Greatest Hits (Barbara Mandrell album)
Greatest Hits | ||||
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Greatest hits album by Barbara Mandrell | ||||
Released | February 28, 1985 | |||
Recorded | 1978 – May 1984 | |||
Genre | Country pop | |||
Length | 30:57 | |||
Label | MCA | |||
Producer | Tom Collins | |||
Barbara Mandrell chronology | ||||
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Singles from Greatest Hits | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Greatest Hits is the fourth compilation album released by American country artist Barbara Mandrell. The album was released in March 1985 on MCA Records and was produced by Tom Collins. The album was her first compilation for MCA Records.
Background and content
Greatest Hits consisted of ten tracks Barbara Mandrell had acquired as major hits between 1978 and 1985. It ranges from her second number one single in 1978, "If Loving You Is Wrong (I Don't Want to Be Right)" to 1984's "Happy Birthday Dear Heartache". It also included three additional number one singles by Mandrell: "Years", "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool", and "One of a Kind Pair of Fools". Dan Cooper of Allmusic gave the album four out of five stars but also gave a negative opinion about her musical style, saying, "Hank Williams definitely didn't do it this way. Nevertheless, "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool" summed up a lot of folks' feelings as the Travolta crowd tried to claim him as their own."[1] The album also included the new track entitled, "There's No Love in Tennessee", which would eventually be released as the album's lead single.
Release
Greatest Hits spawned one single, "There's No Love in Tennessee". The song became a Top 10 hit in 1985, peaking at #7 on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart[2] and also peaked at #24 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. The album itself peaked at #27 on the Billboard Magazine Top Country Albums chart and missed the Billboard 200 albums chart, reaching #210 that year.[3] Greatest Hits was originally released on an LP album upon its original release in 1985, with five songs on each of the record.[4] The album was later reissued on a compact disc also under MCA.[1]
Track listing
- Side one
- "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool" – (Kye Fleming, Dennis Morgan) 3:40
- "Years" – (Fleming, Morgan) 3:54
- "Wish You Were Here" – (Fleming, Morgan) 2:53
- "The Best of Strangers" – (Fleming, Morgan) 3:53
- "Happy Birthday Dear Heartache" – (Mack David, Archie Jordan) 2:34
- Side two
- "If Loving You Is Wrong (I Don't Want to Be Right)" – (Homer Banks, Carl Hampton, Raymond Jackson) 3:07
- "Crackers" – (Fleming, Morgan) 2:34
- "One of a Kind Pair of Fools" – (R.C. Bannon, John Bettis) 2:49
- "In Times Like These" – (Fleming, Morgan) 2:58
- "There's No Love in Tennessee" – (Stephen Allen Davis, Morgan) 3:28
Sales chart positions
- Album
Chart (1985) | Peak position [3] |
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U.S. Top Country Albums | 27 |
U.S. Billboard 200 | 210 |
- Singles
Year | Song | Chart positions | |
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US Country | CAN Country | ||
1985 | "There's No Love in Tennessee" | 7 | 24 |
References
- 1 2 3 Cooper, Dan. "Greatest Hits > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
- ↑ "Greatest Hits singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
- 1 2 "Greatest Hits charts". Allmusic. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
- ↑ "Greatest Hits by Barbara Mandrell". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 12 January 2010.