The Greatest Hits Collection (Alan Jackson album)

{{Infobox album

| name = The Greatest Hits Collection

| type = compilation

| artist = Alan Jackson

| cover = Alan Jackson The Greatest Hits Collection.jpg

| alt =

| released = October 24, 1995

| recorded = June 26, 1989–May 31, 1995

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Country

| length = 66:24

| label = Arista

| producer = Scott Hendricks
Keith Stegall

| prev_title = Who I Am

| prev_year = 1994

| next_title = Everything I Love

| next_year = 1996

| misc = {{Singles

| name = The Greatest Hits Collection

| type = greatest

| single1 = Tall, Tall Trees

| single1date = October 9, 1995

| single2 = I'll Try

| single2date = January 1, 1996

| single3 = Home

| single3date = April 15, 1996

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|5|5}} {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r227645}}

| rev2 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev2Score = A− {{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,299357,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425194630/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,299357,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 25, 2009|title=Alan Jackson: The Greatest Hits Collection Review|last=Nash|first=Alanna|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=November 3, 1995|access-date=April 25, 2013}}

| rev3 = Q

| rev3Score = {{Rating|3|5}} {{cite web|url=http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1110270&style=music|title=Alan Jackson - Greatest Hits Collection CD Album|publisher=CD Universe|access-date=April 25, 2013}}

| rev4 = Robert Christgau

| rev4Score = {{Rating-Christgau|cut}} {{cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=alan+jackson|title=CG: Alan Jackson|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|publisher=RobertChristgau.com|access-date=April 25, 2013}}

| rev5 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

| rev5Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}} {{cite book| last = Brackett | first = Nathan |author2=Christian Hoard | title = The Rolling Stone Album Guide | publisher = Simon and Schuster | year = 2004 | location = New York City, New York | page = [https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/n422 409] | isbn = 0-7432-0169-8 | url = https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac| url-access = registration | quote = rolling stone alan jackson album guide. }}

}}

The Greatest Hits Collection is the first compilation album by American country music artist Alan Jackson. Released on October 24, 1995, it includes the greatest hits from his first four studio albums, as well as an album cut from his 1990 debut Here in the Real World and two new tracks — "Tall, Tall Trees" and "I'll Try", both of which were Number One hits for him on the Billboard Hot Country Songs.

The Greatest Hits Collection peaked at #5 on the U.S. Billboard 200 Albums Chart and #1 on the Top Country Albums Chart, becoming Alan Jackson's third #1 country album. In October 2006, the album was certified 6× Platinum by the RIAA.

Content

The Greatest Hits Collection reprises all of Jackson's greatest hits from his first four studio albums. "Here in the Real World", "Wanted", "Chasin' That Neon Rainbow" and "I'd Love You All Over Again" from 1990's Here in the Real World; "Don't Rock the Jukebox", "Someday", "Dallas", "Midnight in Montgomery" and "Love's Got a Hold on You" from 1991's Don't Rock the Jukebox; "She's Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues)", "Chattahoochee", "Mercury Blues" and "Who Says You Can't Have It All" from 1992's A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love), and "Summertime Blues", "Livin' on Love", "Gone Country" and "I Don't Even Know Your Name" from 1994's Who I Am. The only singles not included on this collection are "Blue Blooded Woman" from Here in the Real World, "Tonight I Climbed the Wall" from A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love), and "Song for the Life" from Who I Am.

Two previously unreleased songs are included on this compilation as well. "Tall, Tall Trees", originally recorded by George Jones on his 1958 album Long Live King George, and the newly written "I'll Try". Both of these were released as singles, reaching the top of the Billboard country charts in late 1995 and early 1996, respectively. One song on this compilation, "Home", was previously included on Here in the Real World but was not released as a single until mid-1996, peaking at #3 on the country charts.

Track listing

class="wikitable sortable"
Track NumberSongWriter(s)LengthYearFrom the LP
01"Chattahoochee" (extended mix)Alan Jackson, Jim McBride3:561993Chattahoochee/I Don't Need the Booze (To Get a Buzz On)
02"Gone Country"Bob McDill4:191994Who I Am
03"She's Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues)"A. Jackson, Randy Travis2:231992A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love)
04"Midnight in Montgomery"Jackson, Don Sampson3:441991Don't Rock the Jukebox
05"Tall, Tall Trees"George Jones, Roger Miller2:271995Previously unreleased A
06"Chasin' That Neon Rainbow"A. Jackson, Jim McBride3:051990Here in the Real World
07"I'll Try"A. Jackson3:511995Previously unreleased A
08"Don't Rock the Jukebox"A. Jackson, Roger Murrah, Keith Stegall2:511991Don't Rock the Jukebox
09"Livin' on Love"A. Jackson3:481994Who I Am
10"Summertime Blues"Jerry Capehart, Eddie Cochran3:111994Who I Am
11"Love's Got a Hold on You"Carson Chamberlain, Stegall2:531991Don't Rock the Jukebox
12"(Who Says) You Can't Have It All"A. Jackson, Jim McBride3:281992A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love)
13"Home"A. Jackson3:171990Here in the Real World
14"Wanted"Charlie Craig, A. Jackson2:571990Here in the Real World
15"I Don't Even Know Your Name"A. Jackson, Ron Jackson, Andy Loftin3:491994Who I Am
16"Dallas"A. Jackson, Stegall2:431991Don't Rock the Jukebox
17"Here in the Real World"Mark Irwin, A. Jackson3:371990Here in the Real World
18"Someday"A. Jackson, Jim McBride3:171991Don't Rock the Jukebox
19"Mercury Blues"K. C. Douglas, Bob Geddins3:381992A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love)
20"I'd Love You All Over Again"A. Jackson3:101990Here in the Real World

APreviously unreleased

Personnel

Tracks 5, 7 & 13 only.{{cite AV media notes |title=The Greatest Hits Collection |others=Alan Jackson |year=1995 |type=CD |publisher=Arista Records |id=07822 18801}}

Charts

=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable"
Chart (1995)

!Peak
position

{{album chart|Australia|46|artist=Alan Jackson|album=The Greatest Hits Collection|accessdate=December 10, 2020}}
Canadian Albums (RPM)

| style="text-align:center;"|14

Canadian Country Albums (RPM)

| style="text-align:center;"|1

{{album chart|New Zealand|45|artist=Alan Jackson|album=The Greatest Hits Collection|accessdate=December 10, 2020}}
{{album chart|Billboard200|5|artist=Alan Jackson|accessdate=December 10, 2020}}
{{album chart|BillboardCountry|1|artist=Alan Jackson|accessdate=December 10, 2020}}

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable"
Chart (1995)

!Position

US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1995/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1995|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 10, 2020}}

| style="text-align:center;"|183

US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1995/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1995|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 10, 2020}}

| style="text-align:center;"|31

Chart (1996)

!Position

US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1996/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1996|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 10, 2020}}

| style="text-align:center;"|15

US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1996/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1996|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 10, 2020}}

| style="text-align:center;"|3

Chart (1997)

!Position

US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1997/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1997|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 10, 2020}}

| style="text-align:center;"|128

US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1997/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1997|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 10, 2020}}

| style="text-align:center;"|18

Chart (2001)

!Position

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}}

| align="center"|23

Chart (2002)

!Position

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}}

| align="center"|15

Chart (2020)

!Position

US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2020|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 10, 2020}}

| style="text-align:center;"|70

Chart (2021)

!Position

US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2021/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2021|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 12, 2021}}

| style="text-align:center;"|50

Chart (2022)

!Position

US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2022/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2022|magazine=Billboard|access-date=March 5, 2023}}

| style="text-align:center;"|38

Chart (2023)

!Position

US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2023/top-country-albums/|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2023|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 2, 2025}}

| style="text-align:center;"|50

Chart (2024)

!Position

US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2024/top-country-albums/|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2024|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 2, 2025}}

| style="text-align:center;"|56

Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|title= The Greatest Hits Collection|artist=Alan Jackson|type=album|relyear=1995|certyear=2002|region=Australia|award=Platinum|access-date=December 27, 2021}}

{{Certification Table Entry|title= The Greatest Hits Collection|artist=Alan Jackson|type=album|relyear=1995|certyear=2022|region=United Kingdom|award=Silver|access-date=December 17, 2022|id=18573-6176-2}}

{{Certification Table Entry|title=Greatest Hits Collection|artist=Alan Jackson|type=album|relyear=1995|certyear=2002|region=United States|award=Platinum|number=6|access-date=December 27, 2021}}

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