Released February 28, 1985 Length 30:57 Release date 28 February 1985 Label MCA Records | Recorded 1978 – May 1984 Artist Barbara Mandrell Producer Tom Collins Genre Country pop | |
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Greatest Hits
(1985) Get to the Heart
(1985) Similar Love Is Fair, The Best of Barbara Mandrell, Moments, Sure Feels Good, In Black and White | ||
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.
Contents
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." 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 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. Greatest Hits was originally released on an LP album upon its original release in 1985, with five songs on each of the record. The album was later reissued on a compact disc also under MCA.
Track listing
- "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
- "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
Songs
1I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool3:40
2Years3:53
3Wish You Were Here2:53