Greatest Hits II | ||||
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Released | October 30, 2001 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 65:08 | |||
Label | RCA Nashville | |||
Producer | Original recordings produced by Clint Black and James Stroud | |||
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Greatest Hits II is the second compilation album by American country music singer Clint Black, released on October 30, 2001. It was his last release for RCA Nashville.
Like his first Greatest Hits volume, it compiles 12 hit songs from his previous albums and adds four new recordings: the romantic duet "Easy for Me to Say" (his second duet with wife Lisa Hartman Black), "Little Pearl and Lily's Lullaby" (a song for their then-newborn daughter), the country-rocker "Money or Love", and a newly recorded "blues version" of "Put Yourself in My Shoes". Also included is the long version of Black's 1997 duet with Martina McBride, "Still Holding On", which was the B-side of that single.
All songs written by Clint Black and Hayden Nicholas except where noted.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "The Shoes You're Wearing" | 3:57 | |
2. | "Nothin' but the Taillights" | Black, Wariner | 3:57 |
3. | "Nothing's News" | Black | 3:04 |
4. | "Walkin' Away" | Black, Nicholas, Dick Gay | 2:51 |
5. | "When My Ship Comes In" | 3:37 | |
6. | "Something That We Do" | Black, Skip Ewing | 4:00 |
7. | "When I Said I Do" (duet with Lisa Hartman Black) | Black | 4:30 |
8. | "Been There" (duet with Steve Wariner) | Black, Wariner | 5:36 |
9. | "Still Holding On" (duet with Martina McBride (long version)) | Black, Matraca Berg, Marty Stuart | 4:53 |
10. | "Nobody's Home" | Black | 3:31 |
11. | "One More Payment" | Black, Nicholas, Shake Russell | 2:14 |
12. | "One Emotion" | 2:44 | |
13. | "Easy for Me to Say" (duet with Lisa Hartman Black) | 5:38 | |
14. | "Little Pearl and Lily's Lullaby" | Black | 4:54 |
15. | "Money or Love" | Black | 4:15 |
16. | "Put Yourself in My Shoes" (blues version) | Black, Nicholas, Russell | 5:24 |
Weekly charts
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Year | Single | Peak positions |
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US Country | ||
2001 | "Easy for Me to Say" (with Lisa Hartman-Black) | 27 |
2002 | "Money or Love" | 50 |
Clint Patrick Black is an American country music singer, songwriter, musician, actor, and record producer. Signed to RCA Nashville in 1989, Black's debut album Killin' Time produced four straight number one singles on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. Although his momentum gradually slowed throughout the 1990s, Black consistently charted hit songs into the 2000s. He has had more than 30 singles on the US Billboard country charts, twenty-two of which have reached number one, in addition to having released twelve studio albums and several compilation albums. In 2003, Black founded his own record label, Equity Music Group. Black has also ventured into acting, having made appearances in a 1993 episode of the TV series Wings and in the 1994 film Maverick, as well as a starring role in 1998's Still Holding On: The Legend of Cadillac Jack.
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