{{certification Table Entry|region=Hong Kong|artist=Rod Stewart|title=Greatest Hits|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=1979|certyear=1980|access-date=17 October 2019}}

{{certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|artist=Rod Stewart|title=Greatest hits|award=Platinum|type=album|id=1979-11-30|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|relyear=1981}}

{{certification Table Entry|region=Switzerland|artist=Rod Stewart|title=Greatest Hits|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1979|certyear=1989|access-date=4 May 2022}}

{{certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Rod Stewart|title=Greatest Hits|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=1979|certyear=1979|access-date=17 October 2019|id=2649-1824-2}}

{{certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Rod Stewart|title=Greatest Hits|award=Platinum|number=3|type=album|relyear=1979|certyear=1979|access-date=17 October 2019}}

{{Certification Table Bottom}}

References

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{{Rod Stewart}}

{{UK Christmas No. 1 albums in the 1970s}}

Category:1979 greatest hits albums

Category:Rod Stewart compilation albums

Category:Warner Records compilation albums

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