34 Number Ones

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34 Number Ones
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedNovember 23, 2010 (2010-11-23)
Recorded1989–2010
Genre Country
Length132:48
Label Arista Nashville
Producer Keith Stegall
Alan Jackson chronology
Freight Train
(2010)
34 Number Ones
(2010)
Thirty Miles West
(2012)
Singles from 34 Number Ones
  1. "As She's Walking Away"
    Released: August 23, 2010
  2. "Ring of Fire"
    Released: December 6, 2010
Professional ratings
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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. [2] The release celebrates Jackson's 20-year anniversary since the release of his debut album. [3] As of the chart dated February 26, 2011, the album has sold 200,131 copies in the US. [4]

Contents

Content

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". [5] 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". [2] "Look at Me", a song which was initially recorded for the soundtrack to Billy: The Early Years , was previously unreleased on a Jackson album.

The Essential Alan Jackson

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. [6]

The Essential peaked at number 20 on the U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums chart. [7] It also reached #145 on the main Billboard album chart.

Track listing

CD 1 (1990–1995)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Ring of Fire" June Carter, Merle Kilgore 3:11
2."Here in the Real World"Mark Irwin, Alan Jackson3:38
3."Wanted" Charlie Craig, Jackson2:56
4."Chasin' That Neon Rainbow"Jackson, Jim McBride3:05
5."I'd Love You All Over Again"Jackson3:10
6."Don't Rock the Jukebox"Jackson, Roger Murrah, Keith Stegall 2:50
7."Someday"Jackson, McBride3:17
8."Dallas"Jackson, Stegall2:44
9."Midnight in Montgomery"Jackson, Don Sampson3:44
10."Love's Got a Hold on You" Carson Chamberlain, Stegall2:53
11."She's Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues)"Jackson, Randy Travis 2:24
12."Tonight I Climbed the Wall"Jackson3:30
13."Chattahoochee"Jackson, Jim McBride2:27
14."(Who Says) You Can't Have It All"Jackson, McBride3:28
15."Summertime Blues" Jerry Capehart, Eddie Cochran 3:11
16."Livin' on Love"Jackson3:48
17."Gone Country" Bob McDill 4:19
18."I Don't Even Know Your Name"Jackson, Ron Jackson, Andy Loftin3:49
19."Tall, Tall Trees" George Jones, Roger Miller 2:27
CD 2 (1996–2008)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."As She's Walking Away" (Zac Brown Band featuring Alan Jackson)Zac Brown, Wyatt Durrette3:45
2."Look at Me" Jim Collins, Paul Overstreet 3:16
3."I'll Try"Jackson3:51
4."Home"Jackson3:18
5."Little Bitty" Tom T. Hall 2:38
6."Who's Cheatin' Who"Jerry Hayes4:01
7."There Goes"Jackson3:55
8."Between the Devil and Me"Allen, Chamberlain4:21
9."Right on the Money" Charlie Black, Phil Vassar 3:49
10."It Must Be Love"McDill2:50
11."Where I Come From"Jackson3:59
12."Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)"Jackson5:04
13."Drive (For Daddy Gene)"Jackson4:01
14."It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" (Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett)Jim "Moose" Brown, Don Rollins3:49
15."Remember When"Jackson4:30
16."Small Town Southern Man"Jackson4:40
17."Good Time"Jackson5:07
18."Country Boy"Jackson4:06

Personnel on new tracks

Adapted from liner notes. [8]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [17] Platinum70,000^
United States (RIAA) [18] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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