# Real Life Hits

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{{Infobox album
| name         = Real Life Hits
| type         = Album
| artist       = [Gary Burton](/source/Gary_Burton) Quartet
| cover        = Real Life Hits.jpg
| alt          = 
| released     = March 1985<ref>{{cite web|title=Real Life |url=https://www.ecmrecords.com/shop/143038751135/real-life-hits-gary-burton-quartet
|website=[ECM](/source/ECM_Records) }}</ref>
| recorded     = November 1984
| studio       = Tonstudio Bauer<br>[Ludwigsburg](/source/Ludwigsburg), [W. Germany](/source/W._Germany)
| venue        = 
| genre        = [Jazz](/source/Jazz)
| length       = 50:15
| label        = [ECM](/source/ECM_Records)<br>ECM 1293
| producer     = [Manfred Eicher](/source/Manfred_Eicher)
| chronology   = [Gary Burton](/source/Gary_Burton)
| prev_title   = [Lyric Suite for Sextet](/source/Lyric_Suite_for_Sextet)
| prev_year    = 1983
| next_title   = [Slide Show](/source/Slide_Show_(album))
| next_year    = 1986
}}

'''''Real Life Hits''''' is an album by the [Gary Burton](/source/Gary_Burton) Quartet, recorded in November 1984 and released on [ECM](/source/ECM_Records) March the following year.<ref name="ECM discography">[http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1200/1293.php ECM discography] accessed September 19, 2011</ref> The quartet features the rhythm section of [Makoto Ozone](/source/Makoto_Ozone), [Steve Swallow](/source/Steve_Swallow) and  Michael Hyman.

== Reception ==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/>
| rev2 = ''[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings](/source/The_Penguin_Guide_to_Jazz_Recordings)''
| rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings](/source/The_Penguin_Guide_to_Jazz) |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=[Penguin](/source/Penguin_Books) |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=204}}</ref>
}}
The [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) review by [Scott Yanow](/source/Scott_Yanow) stated, "The appealing group sound and the spontaneous yet tight ensembles and solos make this a worthwhile acquisition."<ref name="Allmusic">Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/real-life-hits-r151546 Allmusic Review] accessed September 19, 2011</ref>

==Track listing ==
# "Syndrome" ([Carla Bley](/source/Carla_Bley)) – 6:19
# "The Beatles" ([John Scofield](/source/John_Scofield)) – 6:46
# "Fleurette Africaine" ([Duke Ellington](/source/Duke_Ellington)) – 7:04
# "Ladies in Mercedes" ([Steve Swallow](/source/Steve_Swallow)) – 6:21
# "Real Life Hits" (Carla Bley) – 8:36
# "I Need You Here" ([Makoto Ozone](/source/Makoto_Ozone)) – 8:46
# "Ivanushka Durachok"{{efn|Ivanushka Durachok is an archetypal Russian [Ivan the Fool](/source/Ivan_the_Fool)}}  ({{ill|German Lukyanov|ru|Лукьянов, Герман Константинович}}) – 6:23

== Personnel ==
* [Gary Burton](/source/Gary_Burton) – [vibraphone](/source/vibraphone)
* [Makoto Ozone](/source/Makoto_Ozone) – piano
* [Steve Swallow](/source/Steve_Swallow) – bass guitar
* Mike Hyman – drums

==Notes==
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== References ==
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Category:ECM Records albums
Category:Gary Burton albums
Category:Albums produced by Manfred Eicher
Category:1985 albums

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