The Greatest Hits is the first compilation album by country singer Clint Black. It compiles 12 hit songs from his first five albums. It also includes four new recordings: 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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Released | September 24, 1996 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 57:45 | |||
Label | RCA Nashville | |||
Producer | James Stroud, Clint Black | |||
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All tracks are written by Clint Black and Hayden Nicholas except where noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Like the Rain" | 4:22 | |
2. | "Summer's Comin'" | 2:47 | |
3. | "A Good Run of Bad Luck" | 2:42 | |
4. | "State of Mind" | Black | 3:53 |
5. | "A Bad Goodbye" (duet with Wynonna Judd) | Black | 3:40 |
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 Miller | 3:49 |
11. | "Cadillac Jack Favor" (based on rodeo star Jack Favor) | 3:36 | |
12. | "Put Yourself in My Shoes" | Black, Nicholas, Shake Russell | 3:14 |
13. | "Wherever You Go" | 4:13 | |
14. | "Life Gets Away" | Black, Nicholas, Thom Schuyler | 2:56 |
15. | "No Time to Kill" | 4:00 | |
16. | "Desperado" (live in San Antonio, Texas) | Glenn Frey, Don Henley | 4:02 |
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Released | October 30, 2001 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 65:08 | |||
Label | RCA Nashville | |||
Producer | Original recordings produced by Clint Black and James Stroud | |||
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Greatest Hits II is the second compilation album by American country music singer Clint Black, released on October 30, 2001. It was his last release for RCA Nashville.
Like his first Greatest Hits volume, it compiles 12 hit songs from his previous albums and adds four new recordings: the romantic duet "Easy for Me to Say" (his second duet with wife Lisa Hartman Black), "Little Pearl and Lily's Lullaby" (a song for their then-newborn daughter), the country-rocker "Money or Love", and a newly recorded "blues version" of "Put Yourself in My Shoes". Also included is the long version of Black's 1997 duet with Martina McBride, "Still Holding On", which was the B-side of that single.
All songs written by Clint Black and Hayden Nicholas except where noted.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "The Shoes You're Wearing" | 3:57 | |
2. | "Nothin' but the Taillights" | Black, Wariner | 3:57 |
3. | "Nothing's News" | Black | 3:04 |
4. | "Walkin' Away" | Black, Nicholas, Dick Gay | 2:51 |
5. | "When My Ship Comes In" | 3:37 | |
6. | "Something That We Do" | Black, Skip Ewing | 4:00 |
7. | "When I Said I Do" (duet with Lisa Hartman Black) | Black | 4:30 |
8. | "Been There" (duet with Steve Wariner) | Black, Wariner | 5:36 |
9. | "Still Holding On" (duet with Martina McBride (long version)) | Black, Matraca Berg, Marty Stuart | 4:53 |
10. | "Nobody's Home" | Black | 3:31 |
11. | "One More Payment" | Black, Nicholas, Shake Russell | 2:14 |
12. | "One Emotion" | 2:44 | |
13. | "Easy for Me to Say" (duet with Lisa Hartman Black) | 5:38 | |
14. | "Little Pearl and Lily's Lullaby" | Black | 4:54 |
15. | "Money or Love" | Black | 4:15 |
16. | "Put Yourself in My Shoes" (blues version) | Black, Nicholas, Russell | 5:24 |