Greatest Hits (John Michael Montgomery album)

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by John Michael Montgomery
Released	October 14, 1997 (1997-10-14)
Studio	Track 13 recorded at Ocean Way Nashville (Nashville, Tennessee) and mixed at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Country
Length	50:14
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Scott Hendricks Doug Johnson Csaba Petocz
John Michael Montgomery chronology
What I Do the Best (1996) Greatest Hits (1997) Leave a Mark (1998)
Singles from Greatest Hits
"Angel in My Eyes" Released: September 29, 1997

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Greatest Hits is the first compilation album by American country music artist John Michael Montgomery; it was released in 1997 on Atlantic Records. The track "Angel in My Eyes" was newly recorded for this compilation and released as a single, peaking at #4 on the Billboard country music charts in 1998.

In August 1999 the album was certified Platinum by the RIAA. ^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)"	Richard Fagan, Robb Royer	2:30
2.	"If You've Got Love"	Mark D. Sanders, Steve Seskin	3:54
3.	"Rope the Moon"	Jimmy Denton, Aggie Brown, Jess Brown	4:06
4.	"I Love the Way You Love Me"	Chuck Cannon, Victoria Shaw	4:01
5.	"Friends"	Jerry Holland	3:52
6.	"Cowboy Love"	Bill Douglas, Jeff Wood	3:12
7.	"I Miss You a Little"	Fagan, John Michael Montgomery, Mike Anthony	4:12
8.	"Beer and Bones"	Sanger D. Shafer, Lonnie Williams	3:38
9.	"I Can Love You Like That"	Steve Diamond, Maribeth Derry, Jennifer Kimball	3:53
10.	"No Man's Land"	John Scott Sherrill, Seskin	3:02
11.	"Be My Baby Tonight"	Fagan, Ed Hill	2:50
12.	"I Swear"	Gary Baker, Frank J. Myers	4:24
13.	"Angel in My Eyes"	Blair Daly, Tony Mullins	3:31
14.	"Life's a Dance"	Allen Shamblin, Seskin	3:09

Personnel

Angel in My Eyes

• John Michael Montgomery – vocals
• Steve Nathan – acoustic piano
• Dann Huff – electric guitars
• Michael Spriggs – acoustic guitars
• Bobby Terry – electric guitars
• Bruce Bouton – steel guitar
• Mike Brignardello – bass
• Shannon Forrest – drums
• Larry Franklin – fiddle
• Curtis Young – backing vocals

Production

• Scott Hendricks – producer (1-3, 6, 9-12)
• Doug Johnson – producer (4, 8, 14)
• Csaba Pectoz – producer (5, 7)
• Zal Schreiber – mastering (1-12, 14) at Atlantic Studios (New York City, New York)

Credits for Track 13

• Csaba Pectoz – producer, overdub recording, mixing
• Joe Chiccarelli – track recording
• Glenn Spinner – tracking assistant
• Aaron Swihart – tracking assistant
• David Hall – mix assistant
• Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics
• Mike "Frog" Griffith – production coordinator
• Lisa Roy – production coordinator

Chart performance

Weekly charts Chart (1997) Peak position Canadian Country Albums ( RPM ) 11 US Billboard 200 [2] 33 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [3] 5

Year-end charts Chart (1997) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [4] 72 Chart (1998) Position US Billboard 200 [5] 195 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [6] 20 Chart (1999) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [7] 66

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [8]	Platinum	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "RIAA – Searchable Database: John Michael Montgomery". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved August 16, 2018.
2. "John Michael Montgomery Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
3. "John Michael Montgomery Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
4. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1997". Billboard. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
5. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1998". Billboard. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
6. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1998". Billboard. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
7. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1999". Billboard. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
8. "American album certifications – John Michael Montgomery – Greatest Hits". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved February 11, 2021.