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Released | November 23, 2010 | |||
Recorded | 1989–2010 | |||
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Length | 132:48 | |||
Label | Arista Nashville | |||
Producer | Keith Stegall | |||
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34 Number Ones is the seventh greatest hits compilation album by American country artist Alan Jackson. It was released in the United States on November 23, 2010 through Arista Nashville. [3] The release celebrates Jackson's 20-year anniversary since the release of his debut album. [4] As of the chart dated February 26, 2011, the album has sold 200,131 copies in the US. [5]
The release includes all of Jackson's number one hits on various trade charts, from his first, "Here in the Real World", to his (at the time) latest, "Country Boy". [6] Newly included in the release is his cover of Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" and Jackson's late-2010 contribution with Zac Brown Band, "As She's Walking Away". [3] "Look at Me", a song which was initially recorded for the soundtrack to Billy: The Early Years , was previously unreleased on a Jackson album.
34 Number Ones was re-released and re-packaged on April 17, 2012 as The Essential Alan Jackson. Both albums have an identical track listing. [7]
The Essential peaked at number 20 on the U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums chart. [8] It also reached #145 on the main Billboard album chart.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Ring of Fire" | June Carter, Merle Kilgore | 3:11 |
2. | "Here in the Real World" | Mark Irwin, Alan Jackson | 3:38 |
3. | "Wanted" | Charlie Craig, Jackson | 2:56 |
4. | "Chasin' That Neon Rainbow" | Jackson, Jim McBride | 3:05 |
5. | "I'd Love You All Over Again" | Jackson | 3:10 |
6. | "Don't Rock the Jukebox" | Jackson, Roger Murrah, Keith Stegall | 2:50 |
7. | "Someday" | Jackson, McBride | 3:17 |
8. | "Dallas" | Jackson, Stegall | 2:44 |
9. | "Midnight in Montgomery" | Jackson, Don Sampson | 3:44 |
10. | "Love's Got a Hold on You" | Carson Chamberlain, Stegall | 2:53 |
11. | "She's Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues)" | Jackson, Randy Travis | 2:24 |
12. | "Tonight I Climbed the Wall" | Jackson | 3:30 |
13. | "Chattahoochee" | Jackson, Jim McBride | 2:27 |
14. | "(Who Says) You Can't Have It All" | Jackson, McBride | 3:28 |
15. | "Summertime Blues" | Jerry Capehart, Eddie Cochran | 3:11 |
16. | "Livin' on Love" | Jackson | 3:48 |
17. | "Gone Country" | Bob McDill | 4:19 |
18. | "I Don't Even Know Your Name" | Jackson, Ron Jackson, Andy Loftin | 3:49 |
19. | "Tall, Tall Trees" | George Jones, Roger Miller | 2:27 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "As She's Walking Away" (Zac Brown Band featuring Alan Jackson) | Zac Brown, Wyatt Durrette | 3:45 |
2. | "Look at Me" | Jim Collins, Paul Overstreet | 3:16 |
3. | "I'll Try" | Jackson | 3:51 |
4. | "Home" | Jackson | 3:18 |
5. | "Little Bitty" | Tom T. Hall | 2:38 |
6. | "Who's Cheatin' Who" | Jerry Hayes | 4:01 |
7. | "There Goes" | Jackson | 3:55 |
8. | "Between the Devil and Me" | Allen, Chamberlain | 4:21 |
9. | "Right on the Money" | Charlie Black, Phil Vassar | 3:49 |
10. | "It Must Be Love" | McDill | 2:50 |
11. | "Where I Come From" | Jackson | 3:59 |
12. | "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" | Jackson | 5:04 |
13. | "Drive (For Daddy Gene)" | Jackson | 4:01 |
14. | "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" (Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett) | Jim "Moose" Brown, Don Rollins | 3:49 |
15. | "Remember When" | Jackson | 4:30 |
16. | "Small Town Southern Man" | Jackson | 4:40 |
17. | "Good Time" | Jackson | 5:07 |
18. | "Country Boy" | Jackson | 4:06 |
Adapted from liner notes. [9]
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [18] | Platinum | 70,000^ |
United States (RIAA) [19] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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