Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (Rare Essence album)

Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (also titled as The Essence of Rare Essence: Greatest Hits Vol. 1) is a greatest hits album by Washington, D.C.-based go-go band Rare Essence. The album was released on December 12, 1995, and consist of a compilation of ten songs from their previously released studio and live albums, including "Work the Walls", "Do the Mickey", "Body Moves", and "Do You Know What Time It Is".

Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
Greatest hits album by Rare Essence
Released	December 12, 1995
Studio	Sigma Sound Studios, Bias Studios
Genre	Go-go hip-hop funk
Length	54:25
Label	Sounds of the Capital
Producer	Jim Robeson Peter Humphreys
Rare Essence chronology
So What You Want? (1995) Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (1995) Get Your Freak On (1995)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The Washington Post	(favorable)

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Body Moves"	Rare Essence	5:09
2.	"Back Up Against the Wall"	Rare Essence	6:20
3.	"Shoo-Be-Do-Wop"	Rare Essence	4:05
4.	"Umm Umm Good" (featuring Chuck Brown)	Rare Essence	5:36
5.	"Do You Know What Time It Is?"	Moe Dewese	4:58
6.	"Work the Walls"	Derek Floyd	4:29
7.	"Lock It"	Micheal Neal J. Karen Thomas	5:52
8.	"Do the Mickey"	Rare Essence	5:58
9.	"One on One"	Rare Essence	7:35
10.	"Holy Ghost"	James Banks Eddie Marion Henderson Thigpen	4:23
Total length:			54:25

Personnel

• Charles "Shorty Corleone" Garris – vocals
• Andre "Whiteboy" Johnson – electric guitar, vocals
• Michael "Funky Ned" Neal – bass guitar
• Donnell Floyd – vocals, saxophone
• Kent Wood – keyboards
• Milton "Go-Go Mickey" Freeman – congas, percussion
• Derick Paige – trumpet, vocals

External links

• Rare Essence Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 at Discogs