From There to Here: Greatest Hits

Content

From There to Here: Greatest Hits comprises thirteen tracks from the band's first four studio albums, arranged chronologically and starting with the band's 1995 debut single "Tequila Talkin'". This, "No News" and "Runnin' Away with My Heart" all come from Lonestar's self-titled debut album. "Come Cryin' to Me", "You Walked In" and "Everything's Changed" are from 1997's Crazy Nights; "Amazed", "Smile", "What About Now" and "Tell Her" from 1999's Lonely Grill; and "I'm Already There", "With Me" and "Not a Day Goes By" from 2002's I'm Already There. Five single releases are missing from the album: "When Cowboys Didn't Dance" and "Heartbroke Every Day" from Lonestar, "Say When" from Crazy Nights, "Saturday Nights" from Lonely Grill and "Unusually Unusual" from I'm Already There.

Also included on this album are three new recordings: "My Front Porch Looking In" and "I Pray", as well as a cover of Marc Cohn's "Walking in Memphis". "My Front Porch Looking In" and "Walking in Memphis" were both released as singles in 2003, respectively reaching #1 and #8 on the U.S. country charts. Closing off the album is a remix of "I'm Already There" entitled the "Message from Home". This remix is interspersed with telephone calls placed by family members of soldiers.

Critical reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave the album four stars out of five on Allmusic, where he called it a "fine retrospective" of the band's sound. In the Consumer Guide, however, Robert Christgau gave the album a "dud" rating and called it "a bad record whose details rarely merit further thought."

Track listing

1. "Tequila Talkin'" (Chris Waters, Bill LaBounty) – 3:27
2. "No News" (Phil Barnhart, Sam Hogin, Mark D. Sanders) – 2:53
3. radio edit
4. "Runnin' Away with My Heart" (Hogin, Sanders, Michael Britt) – 3:31
5. "Come Cryin' to Me" (Sanders, Wally Wilson, John Rich) – 3:31
6. "You Walked In" (Bryan Adams, Robert John "Mutt" Lange) – 4:31
7. "Everything's Changed" (Larry Boone, Paul Nelson, Richie McDonald) – 3:53
8. "Amazed" (Chris Lindsey, Aimee Mayo, Marv Green) – 4:01
9. "Smile" (Keith Follesé, Lindsey) – 3:35
10. "What About Now" (Ron Harbin, Aaron Barker, Anthony L. Smith) – 3:32
11. "Tell Her" (Kwesi B., Craig Wiseman) – 3:28
12. album version
13. "I'm Already There" (Gary Baker, Frank J. Myers, McDonald) – 4:13
14. "With Me" (Brett James, Troy Verges) – 3:51
15. "Not a Day Goes By" (Maribeth Derry, Steve Diamond) – 4:07
16. "My Front Porch Looking In" (Myers, McDonald, Don Pfrimmer) – 3:44¹
17. "I Pray" (James Dean Hicks, Chuck Cannon) – 3:47¹
18. "Walking in Memphis" (Marc Cohn) – 3:50¹
19. "I'm Already There" (Baker, Myers, McDonald) – 4:31¹
20. "Message from Home" version

International Version

An alternate version of the album released outside of the US removes the track "I'm Already There (Message From Home)", and replaces it with two others:

17. "Love Can Change Your Mind" (Bob Farrell, Regie Hamm) - 4:17

18. "Gimme All Your Lovin'" (Frank Beard, Billy Gibbons, Joe Michael Hill) - 4:24

Production

Personnel on new tracks