Greatest Hits (John Anderson album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Greatest Hits
| type = greatest
| artist = John Anderson
| cover = 1984johnandersongreatesthits.jpg
| alt =
| released = September 1984
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Country
Traditional country
| length = 29:25
| label = Warner Bros. Nashville
| producer = Frank Jones
John Anderson
Norro Wilson
Lou Bradley
| prev_title = Eye of a Hurricane
| prev_year = 1984
| next_title = Tokyo, Oklahoma
| next_year = 1985
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = Allmusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r91617|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide
|rev2score = A{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Christgau|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=A&bk=80|chapter=A|accessdate=August 16, 2020|title=Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s|publisher=Pantheon Books|year=1990|isbn=0-679-73015-X|via=robertchristgau.com}}
}}
Greatest Hits is the first compilation album by American country music singer John Anderson. It was released under Warner Bros. Records in 1984. The album includes singles from Anderson's first albums for Warner Bros., and among its cuts are the number one singles "Swingin'", "Black Sheep" and "Wild and Blue".
Track listing
{{tracklist
| all_lyrics =
| title1 = Swingin'
| writer1 = John Anderson, Lionel Delmore
| length1 = 3:03
| title2 = I Just Came Home to Count the Memories
| writer2 = Glenn Ray
| length2 = 3:32
| title3 = She Just Started Liking Cheatin' Songs
| writer3 = Kent Robbins
| length3 = 2:20
| title4 = 1959
| writer4 = Gary Gentry
| length4 = 2:57
| title5 = Chicken Truck
| writer5 = Anderson, Ervan James Parker, Monroe Fields
| length5 = 2:43
| title6 = I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Someday)
| writer6 = Billy Joe Shaver
| length6 = 3:44
| title7 = Would You Catch a Falling Star
| writer7 = Bobby Braddock
| length7 = 2:56
| title8 = Wild and Blue
| writer8 = John Scott Sherrill
| length8 = 2:47
| title9 = Your Lying Blue Eyes
| writer9 = Ken McDuffie
| length9 = 3:00
| title10 = Black Sheep
| writer10 = Danny Darst, Robert Altman
| length10 = 2:56
}}
Chart performance
| class="wikitable"
! Chart (1984) ! Peak |
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums
| align="center"| 28 |
| U.S. Billboard 200
| align="center"| 202 |
References
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{{John Anderson}}
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Category:John Anderson (musician) albums
Category:Warner Records compilation albums