The Greatest Hits Collection (Brooks & Dunn album)

The Greatest Hits Collection
Greatest hits album by Brooks & Dunn
Released September 16, 1997
Genre Country
Length 1:00:28
Label Arista Nashville
Producer Various
Brooks & Dunn chronology
Borderline
(1996)Borderline1996		 The Greatest Hits Collection
(1997)		 If You See Her
(1998)If You See Her1998
Singles from The Greatest Hits Collection
  1. "Honky Tonk Truth"
    Released: August 25, 1997
  2. "He's Got You"
    Released: October 20, 1997
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic [1]

The Greatest Hits Collection is the first greatest hits compilation album by the American country music duo Brooks & Dunn. It was released in 1997 (see 1997 in country music) on Arista Nashville, and it chronicles the greatest hits from their first four studio albums: 1991's Brand New Man, 1993's Hard Workin' Man, 1994's Waitin' on Sundown, and 1996's Borderline. The album also includes three new tracks, two of which were released as singles: "Honky Tonk Truth" and "He's Got You", which respectively reached #3 and #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts. In 2004, a sequel, The Greatest Hits Collection II, was released; while the CD version is currently out of print, digital and streaming services such as iTunes, Spotify and Apple Music carry it in their library.

The album was certified 4× Platinum by the RIAA on July 21, 2005.[2] It has sold 4,608,400 copies in the United States as of April 2017.[3]

Artwork

The cover depicts the duo's longhorn symbol in tan yellow on a black background. On the inside, the CD tray shows a bull skull, painted red, white & blue and with a star on the top, which forms the Texas flag. The horns on the skull are still brown. The album even depicts barbwires right next to the skull as well as on the back cover where the track listing is, on the CD, and on the first page of the album's booklet. The same can be found on the out of print 2004 compilation The Greatest Hits Collection II, although the background is white, the typeface is in gold and it is more difficult to see the longhorn symbol and excludes the barbwires and the bull skull.

Track listing

  1. "My Maria" (B.W. Stevenson, Daniel Moore) – 3:28
  2. "Honky Tonk Truth" (Ronnie Dunn, Lonnie Wilson, Kim Williams) – 3:14A
  3. "You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone" (Kix Brooks, Don Cook, Dunn) – 4:52
  4. "Boot Scootin' Boogie" (Dunn) – 3:17
  5. "He's Got You" (Dunn, Terry McBride) – 3:11A
  6. "Hard Workin' Man" (Dunn) – 2:57
  7. "That Ain't No Way to Go" (Brooks, Dunn, Cook) – 3:37
  8. "Rock My World (Little Country Girl)" (Steve O'Brien, Bill LaBounty) – 3:42
  9. "Neon Moon" (Dunn) – 4:21
  10. "Lost and Found" (Brooks, Cook) – 3:47
  11. "She's Not the Cheatin' Kind" (Dunn) – 3:25
  12. "Brand New Man" (Brooks, Dunn, Cook) – 2:59
  13. "Days of Thunder" (Brooks, Paul Nelson) – 3:30B
  14. "We'll Burn That Bridge" (Dunn, Cook) – 2:56
  15. "She Used to Be Mine" (Dunn) – 3:55
  16. "Mama Don't Get Dressed Up for Nothing" (Brooks, Dunn, Cook) – 4:06
  17. "My Next Broken Heart" (Brooks, Dunn, Cook) – 2:55
  18. "Whiskey Under the Bridge" (Brooks, Dunn, Cook) – 2:53
  19. "Little Miss Honky Tonk" (Dunn) – 3:01
  • ANewly recorded tracks.
  • BPreviously Unreleased

Personnel

Brooks & Dunn

Additional Musicians

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1997) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 2
U.S. Billboard 200 4
Canadian RPM Country Albums 1
Canadian RPM Top Albums 15

Singles

Year Single Peak positions
US Country CAN Country
1997 "Honky Tonk Truth" 3 3
"He's Got You" 2 3

References

  1. ↑ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r312757
  2. ↑ "American album certifications – Brooks Dunn – Greatest Hits". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
  3. ↑ Bjorke, Matt (April 18, 2017). "Top Country Catalog Album Sales Chart: April 18, 2017". Roughstock.
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