Greatest Hits (George Jones and Tammy Wynette album)

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Greatest Hits
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Compilation album by
ReleasedNovember 7, 1977
Genre Country
Label Epic
Producer Billy Sherrill
George Jones and Tammy Wynette chronology
Golden Ring
(1976)
Greatest Hits
(1977)
Together Again
(1980)
Singles from Greatest Hits
  1. "Southern California"
    Released: June 27, 1977
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Review scores
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Christgau's Record Guide A− [1]

Greatest Hits is an album by country music artists George Jones and Tammy Wynette. It was the first compilation by Epic Records that collected some of their biggest hits, including the number-one singles "We're Gonna Hold On", "Golden Ring", and "Near You". It is also significant for containing the new song "Southern California", which rose to number five in 1977. Although Jones and Wynette had divorced in 1975, they remained a valuable commercial commodity for Epic, scoring their biggest chart hits after their split. The album peaked at number 23 on the Billboard country albums chart and eventually went Gold in the U.S.[ citation needed ]

Track listing

  1. "Golden Ring" (Bobby Braddock/Rafe Van Hoy)
  2. "We're Gonna Hold On" (George Jones/Earl Montgomery)
  3. "We Loved It Away" (George Richey/Carmol Taylor)
  4. "Take Me" (Jones/Leon Payne)
  5. "Near You" (Francis Craig/Rob Goellner/Kermit Goell)
  6. "Southern California" (Richey/Sherrill/Roger Bowling)
  7. "God's Gonna Getcha (For That)" (Eddie Collins)
  8. "(We're Not) The Jet Set" (Braddock)
  9. "Let's Build a World Together" (Richey/Sherril/Norrow Wilson)
  10. "The Ceremony" (Sherrill/Taylor/Jenny Strickland)

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References

  1. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: J". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved February 27, 2019 via robertchristgau.com.