Greatest Hits (Clint Black album)

Greatest Hits
Compilation album by Clint Black
Released September 24, 1996
Genre Country
Length 57:45
Label RCA Records
Producer James Stroud, Clint Black
Clint Black chronology
Looking for Christmas
(1995)Looking for Christmas1995		 Greatest Hits
(1996)		 Nothin' but the Taillights
(1997)Nothin' but the Taillights1997
Singles from Greatest Hits
  1. "Like the Rain"
    Released: September 2, 1996
  2. "Half Way Up"
    Released: November 18, 1996

Greatest Hits is a 1996 compilation album by country singer Clint Black. It compiles twelve hit songs from his first five albums. It also includes four new tracks: the singles "Like the Rain" and "Half Way Up", as well as "Cadillac Jack Favor" and a live cover of the Eagles' "Desperado". Black had originally covered this song in 1993 for the album, Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles.

The compilation was a commercial and critical success, currently certified at double platinum by the RIAA.

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Track listing

All tracks written by All songs written by Clint Black/Hayden Nicholas except where noted..

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Like the Rain" 4:25
2."Summer's Comin'" 2:47
3."A Good Run of Bad Luck" 2:42
4."State of Mind"Black3:53
5."A Bad Goodbye" (Duet with Wynonna Judd)Black3:40
6."A Better Man" 3:04
7."Killin' Time" 2:48
8."We Tell Ourselves" 4:38
9."Half Way Up" 3:58
10."Burn One Down"Black, Nicholas, Frankie Miller3:49
11."Cadillac Jack Favor" (Based on rodeo star Jack Favor) 3:36
12."Put Yourself in My Shoes"Black, Nicholas, Shake Russell3:14
13."Wherever You Go" 4:13
14."Life Gets Away"Black, Nicholas, Thom Schuyler2:56
15."No Time to Kill" 4:00
16."Desperado" (Live in San Antonio, Texas)Glenn Frey, Don Henley4:02

Personnel

Charts

Album

Chart (1996) Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 2
U.S. Billboard 200 12
Canadian RPM Country Albums 5
Canadian RPM Top Albums 81

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions
US Country CAN Country CAN AC
1996 "Like the Rain" 1 1 47
"Half Way Up" 6 4 -

References

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