Greatest Hits Volume 1 is the first greatest hits album released by American country music band Rascal Flatts. It was released on October 28, 2008 by Lyric Street Records. The album includes thirteen of the group's biggest hits from their first four studio albums as well as three newly recorded Christmas songs for a limited time.[2]
Note: These bonus tracks are live tracks and are only available on the CD's October 2009 reissue for a limited time only. They are on a separate disc which also includes an audio interview with the band. The liner doubles as a foldout poster.
Personnel
The following musicians performed on the three bonus tracks.[4]
Sam Levine, Dennis Solee, Mark Douthit – saxophones
Violins on "White Christmas": Carl Gorodetzky, Pam Sixfin, Conni Ellisor, Alan Umstead, Mary Kathryn Vanosdale, David Angell, Cathy Umstead, Cate Myer, and Karen Winkelman
String and horn arrangements by David Campbell, strings conducted by Carl Gorodetzky. Vocal arrangement on "I'll Be Home for Christmas" by Mervyn Warren.
Chart performance
Greatest Hits Volume 1 debuted at number 2 on the U.S. Top Country Albums chart and number 6 on the Billboard 200, with 89,000 copies sold in the first week.[citation needed] In the second week, the album sold another 39,000 copies and remained number 2 on the U.S. Top Country Albums chart but dipped from number 6 to number 10 on the Billboard 200. It sold 620,000 copies in the United States up to May 2009.[5] The album hit the 1 million mark on February 19, 2011.[6] As October 18, 2012, it has sold 1,266,066 copies in the United States.
↑Greatest Hits Volume 1 (CD booklet). Rascal Flatts. Lyric Street Records. 2008. 276302.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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