Greatest Messages

{{Infobox album

| name = Greatest Messages

| type = compilation

| artist = Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

| cover = Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five - Greatest Messages.jpg

| alt =

| released = January 1, 1984

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Hip-hop, funk

| length =

| label = Sugar Hill/MCA Records
SH-9121

| producer = Sylvia Inc.

| prev_title = Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five

| prev_year = 1983

| next_title = They Said It Couldn't Be Done

| next_year = 1985

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r53310|pure_url=yes}}

| rev2 = The Village Voice

| rev2Score = B+{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist2.php?id=1963|title=Grandmaster Melle Mel and the Furious Five [extended]|newspaper=The Village Voice|access-date=February 28, 2018}}

| rev3 = Sounds

| rev3Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Rouse |first=Rose |title=Grandmater Flash and the Furious Five: Greatest Messages |date=30 June 1984 |magazine=Sounds |page=37}}

}}

Greatest Messages is a compilation album release by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five (On the Strength is their official second album). It was released in January 1984, and it is a compilation of their 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