# Greatest Hits (1983 Air Supply album)

Greatest Hits or Air Supply Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by British-Australian soft rock duo Air Supply, released in August 1983. It spent one week on top of the Australian (Kent Music Report) album chart and reached number seven on the Billboard 200. The Jim Steinman-written and produced track "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" had been released in July as a single. It is Air Supply's last top 10 hit in the United States, peaking at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" also reached top 10 in Canada and South Africa. The album was certified 5× platinum in 1993 in the US, denoting shipments of five million copies.

## Background

British-Australian soft rock group Air Supply had been formed in Melbourne in 1975 by vocalists Russell Hitchcock and Graham Russell. By the late 1970s, they were based in the United States. The duo had released seven studio albums, Air Supply (1976), The Whole Thing's Started, Love & Other Bruises (both 1977), Life Support (1979), Lost in Love (1980), The One That You Love (1981) and Now and Forever (1982). Their compilation album Greatest Hits or Air Supply Greatest Hits was issued on vinyl by EMI Records in Australia and Arista Records in the United States in August 1983. Each included a new track "Making Love Out of Nothing at All", released as a single a month earlier. The EMI version had 13 tracks with "Love and Other Bruises", "Bring out the Magic", "Two Less Lonely People in the World" and "Now and Forever" not included on the 9-track Arista version.

## Reception

Professional ratings :
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic reviewed the 1988 Arista Records version of Greatest Hits and rated it at four-out-of-five starts, "[it's] all that most Air Supply fans need, at least casual fans, but even the hardcore followers are sure to like having such a concentrated dose of hits in one package." Australian writer Glenn A. Baker described how they used their "undeniably American laid-back style" to provide "six Stateside top ten hits", which are included on this compilation. He considered the songs' writers, aside from band member Graham Russell, who "continued to pen excellent commercial songs, outside hitwriters (such as Lee Greenwood and the legendary Howie Greenfield) were also engaged to keep the hits flowing."

## Track listing

All tracks are written by Graham Russell, unless otherwise noted
Greatest Hits Arista Records (AL8-8024)
* "Lost in Love" – 3:51
* "Even the Nights Are Better" – 3:57
* "The One That You Love" – 4:17
* "Every Woman in the World" – 3:29
* "Chances" – 3:32
* "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" – 5:15
* "All Out of Love" – 4:01
* "Here I Am" – 3:46
* "Sweet Dreams" – 5:19

## Personnel

Credits (tracks 1-5, 7-9)
* Russell Hitchcock – lead vocals, backing vocals
* Graham Russell – lead vocals (1, 4, 7), backing vocals (1, 3, 4, 7-9), rhythm guitar (1, 2, 4, 5, 7), acoustic guitar (3, 8, 9)
* Frank Esler-Smith – keyboards, orchestrations
* David Moyse – lead guitar (1, 3-5, 7-9), 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)
* David Green – bass (2, 3, 8, 9)
* Ralph Cooper – drums (1-5, 7-9)
Credits (track 6 "Making Love Out of Nothing at All")
Air Supply
* Russell Hitchcock – lead vocals
* Graham Russell – backing vocals
Musicians
* Roy Bittan – acoustic piano, synthesisers, arrangements
* Larry Fast – synthesisers
* Rick Derringer – guitars
* 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

### Production

* Clive Davis – executive producer
* Rick Chertoff – producer (1)
* Charles Fisher – producer (1)
* Robie Porter – producer (1, 4, 5, 7)
* Harry Maslin – producer (2-4, 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

## Certifications and sales

| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
| Canada (Music Canada) | 2× Platinum | 200,000$^^$ |
| United States (RIAA) | 5× Platinum | 5,000,000$^^$ |
| $^^$ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |||