Greatest Messages

Greatest Messages is a compilation album release by Grandmaster Flash & 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.

Greatest Messages
Compilation album by
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
ReleasedJanuary 1, 1984
GenreHip-hop, funk
LabelSugar Hill/MCA Records
SH-9121
ProducerSylvia Inc.
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five chronology
The Message
(1982)		 Greatest Messages
(1984)		 They Said It Couldn't Be Done
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Village VoiceB+[2]

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
  1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r53310
  2. Christgau, Robert. "Grandmaster Melle Mel and the Furious Five [extended]". The Village Voice. Retrieved February 28, 2018.


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