Greatest Hits (Kenny Chesney album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Greatest Hits

| type = Greatest hits

| artist = Kenny Chesney

| cover = GreatestHitsKennyChesney.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2000|09|26}}

| recorded = 1994 – 2000

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Country

| length = 1:02:59

| label = BNA

| producer = Various

| prev_title = Everywhere We Go

| prev_year = 1999

| next_title = No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems

| next_year = 2002

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Greatest Hits

| type = Greatest hits

| single1 = I Lost It

| single1date = August 14, 2000

| single2 = Don't Happen Twice

| single2date = January 19, 2001

| single3 = The Tin Man

| single3date = July 23, 2001

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r500746|pure_url=yes}}|title=Greatest Hits review|last=Johnson|first=Zac|publisher=Allmusic|access-date=July 16, 2011}}

| noprose = yes

}}

Greatest Hits is the first compilation album by American country music artist Kenny Chesney, released on September 26, 2000, on BNA Records. It features hits from his previous albums, as well as newly recorded tracks. Two of the new tracks — "I Lost It" and "Don't Happen Twice" — were issued as singles. Also released from this album was a re-recording of his 1994 single "The Tin Man". Greatest Hits has been certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of over four million copies in the United States.

Content

"I Lost It" was the first new release from this album, peaking at number three on the Billboard country charts. This song was co-written by Neil Thrasher along with Diamond Rio guitarist Jimmy Olander, and it features uncredited background vocals from Pam Tillis. Following it was "Don't Happen Twice", which in early 2001 became Chesney's fourth Billboard Number One. The third and final release from this album was a re-recording of "The Tin Man", which was previously released as a single in 1994 from his debut album In My Wildest Dreams, peaking at number 70 that year. The re-recording reached its peak of number 19 in mid-2001, and is his last single to miss the Top Ten. "For the First Time" and "Because of Your Love" are also new to this compilation.

"Back Where I Come From" is a live cover of a song originally released by Mac McAnally from his 1990 album Simple Life. Chesney previously covered this song on his 1996 album Me and You. "Fall in Love", the first single from his 1995 album All I Need to Know, was remixed for the album as well.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| title1 = I Lost It

| note1 = New song

| writer1 = Jimmy Olander, Neil Thrasher

| length1 = 3:54

| title2 = Don't Happen Twice

| note2 = New song

| writer2 = Curtis Lance, Thom McHugh

| length2 = 3:23

| title3 = The Tin Man

| note3 = Re-recording

| writer3 = Stacey Slate, Kenny Chesney, David Lowe

| length3 = 3:37

| title4 = Fall in Love

| note4 = Remix

| writer4 = Buddy Brock, Kim Williams, Chesney

| length4 = 2:37

| title5 = All I Need to Know

| writer5 = Mark Alan Springer, Steve Seskin

| length5 = 3:09

| title6 = For the First Time

| note6 = New song

| writer6 = Chesney, Phil Vassar

| length6 = 3:38

| title7 = Me and You

| writer7 = Skip Ewing, Ray Herndon

| length7 = 3:39

| title8 = Back Where I Come From

| note8 = Live version

| writer8 = Mac McAnally

| length8 = 4:16

| title9 = When I Close My Eyes

| writer9 = Nettie Musick, Springer

| length9 = 3:30

| title10 = She's Got It All

| writer10 = Craig Wiseman, Drew Womack

| length10 = 3:24

| title11 = That's Why I'm Here

| writer11 = Springer, Shaye Smith

| length11 = 4:03

| title12 = How Forever Feels

| writer12 = Wendell Mobley, Tony Mullins

| length12 = 3:08

| title13 = You Had Me from Hello

| writer13 = Ewing, Chesney

| length13 = 3:50

| title14 = She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy

| writer14 = Paul Overstreet, Jim Collins

| length14 = 4:07

| title15 = What I Need to Do

| writer15 = Tom Damphier, Bill Luther

| length15 = 4:04

| title16 = Baptism

| note16 = Duet with Randy Travis

| writer16 = Mickey Cates

| length16 = 4:15

| title17 = Because of Your Love

| note17 = New song

| writer17 = Marv Green, Chris Lindsey

| length17 = 4:16

|total_length = 1:02:59

}}

Reception

MTV's music journalist Chet Flippo criticized the compilation album as a result of "mainstream Nashville labels and their major artists" concentrating on songs that fit the "radio and retail" ideals and push "artistic achievement" out, despite Chesney's talent and "pleasant voice". Flippo praised "That's Why I'm Here" and "Baptism" but panned "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy", "How Forever Feels", and one of the album's four new songs "I Lost It", which he called "forgettable".{{cite news |first=Chet |last=Flippo |author-link=Chet Flippo |date=September 28, 2000 |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/1zmdc9/the-virtuous-and-the-vapid |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928082725/https://www.mtv.com/news/1zmdc9/the-virtuous-and-the-vapid |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 28, 2022 |title=The Virtuous and the Vapid |website=MTV |access-date=September 28, 2022 }}

Personnel

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Charts

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=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (2000)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"| Canadian Country Albums (RPM)

| 15

{{album chart|Billboard200|13|artist=Kenny Chesney|rowheader=true|access-date=October 26, 2020}}
{{album chart|BillboardCountry|1|artist=Kenny Chesney|rowheader=true|access-date=October 26, 2020}}

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (2000)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2000/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2000|work=Billboard|access-date=October 26, 2020}}

| 24

scope="col"| Chart (2001)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020701173700/http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2001_country.html|archivedate=July 1, 2002|url=http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2001_country.html|title=

Top 100 country albums of 2001 in Canada|website=Jam!|accessdate= March 28, 2022}}

| 35

scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2001/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2001|work=Billboard|access-date=October 26, 2020}}

| 69

scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2001/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2001|work=Billboard|access-date=October 26, 2020}}

| 7

scope="col"| Chart (2002)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"|Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20031204032208/http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_country.html|archivedate=December 4, 2003|url=http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_country.html|title=Top 100 country albums of 2002 in Canada|website=Jam!|accessdate=March 28, 2022}}

| 66

scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2002/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2002|work=Billboard|access-date=October 26, 2020}}

| 143

scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2002/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2002|work=Billboard|access-date=October 26, 2020}}

| 17

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=Singles=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2"| Single

! colspan="3"| Peak chart
positions

style="font-size:smaller;"

! width="45"| US Country
{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/kenny-chesney/chart-history/csi/|title=Kenny Chesney Chart History – Country Songs|work=Billboard|access-date=March 3, 2020}}

! width="45"| US
{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/kenny-chesney/chart-history/hsi/|title=Kenny Chesney Chart History – Hot 100|work=Billboard|access-date=March 3, 2020}}

! width="45"| CAN Country
{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/kenny-chesney/chart-history/ccw/|title=Kenny Chesney Chart History – Canada Country|work=Billboard|access-date=March 3, 2020}}

2000

| align="left"| "I Lost It"

| 3

| 34

| 21

rowspan="2"| 2001

| align="left"| "Don't Happen Twice"

| 1

| 26

| —

align="left"| "The Tin Man"

| 19

| 107

| —

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=album|title=Greatest Hits|artist=Kenny Chesney|award=Gold|relyear=2000|certmonth=7|certyear=2002}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|title=Greatest Hits|artist=Kenny Chesney|award=Platinum|number=4|relyear=2000}}

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References

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Category:2000 greatest hits albums

Category:Kenny Chesney albums

Category:BNA Records compilation albums