Greatest Hits (1987 Steve Wariner album)

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Greatest Hits
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedSeptember 7, 1987
Genre Country
Length36:05
Label MCA
Producer Tony Brown, Jimmy Bowen, Emory Gordy Jr.
Steve Wariner chronology
It's a Crazy World
(1987)
Greatest Hits
(1987)
I Should Be with You
(1988)

Greatest Hits is the second compilation album by American country music artist Steve Wariner. It was released on September 7, 1987 via MCA Records. [1]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."What I Didn't Do" Wood Newton, Michael Noble3:07
2."Heart Trouble" Dave Gibson, Kent Robbins 3:27
3."Some Fools Never Learn" John Scott Sherrill 4:03
4."You Can Dream of Me"Steve Wariner, John Hall 4:00
5."Life's Highway" Richard Leigh, Roger Murrah 3:15
6."That's How You Know When Love's Right" (duet with Nicolette Larson) Craig Bickhardt, Wendy Waldman 3:24
7."Starting Over Again" John Wesley Ryles, Don Goodman4:!5
8."Small Town Girl" John Barlow Jarvis, Don Cook 3:42
9."The Weekend" Bill LaBounty, Beckie Foster3:48
10."Lynda"LaBounty, Pat McLaughlin 3:04

Chart performance

Chart (1987)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [2] 187
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [3] 25

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References

  1. "Steve Wariner - Greatest Hits(1987, Vinyl) - Discogs".
  2. "Steve Wariner Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  3. "Steve Wariner Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.