1. Jealous Again - 4:34
 2. Twice as Hard - 4:09
 3. Hard to Handle - 3:08
 4. She Talks to Angels - 5:29
 5. Remedy - 5:24
 6. Sting Me - 4:41
 7. Thorn in My Pride - 6:05
 8. Bad Luck Blue Eyes Goodbye - 6:30
 9. A Conspiracy - 4:46
10. Wiser Time - 5:33
11. Good Friday - 3:52
12. Blackberry - 3:26
13. Stop Kickin' My Heart Around - 3:41
14. Go Faster - 4:03
15. Only a Fool - 3:44
16. By Your Side - 4:28

Jeff Cease - Guitar
Johnny Colt - Bass
Marc Ford - Guitar
Steve Gorman - Drums
Eddie Harsch - Keyboards
Sven Pipien - Bass
Chris Robinson - Vocals
Rich Robinson - Guitar 

At the end of the decade, the Black Crowes parted ways with American/Columbia, which made sense for both parties. The band didn't sell records like they used to, and they preferred to be independent anyway. It wasn't an entirely amicable parting -- the label wouldn't let the band record old songs for an independently released live album -- but as the last album in the contract, the compilation Greatest Hits 1990-1999: A Tribute to a Work in Progress, is a nice addition to the catalog anyway. Basically, the album has every song a casual fan would want ("Jealous Again," "Twice As Hard," "Hard to Handle," "She Talks to Angels," "Remedy," "Sting Me," "Wiser Time," "A Conspiracy," "Kickin' My Heart Around") and is a nice listen for the hardcore. There are several great songs missing and there's perhaps a little bit too much of By Your Side here, but the only glaring omission is "Sometimes Salvation"; so, in other words, it's pretty close to a perfect compilation of that first decade. Gathered like this, the Black Crowes' finest songs are all the more impressive. The band not only sounds tight, but they sound diverse, able to handle full-throttle barroom ravers as easily as folk ballads, soulful vamps, blues, and laid-back Southern rock. Even more impressive, it's easy to see what good songwriters the brothers Robinson are. Yes, they're classicists, cribbing from the Stones and Allman Brothers and everything in between, but they know how to put it all together, write good hooks, and deliver them expertly. Greatest Hits is proof of that, and it's some of the best pure hard rock since the golden age of album rock. ---Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AllMusic Review

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CD1:
01 – Jealous Again
02 – Share The Ride
03 – Remedy
04 – Non-Fiction
05 – Hotel Illness
06 – Soul Singing
07 – Ballad In Urgency
08 – Wiser Time
09 – Cold Boy Smile
10 – Under A Mountain

CD2:
01 – She Talks To Angels
02 – Morning Song
03 – Downtown Money Waster
04 – Good Friday
05 – Thorn In My Pride
06 – Welcome To The Good Times
07 – Girl From A Pawnshop
08 – Sister Luck
09 – She
10 – Bad Luck Blue Eyes Goodbye

Musicians:
    Christopher Robinson – vocals, harp, guitars
    Richard Robinson – guitars, vocals
    Steve Gorman – drums
    Sven Pipien – bass, vocals
    Luther Dickinson – guitars, mandolin, banjo
    Adam MacDougall – keyboards, vocals
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    Joe Magistro – percussion
    Donny Herron – pedal steel, lap steel, banjo, fiddle

To celebrate their 20th anniversary, the Black Crowes decided to revisit several of their staples from the past two decades, giving them acoustic rearrangements. While some of the songs are revised heavily, some are merely given strength by the new setting, not so much because the songs sound better stripped down to bare bones, but because the Crowes are still riding the wave that started with their 2008 comeback Warpaint, retaining the rustic, ragged live vibe of Before the Frost/Until the Freeze. This is the opposite of that live-in-the-studio record, where the band laid down new songs on tape preserving their freshness; instead, this is the sound of seasoned veterans still finding new ways to play old favorites. Naturally, this makes this set the province of diehards, but at two discs, this is a generous, entertaining gift to the fans who have stayed true throughout the years. --- Stephen Thomas Erlewine, allmusic.com

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