Greatest Hits (Tracy Byrd album)

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Greatest Hits
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedFebruary 8, 2005 (2005-02-08)
Genre Country
Label BNA
Producer Various; new tracks produced by Tracy Byrd & Billy Joe Walker, Jr.
Tracy Byrd chronology
The Truth About Men
(2003)
Greatest Hits
(2005)
Different Things
(2006)
Singles from Greatest Hits
  1. "Revenge of a Middle-Aged Woman"
    Released: October 2, 2004
  2. "Tiny Town"
    Released: March 25, 2005
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Greatest Hits is the second compilation album by American country music artist Tracy Byrd. It was released in 2005 as his only album for BNA Records. The tracks "Revenge of a Middle-Aged Woman" and "Johnny Cash" were previously unreleased; only the former was released as a single. "Johnny Cash", however, was later recorded by Jason Aldean for his 2007 album Relentless , and his version was a Top Ten hit on the country music charts. The songs "Watermelon Crawl" and "I'm from the Country" were newly recorded for this compilation.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Truth About Men" (featuring Montgomery Gentry, Andy Griggs, and Blake Shelton) Paul Overstreet, Rory Feek, Tim Johnson 2:59
2."Just Let Me Be in Love" Mark Nesler, Tom Shapiro, Tony Martin 3:47
3."Drinkin' Bone" Casey Beathard, Kerry Kurt Phillips2:11
4."Watermelon Crawl"Zack Turner, Buddy Brock 3:03
5."The Keeper of the Stars" Karen Staley, Dickey Lee, Danny Mayo 4:21
6."A Good Way to Get on My Bad Side" (duet with Mark Chesnutt) Rivers Rutherford, George Teren3:34
7."Ten Rounds with José Cuervo"Beathard, Michael P. Heeney, Marla Cannon-Goodman3:03
8."Put Your Hand in Mine" Skip Ewing, Jimmy Wayne 4:34
9."I'm from the Country" Marty Brown, Stan Webb, Richard Young3:39
10."Tiny Town" Keith Stegall 3:27
11."Johnny Cash" John Rich, Rodney Clawson, Vicky McGehee 3:05
12."Revenge of a Middle-Aged Woman"Annie Tate, Sam Tate, Dave Berg 3:54

Personnel

Tracks 4, 5, 9

Tracks 11, 12

Chart performance

Chart (2005)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums14
U.S. Billboard 20061

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