Greatest Hits II (Kenny Chesney album)

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Greatest Hits II is a compilation album by country music artist Kenny Chesney. It was released on May 19, 2009, and it is his second greatest hits album since Greatest Hits in 2000. The album includes twelve singles from 2002 to 2009, as well as two non-singles from previous albums ("Be as You Are" from Be as You Are (Songs from an Old Blue Chair) and "I'm Alive" from Lucky Old Sun). Also included is the new song "Out Last Night", which was issued as a single in April 2009, followed by "I'm Alive" in August 2009.

The album was re-released on February 9, 2010 to include two new tracks, "This Is Our Moment" and "Ain't Back Yet". The former was used by the television network ESPN as a college football theme and peaked at number 46 based on unsolicited airplay, while the latter was released to radio as the album's single in February 2010.[2]

For unknown reasons, several songs, including the number-one singles "Don't Blink", "Better as a Memory", and "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven" were excluded from this album.

Reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine, reviewing the album for Allmusic, gave it four stars out of five. He said that the album was stronger than his last two studio albums because it did not contain as many laid-back songs. Erlewine also called "Out Last Night" an "amiable day-after shuffle."[1]

The album debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200,[3] and No. 1 on Top Country Albums in its first week of release.[4] The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on June 30, 2010, and on November 27, 2012.[5] It has sold 1,343,500 copies in the United States as of April 2017.[6]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Out Last Night"Kenny Chesney, Brett James3:21
2."Living in Fast Forward"David Lee Murphy, Rivers Rutherford3:32
3."Young"Craig Wiseman, Naoise Sheridan, Steve McEwan3:56
4."Summertime"Wiseman, McEwan3:27
5."Down the Road" (duet with Mac McAnally)Mac McAnally3:01
6."Beer in Mexico"Chesney4:32
7."There Goes My Life"Neil Thrasher, Wendell Mobley5:02
8."When the Sun Goes Down" (duet with Uncle Kracker)James4:50
9."Anything but Mine"Scooter Carusoe5:24
10."Be as You Are"Chesney, Dean Dillon4:20
11."I Go Back"Chesney4:03
12."No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems"Casey Beathard3:29
13."The Good Stuff"Wiseman, Jim Collins3:20
14."Never Wanted Nothing More"Ronnie Bowman, Chris Stapleton3:28
15."I'm Alive" (duet with Dave Matthews)Chesney, Dillon, Mark Tamburino3:19
Re-Release Bonus Tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
16."This Is Our Moment"Chesney3:08
17."Ain't Back Yet"Wiseman, Chris Tompkins3:46

Personnel on "Out Last Night"

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2009) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[7] 3
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[8] 1
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[9] 14

End of year charts

Chart (2010) Year-end
2010
US Billboard 200[10] 148
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[11] 26

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country US CAN
2009 "Out Last Night" 1 16 41 * US: Gold[12]
"I'm Alive" (featuring Dave Matthews) 6 32 73 * US: Gold[13]
2010 "Ain't Back Yet" 3 50 72

Certifications

Region Certification
United States (RIAA)[5] Platinum

References

  1. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Greatest Hits II review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
  2. ^ "Kenny Chesney adds two new tracks to Greatest Hits II". CMT. 10 February 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
  3. ^ "Billboard 200". Billboard. June 6, 2009.
  4. ^ "Top Country Albums". Billboard. June 6, 2009.
  5. ^ a b "American album certifications – Kenny Chesney – Greatest Hits II". Recording Industry Association of America.
  6. ^ Bjorke, Matt (April 18, 2017). "Top Country Catalog Album Sales Chart: April 18, 2017". Roughstock.
  7. ^ "Kenny Chesney Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  8. ^ "Kenny Chesney Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.
  9. ^ "Kenny Chesney Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard.
  10. ^ "Best of 2010 - Billboard Top 200". Billboard.
  11. ^ "Best of 2010 - Top Country Albums". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.
  12. ^ "American single certifications – Kenny Chesney – Out Last Night". Recording Industry Association of America.
  13. ^ "American single certifications – Kenny Chesney – I%27m Alive". Recording Industry Association of America.
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