Greatest Hits Vol. 16
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| Compilation album by The Donnas | ||||
| Released | July 7, 2009 | |||
| Recorded | 1995–97, 2001, 2003, 2007–09 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, punk rock | |||
| Length | 38:16 | |||
| Label | Purple Feather, RedEye | |||
| Producer | Allison Robertson, Brett Anderson, Maya Ford, Torry Castellano, Jay Ruston, Robert Shimp, Darin Raffaelli | |||
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Greatest Hits Vol. 16 is a compilation album by the American rock band The Donnas, released in 2009 through Purple Feather Records, the band's independent record label. Despite its title, it is neither a greatest hits album nor the sixteenth volume in a series; rather, it is a collection of new material, B-sides, live recordings, previously unreleased tracks, and alternate versions and new recordings of songs from the band's back catalog, which together form a retrospective look at their career. The "Vol. 16" in the title refers to the album being released in the band's sixteenth year, the group having formed in 1993.
The oldest material on the album are the tracks "Teenage Rules" and "I Don't Wanna Break Your Head", which are previously-unreleased outtakes from the recording sessions for the band's debut album, The Donnas (1997). "Teenage Rules" was recorded and produced by Darin Raffaelli, who ghostwrote most of The Donnas' early material and released their first album through his Super*Teem! label. Raffaelli shares writing credit with The Donnas on all eight tracks on the second half of Greatest Hits Vol. 16 and sings lead vocals on "I Wanna Be with a Girl Like You", which is an alternate version of the early Donnas song "A Boy Like You" from their debut single, "High School Yum Yum" (1995). "I Don't Wanna Break Your Head" was recorded and produced by Robert Shimp (producer of 2001's The Donnas Turn 21 and 2002's Spend the Night) and re-mixed by Jay Ruston (who produced 2007's Bitchin'). An alternate version of The Donnas' "Hey I'm Gonna Be Your Girl" is also included on Greatest Hits Vol. 16; this version was also recorded and produced by Shimp and re-mixed by Ruston, as were "I Wanna Be with a Girl Like You" and a re-mixed version of "Play My Game" (the original mix appears on The Donnas Turn 21).
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