Greatest Hits (Mark Chesnutt album)

1996 greatest hits album by Mark Chesnutt

Greatest Hits

Greatest hits album by Mark Chesnutt

Released

November 19, 1996 (1996-11-19)

Recorded

1990–1996

Genre

Country

Length

40:00

Label

Decca

Producer

Previously released material produced by Mark Wright
"It's a Little Too Late" and "Let It Rain" produced by Tony Brown

Mark Chesnutt chronology

Wings
(1995)

Greatest Hits
(1996)

Thank God for Believers
(1997)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic –	link
Robert Christgau	A−

Greatest Hits is the first compilation album by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt. It features ten hits from his first four studio albums: 1990's Too Cold at Home, 1992's Longnecks & Short Stories, 1993's Almost Goodbye, and 1994's What a Way to Live, as well as the newly recorded tracks "It's a Little Too Late" and "Let It Rain". Both of these tracks were released as singles in 1996, peaking at #1 and #8, respectively, on the Hot Country Songs charts. The album itself earned RIAA platinum certification.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Bubba Shot the Jukebox"	Dennis Linde	3:06
2.	"Too Cold at Home"	Bobby Harden	3:38
3.	"Blame It on Texas"	Ronnie Rogers, Mark Wright	2:49
4.	"Almost Goodbye"	Billy Livsey, Don Schlitz	4:09
5.	"It's a Little Too Late"	Mark Chesnutt, Roger Springer, Slugger Morrissette	2:43
6.	"Ol' Country"	Harden	3:50
7.	"Brother Jukebox"	Paul Craft	3:04
8.	"Gonna Get a Life"	Frank Dycus, Jim Lauderdale	3:43
9.	"Let It Rain"	Chesnutt, Springer, Steve Leslie	3:01
10.	"It Sure Is Monday"	Linde	2:56
11.	"Goin' Through the Big D"	M. Wright, Jon Wright, Rogers	2:34
12.	"I'll Think of Something"	Jerry Foster, Bill Rice	4:12

Personnel

The following musicians performed on the new tracks "It's a Little Too Late" and "Let It Rain".

Eddie Bayers - drums
Tim Broussard - diatonic accordion
Larry Byrom - electric guitar
Mark Chesnutt - lead vocals
Stuart Duncan - fiddle
Liana Manis - background vocals
Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
Matt Rollings - piano
Brent Rowan - electric guitar
Robby Turner - steel guitar
Biff Watson - acoustic guitar
Curtis Young - background vocals

Chart performance

Chart (1996)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	18
U.S. Billboard 200	130
Canadian RPM Country Albums	14

References

Christgau, Robert. "Mark Chesnutt". Robert Christgau.
"RIAA searchable certification database: Mark Chesnutt". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 1, 2021.

v t e Mark Chesnutt
Studio albums	Too Cold at Home Longnecks & Short Stories Almost Goodbye What a Way to Live Wings Thank God for Believers I Don't Want to Miss a Thing Lost in the Feeling Mark Chesnutt Savin' the Honky Tonk Heard It in a Love Song Rollin' with the Flow Outlaw Tradition Lives
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits
Notable singles	"Too Cold at Home" "Brother Jukebox" "Blame It on Texas" "Your Love Is a Miracle" "Broken Promise Land" "Old Flames Have New Names" "I'll Think of Something" "Bubba Shot the Jukebox" "Ol' Country" "It Sure Is Monday" "Almost Goodbye" "I Just Wanted You to Know" "Woman, Sensuous Woman" "She Dreams" "Goin' Through the Big D" "Gonna Get a Life" "Down in Tennessee" "Trouble" "It Wouldn't Hurt to Have Wings" "Wrong Place, Wrong Time" "It's a Little Too Late" "Let It Rain" "Thank God for Believers" "It's Not Over" "I Might Even Quit Lovin' You" "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" "This Heartache Never Sleeps" "Fallin' Never Felt So Good" "Lost in the Feeling" "She Was" "Heard It in a Love Song" "Rollin' with the Flow" "Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)"
Guest singles	"A Good Way to Get on My Bad Side"
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