It includes hits from their first four studio albums, as well as the newly recorded "It Takes a Woman", "I Need You All the Time" and "Ships of Heaven".

"Ships of Heaven", written by guitarist Van Stephenson, centers around a person who is dying but has lived a full life and therefore does not want his loved ones to "cry for" him when he is gone.

[1] After recording, Blackhawk lead singer Henry Paul stated that he believed the song was "absolutely amazing" and "probably the best thing [the band has] ever put on tape".

[3] Giving the album four stars out of five, Maria Dinoia of Allmusic said that Greatest Hits played out like a tribute to Stephenson.

He also considered the three new songs inferior in quality to their early work, especially "Ships of Heaven" and "It Takes a Woman", which he referred to as "uninteresting ballads".