Hits! is a compilation album by Boz Scaggs, first released in 1980. It focuses primarily on material released in 1976 and 1980. The album has been certified platinum by the RIAA.[1]
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | 1980 | |||
| Length | 42:47 64:56 (2006 re-release) | |||
| Label | Columbia, Legacy Records | |||
| Producer | Johnny Bristol, Joe Wissert, Bill Schnee, Glyn Johns, David Foster | |||
| Boz Scaggs chronology | ||||
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| Hits! | ||||
 2006 re-issued cover (Legacy Records) | ||||
| Singles from Hits! | ||||
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Reception edit
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| AllMusic |   [2] |
In a retrospective review by Jason Elias for AllMusic, he criticized the album's lack of comprehensiveness, particularly the omission of "What Can I Say". Elias deemed that the later release My Time: A Boz Scaggs Anthology makes Hits! completely redundant.[2]
Track listing edit
- "Lowdown" (Boz Scaggs, David Paich) – 4:27
- "You Make It So Hard (to Say No)" (Scaggs) – 3:32
- "Miss Sun" (Paich) – 5:33
- "Lido Shuffle" (Scaggs, Paich) – 3:41
- "We're All Alone" (Scaggs) – 4:11
- "Breakdown Dead Ahead" (Scaggs, David Foster) – 4:01
- "Look What You've Done to Me" (Scaggs, Foster) – 5:17
- "Jojo" (Scaggs, Foster, David Lasley) – 4:06
- "Dinah Flo" (Scaggs) – 3:03
- "You Can Have Me Anytime" (Scaggs, Foster) – 4:56
The Australian release of Hits! replaced Track 9 "Dinah Flo" with "What Can I Say" (B. Scaggs, D. Paich).
Re-release edit
In 2006 Hits! was re-released with additional tracks and a new cover.
- "What Can I Say" (Scaggs, Paich)
- "Jojo" (Scaggs, Foster, Lasley)
- "Miss Sun" [Long Version] (Paich)
- "Hard Times" (Scaggs)
- "Slow Dancer" (Scaggs, George Daly)
- "Harbor Lights" (Scaggs)
- "Dinah Flo" (Scaggs)
- "Look What You've Done to Me" (Scaggs, Foster)
- "Breakdown Dead Ahead" (Scaggs, Foster)
- "You Make It So Hard (To Say No)" (Scaggs)
- "It's Over" (Scaggs, Paich)
- "We're All Alone" (Scaggs)
- "Heart of Mine" (Bobby Caldwell, Dennis Matkosky, Jason Scheff)
- "Lowdown" (Scaggs, Paich)
- "Lido Shuffle" (Scaggs, Paich)
Personnel edit
"Lowdown"
- Boz Scaggs – lead vocals
- David Paich – keyboards, strings and horns arrangements
- Fred Tackett – guitar, guitar solo
- Louie Shelton – guitar
- David Hungate – bass
- Jeff Porcaro – drums
- Carolyn Willis – background vocals
- Marty McCall – background vocals
- Jim Gilstrap – background vocals
- Augie Johnson – background vocals
"You Make It So Hard (to Say No)
- Boz Scaggs – lead vocals, guitar
- James Gadson – drums
- James Jamerson – bass guitar
- Joe Sample, Clarence McDonald – keyboards
- David T. Walker, Dennis Coffey, Wah Wah Watson – guitar
- Carolyn Willis, Julia Tillman Wate, Lorna Willard, Myrna Matthew, Pat Henderson - background vocals
- H.B. Barnum - string arrangements, conductor
"Miss Sun"
- Boz Scaggs – lead vocals
- Jeff Porcaro – drums, percussion
- David Paich – keyboards, moog bass, synthesizers
- Steve Lukather – guitar
- Steve Porcaro – synthesizers
- Lisa Dal Bello – vocals
"Lido Shuffle"
- Boz Scaggs – lead vocals, guitar
- David Paich – keyboards, horns arrangements, synthesizers solo
- Jeff Porcaro – drums
- David Hungate – bass guitar
- Fred Tackett – guitar
"We're All Alone"
- Boz Scaggs – lead vocal
- Jeff Porcaro – drums
- David Hungate – bass guitar
- David Paich – keyboards, strings and horns arrangements
"Breakdown Dead Ahead"
- Rick Marotta – drums
- Boz Scaggs – lead vocals, guitar
- David Foster – keyboards
- Don Grolnick – electric piano
- Lenny Castro – percussion
- David Hungate – bass
- Steve Lukather – guitar, guitar solo
- Ray Parker Jr. – guitar
- Paulette Brown, Venetta Fields, Bill Thedford – background vocals
"Look What You've Done To Me"
- David Foster – keyboards, strings and horns arrangements
- Don Felder, Steve Lukather – guitar
- Mike Porcaro – bass guitar
- Jeff Porcaro – drums
- Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Timothy B. Schmit, background vocals
"JoJo"
- Boz Scaggs – lead vocals, guitar
- David Foster – keyboards, synthesizer, strings arrangements
- Jerry Hey – horns arrangements
- Ray Parker Jr., Steve Lukather – guitar
- John Pierce – bass guitar
- Jeff Porcaro – drums
- Lenny Castro – percussion
- Adrian Tapia – saxophone solo
- David Lasley, Sharon Redd, Charlotte Crossley – background vocals
"Dinah Flo"
- Boz Scaggs – vocals, electric guitar
- Barry Beckett – piano
- Pete Carr – electric guitar
- Charles Chalmers – saxophone, background vocals
- Sandra Chalmers – background vocals
- Roger Hawkins – drums
- Eddie Hinton – acoustic guitar
- David Hood – bass guitar
- Clayton Ivey – organ, keyboards
- Jimmy Johnson – electric guitar
- Donna Rhodes – background vocals
- Muscle Shoals Horns – horns, horns arrangements
"You Can Have Me Anytime"
- Boz Scaggs – lead vocal
- David Foster – piano, synthesizers
- David Hungate – bass
- Marty Paich – strings arrangements
- Jeff Porcaro – drums
- Carlos Santana – guitar solo
Production
- Boz Scaggs – producer
- Johnny Bristol – producer
- David Foster – producer
- Roy Halee – engineer, producer
- Joe Wissert – producer
- Tom Perry – engineer
- Al Schmitt – engineer
- Bill Schnee – engineer, producer
- Greg Venable – engineer
- Mike Reese – mastering
- Lois Walker – mastering
Charts edit
Weekly charts edit
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Year-end charts edit
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References edit
- ^ "RIAA – Searchable Database: Boz Scaggs". Retrieved April 23, 2021.
- ^ a b Elias, Jason. Hits! at AllMusic. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 266. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Charts.nz – Boz Scaggs – Hits!". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
- ^ "Boz Scaggs Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
- ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1981". Billboard. Retrieved October 30, 2021.