Greatest Hits (Mark Chesnutt album)

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Mark Chesnutt
Released	November 19, 1996 (1996-11-19)
Recorded	1990–1996
Studio	Emerald Sound Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Neotraditional country [1] honky-tonk [2]
Length	40:00
Label	Decca
Producer	Previously released material produced by Mark Wright "It's a Little Too Late" and "Let It Rain" produced by Tony Brown
Mark Chesnutt chronology
Wings (1995) Greatest Hits (1996) Thank God for Believers (1997)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic –	link
Robert Christgau	A− [3]

Greatest Hits is the first compilation album by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt. It features ten hits from his first four studio albums: 1990's Too Cold at Home , 1992's Longnecks & Short Stories , 1993's Almost Goodbye , and 1994's What a Way to Live , as well as the newly recorded tracks "It's a Little Too Late" and "Let It Rain". Both of these tracks were released as singles in 1996, peaking at #1 and #8, respectively, on the Hot Country Songs charts. The album itself earned RIAA platinum certification. ^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Bubba Shot the Jukebox"	Dennis Linde	3:06
2.	"Too Cold at Home"	Bobby Harden	3:38
3.	"Blame It on Texas"	Ronnie Rogers, Mark Wright	2:49
4.	"Almost Goodbye"	Billy Livsey, Don Schlitz	4:09
5.	"It's a Little Too Late"	Mark Chesnutt, Roger Springer, Slugger Morrissette	2:43
6.	"Ol' Country"	Harden	3:50
7.	"Brother Jukebox"	Paul Craft	3:04
8.	"Gonna Get a Life"	Frank Dycus, Jim Lauderdale	3:43
9.	"Let It Rain"	Chesnutt, Springer, Steve Leslie	3:01
10.	"It Sure Is Monday"	Linde	2:56
11.	"Goin' Through the Big D"	M. Wright, Jon Wright, Rogers	2:34
12.	"I'll Think of Something"	Jerry Foster, Bill Rice	4:12

Personnel

The following musicians performed on the new tracks "It's a Little Too Late" and "Let It Rain".

• Mark Chesnutt – lead vocals
• Matt Rollings – acoustic piano
• Tim Broussard – diatonic accordion
• Larry Byrom – electric guitar
• Brent Rowan – electric guitar
• Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
• Robby Turner – steel guitar
• Michael Rhodes – bass
• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Stuart Duncan – fiddle
• Liana Manis – backing vocals
• Curtis Young – backing vocals

Production

• Mark Wright – producer (1-4, 6-8, 10-12)
• Tony Brown – producer (5, 9)
• Steve Marcantonio – recording (5, 9), mixing (5, 9)
• Tim Waters – second engineer (5, 9)
• Denny Purcell – mastering at Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee)
• Katie Gillon – art direction
• Wesley Ligon – art direction, design
• Caroline Greyshock – photography
• Trish Townsend – stylist
• Begonia Moody – hair, make-up
• Robert K. Oermann – liner notes

Chart performance

Chart (1996)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	18
U.S. Billboard 200	130
Canadian RPM Country Albums	14

References

1. Owens, Thom. "Mark Chesnutt - Greatest Hits - Review". AllMusic . Retrieved September 26, 2025.
2. Yates, Don. "Greatest Hits - Review". Country Standard Time . Archived from the original on August 10, 2020. Retrieved September 25, 2025.
3. Christgau, Robert. "Mark Chesnutt". Robert Christgau.
4. "RIAA searchable certification database: Mark Chesnutt". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 1, 2021.

Further reading

• Greatest Hits (CD liner notes). Mark Chesnutt. Decca Records. 1996. 11529.