Greatest Hits Volume 1 (Rascal Flatts album)

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Greatest Hits Volume 1
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ReleasedOctober 28, 2008
Recorded1999–2008
Genre Country
Length51:54
Label Lyric Street
Producer Various original producers
Rascal Flatts chronology
Still Feels Good
(2007)
Greatest Hits Volume 1
(2008)
Unstoppable
(2009)
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Limited Edition Re-release Cover
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Greatest Hits Volume 1 is the first greatest hits album by American country music group 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]

Contents

The album was reissued on October 6, 2009, with four new live bonus tracks, an audio interview with the band, and a foldout poster. [3]

Track listing

Sources [4] [5] [6]

No.TitleWriter(s)Original AlbumLength
1."Prayin' for Daylight"Steve Bogard, Rick Giles Rascal Flatts 3:38
2."I'm Movin' On"Phillip White, D. Vincent Williams Rascal Flatts3:52
3."These Days" Steve Robson, Jeffrey Steele, Danny Wells Melt 4:16
4."I Melt" Gary LeVox, Neil Thrasher, Wendell Mobley Melt3:55
5."Mayberry"Arlos SmithMelt4:34
6."Feels Like Today"Robson, Wayne Hector Feels Like Today 3:21
7."Bless the Broken Road" Jeff Hanna, Bobby Boyd, Marcus Hummon Feels Like Today3:48
8."Fast Cars and Freedom"LeVox, Thrasher, MobleyFeels Like Today4:23
9."Skin (Sarabeth)" Doug Johnson, Joe Henry Feels Like Today4:22
10."What Hurts the Most"Robson, Steele Me and My Gang 3:34
11."My Wish"Steele, RobsonMe and My Gang4:07
12."Stand"Blair Daly, Danny OrtonMe and My Gang3:28
13."Life Is a Highway" Tom Cochrane Cars/Me and My Gang4:36
Total length:51:54

Bonus tracks

Bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."White Christmas" Irving Berlin 3:25
2."Jingle Bell Rock"Joe Beal, Jim Boothe2:58
3."I'll Be Home for Christmas" Walter Kent, Kim Gannon 3:27
Total length:9:50

Note: These bonus tracks are on a separate second CD included in a limited edition foiled package for a limited time only.

Bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Take Me There" (live) Kenny Chesney, Wendell Mobley, Neil Thrasher 4:40
2."Winner at a Losing Game" (live) Jay DeMarcus, Gary LeVox, Joe Don Rooney 4:29
3."Me and My Gang" (live) Jeffrey Steele, Jon Stone, Tony Mullins 3:44
4."Summer Nights" (live)LeVox, Brett James, busbee 4:37
Total length:17:30

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. [7]

Rascal Flatts
Additional musicians
Horn section on "Jingle Bell Rock"

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. [8] The album hit the 1 million mark on February 19, 2011. [9] As October 18, 2012, it has sold 1,266,066 copies in the United States.

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