Greatest Hits Volume 1 (Rascal Flatts album)
Greatest Hits Volume 1 | ||||
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Released | October 28, 2008 | |||
Recorded | 1999–2008 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 51:54 | |||
Label | Lyric Street | |||
Producer | Various original producers | |||
Rascal Flatts chronology | ||||
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Allmusic | [1] |
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]
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
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original Album | Length |
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1. | "Prayin' for Daylight" | Steve Bogard, Rick Giles | Rascal Flatts | 3:38 |
2. | "I'm Movin' On" | Phillip White, D. Vincent Williams | Rascal Flatts | 3:52 |
3. | "These Days" | Steve Robson, Jeffrey Steele, Danny Wells | Melt | 4:16 |
4. | "I Melt" | Gary LeVox, Neil Thrasher, Wendell Mobley | Melt | 3:55 |
5. | "Mayberry" | Arlos Smith | Melt | 4:34 |
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 Today | 3:48 |
8. | "Fast Cars and Freedom" | LeVox, Thrasher, Mobley | Feels Like Today | 4:23 |
9. | "Skin (Sarabeth)" | Doug Johnson, Joe Henry | Feels Like Today | 4:22 |
10. | "What Hurts the Most" | Robson, Steele | Me and My Gang | 3:34 |
11. | "My Wish" | Steele, Robson | Me and My Gang | 4:07 |
12. | "Stand" | Blair Daly, Danny Orton | Me and My Gang | 3:28 |
13. | "Life Is a Highway" | Tom Cochrane | Cars/Me and My Gang | 4:36 |
Total length: | 51:54 |
Bonus tracks
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "White Christmas" | Irving Berlin | 3:25 |
2. | "Jingle Bell Rock" | Joe Beal, Jim Boothe | 2:58 |
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.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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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
- Jay DeMarcus – bass guitar, background vocals
- Gary LeVox – lead vocals
- Joe Don Rooney – lead guitar, background vocals, acoustic guitar
- Additional musicians
- Keith Carlock – drums on "Jingle Bell Rock"
- Eric Darken – percussion
- Shannon Forrest – drums on "White Christmas"
- Jon Gilutin – piano
- Horn section on "Jingle Bell Rock"
- Mikey Haynes, Steve Patrick, Jeff Bailey – trumpets
- Barry Green – trombone
- 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.[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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References
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
- ^ Rascal Flatts Greatest Hits Coming Soon
- ^ Flatts Release Limited Edition Greatest Hits Collection
- ^ Rascal Flatts Reveals Greatest Hits Collection
- ^ Rascal Flatts’ "Greatest" Christmas
- ^ Rascal Flatts gets greatest hits treatment
- ^ Greatest Hits Volume 1 (CD booklet). Rascal Flatts. Lyric Street Records. 2008. 276302.
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- ^ "Week Ending Feb. 13, 2011: Albums: Bieber's Big Weekend". Chart Watch. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
- ^ "Rascal Flatts Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
- ^ "Rascal Flatts Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
- ^ "Rascal Flatts Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
- ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2008". Billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
- ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2009". Billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
- ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2009". Billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
- ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2010". Billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
- ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2011". Billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
- ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2017". Billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
- ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2018". Billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
- ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2019". Billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
- ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2020". Billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2020.