The Very Best of John Michael Montgomery

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The Very Best of John Michael Montgomery
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedAugust 26, 2003 (2003-08-26)
Genre Country
Label Warner Bros. Nashville
Producer Various original producers
New material produced by Byron Gallimore
Compilation produced by James Austin and Paige Levy
John Michael Montgomery chronology
Pictures
(2002)
The Very Best of John Michael Montgomery
(2003)
Mr. Snowman
(2003)

The Very Best of John Michael Montgomery is a compilation album released in 2003 by American country music artist John Michael Montgomery. It features eighteen songs from his first studio albums, ranging from his 1992 debut "Life's a Dance" to 2002's "'Til Nothing Comes Between Us". The tracks "Cool" and "One Day Less" were previously unreleased, and both produced by Byron Gallimore. [1] "Cool" was later released on Montgomery's 2004 album Letters from Home , while "One Day Less" is not on any of his other albums.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Be My Baby Tonight" (Richard Fagan, Ed Hill) - 2:50
  2. "Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)" (Fagan, Robb Royer) - 2:30
  3. "Life's a Dance" (Allen Shamblin, Steve Seskin) - 3:09
  4. "I Swear" (Gary Baker, Frank J. Myers) - 4:24
  5. "The Little Girl" (Harley Allen) - 3:53
  6. "If You've Got Love" (Mark D. Sanders, Seskin) - 3:54
  7. "I Love the Way You Love Me" (Chuck Cannon, Victoria Shaw) - 4:01
  8. "Cover You in Kisses" (Jess Brown, Jerry Kilgore, Brett Jones) - 3:56
  9. "Rope the Moon" (Jim Denton, Aggie Brown, J. Brown) - 4:06
  10. "I Can Love You Like That" (Steve Diamond, Maribeth Derry, Jennifer Kimball) - 3:53
  11. "How Was I to Know" (Will Rambeaux, Blair Daly) - 4:16
  12. "Hold On to Me" (Rambeaux, Daly) - 4:10
  13. "No Man's Land" (John Scott Sherrill, Seskin) - 3:02
  14. "Home to You" (Arlos Smith, Sara Light) - 3:27
  15. "Friends" (Jerry Holland) - 3:52
  16. "Angel in My Eyes" (Daly, Tony Mullins) - 3:34
  17. "Long as I Live" (Rick Bowles, Will Robinson) - 4:17
  18. "'Til Nothing Comes Between Us" (Rebecca Marshall, Kerry Harvick, Tony Marty) - 4:44
  19. "Cool" (Allen, Brice Long) - 3:38
  20. "One Day Less" (Tom Douglas, Josh Leo, Stan Lynch) - 3:29

Chart performance

Chart (2003)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums11
U.S. Billboard 20077

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References

  1. The Very Best of John Michael Montgomery (CD booklet). John Michael Montgomery. Warner Bros. Records. 2003. 73918.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)