Greatest Hits (Joe Diffie album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Greatest Hits
| type = greatest
| artist = Joe Diffie
| cover = Diffiehits.jpg
| alt =
| released = June 9, 1998
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Country
| length = 42:09
| label = Epic
| producer = Johnny Slate
Bob Montgomery
Don Cook
Lonnie Wilson
Joe Diffie
| prev_title = Twice Upon a Time
| prev_year = 1997
| next_title = A Night to Remember
| next_year = 1999
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Greatest Hits
| type = studio
| single1 = Texas Size Heartache
| single1date = March 23, 1998
| single2 = Poor Me
| single2date = September 1998
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r352910|pure_url=yes}} link]
| noprose = yes
}}
Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits package released by American country music artist Joe Diffie. Released in 1998 on Epic Records, it contains the biggest hit singles from his first five studio albums, as well as three new tracks ("Poor Me", "Texas Size Heartache", and "Hurt Me All the Time"), of which the first two were released as singles.
Don Cook and Lonnie Wilson produced the new recordings.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline =
| total length =
| title1 = Third Rock from the Sun
| writer1 = Sterling Whipple, Tony Martin, John Greenebaum
| note1 = radio edit
| length1 = 2:48
| title2 = John Deere Green
| writer2 = Dennis Linde
| length2 = 4:34
| title3 = Texas Size Heartache
| writer3 = Zack Turner, Lonnie Wilson
| length3 = 2:41
| title4 = Ships That Don't Come In
| writer4 = Paul Nelson, Dave Gibson
| length4 = 3:39
| title5 = Pickup Man
| writer5 = Howard Perdew, Kerry Kurt Phillips
| length5 = 3:37
| title6 = So Help Me Girl
| writer6 = Perdew, Andy Spooner
| length6 = 3:32
| title7 = Poor Me
| writer7 = Al Anderson, Bob DiPiero
| length7 = 4:09
| title8 = Honky Tonk Attitude
| writer8 = Joe Diffie, Lee Bogan
| length8 = 3:49
| title9 = Home
| writer9 = Fred Lehner, Spooner
| length9 = 3:20
| title10 = Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox (If I Die)
| writer10 = Perdew, Phillips, Rick Blaylock
| length10 = 3:46
| title11 = Bigger Than the Beatles
| writer11 = Steve Dukes, Jeb Stuart Anderson
| length11 = 3:55
| title12 = Hurt Me All the Time
| writer12 = Terry Skinner, Chad Austin
| length12 = 2:20
}}
Personnel
The following musicians performed on the tracks "Texas Size Heartache", "Poor Me", and "Hurt Me All the Time".
- Al Anderson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Bruce C. Bouton – pedal steel guitar
- Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
- Joe Diffie – lead vocals, background vocals
- Larry Franklin – fiddle, mandolin
- Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
- John Barlow Jarvis – Hammond B-3 organ, Wurlitzer
- Liana Manis – background vocals
- Brent Mason – electric guitar
- Steve Nathan – piano
- Lonnie Wilson – drums, percussion
- Glenn Worf – bass guitar
Chart performance
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=Weekly charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (1998)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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| {{album chart|Billboard200|131|artist=Joe Diffie|rowheader=true|accessdate=December 1, 2020}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardCountry|21|artist=Joe Diffie|rowheader=true|accessdate=December 1, 2020}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (1998)
! scope="col"| Position |
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| scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1998/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1998|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=December 1, 2020}}
| 70 |
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References
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{{Joe Diffie}}
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Category:1998 greatest hits albums