Alan Jackson - Greatest Hits Volume II

Artist:

Jackson, Alan

Description:

Initial pressings of GREATEST HITS VOLUME 2 included a bonus CD.
Personnel: Alan Jackson (vocals, guitar); Jimmy Buffett (vocals); Bruce Watkins, Greenwood Hart (acoustic guitar); Brent Mason (electric guitar); Paul Franklin, Lloyd Green (steel guitar); Stuart Duncan (mandolin, fiddle); Hargus "Pig" Robbins (piano); Glenn Worf (electric bass); Eddie Bayers (drums); Eric Darken (percussion); John Wesley Ryles (background vocals).
Recorded at Emerald Entertainment`s Tracking Room, The Sound Station, East Iris, Nashville, Tennessee; Shrimpboat Sound, Key West, Florida; McClear Digital, Toronto, Canada.
"It`s Five O`Clock Somewhere" won the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Country Song. The song was also nominated for Best Country Collaboration With Vocals.
Anyone who earns a second volume of GREATEST HITS has obviously learned a thing or two about staying power and consistency of artistic vision. Such is the case with Alan Jackson, who appeared in the 1990s as mainstream country`s alternative to the dominance of King Garth. His sound was still eminently accessible, but the faux-Springsteen drama of Kiss fan Garth`s rock manque was eschewed for a more roots-oriented (though hardly traditionalist) sound. Things kick off nicely with the Cajun-flavored smash "Little Bitty," then giving way to the introspective, fiddle-laced country ballad "Everything I Love." Along the way, there`s the pleasantly chugging, upbeat "It Must Be Love," the much-publicized post-9/11 song "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)," thankfully absent of Toby Keith`s contemporaneous jingoistic rancor, and the Jimmy Buffett-assisted party anthem "It`s Five O` Clock Somewhere." Add a couple of unreleased tracks and a bonus disc of more obscure material, and you`ve got as good an introduction to Jackson`s work as his first GREATEST HITS COLLECTION.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Little Bitty
2. Everything I Love
3. Who`s Cheatin` Who
4. There Goes
5. I`ll Go on Loving You
6. Right on the Money
7. Gone Crazy
8. Little Man
9. Pop a Top
10. Blues Man, The
11. It Must Be Love
12. Www.Memory
13. When Somebody Loves You
14. Where I Come From
15. Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)
16. Drive (For Daddy Gene)
17. It`s Five O`Clock Somewhere - (with Jimmy Buffett)
18. Remember When

Album Information

Release Date:

08/12/2003

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Country

Subgenre:

Contemporary Country

Label:

Arista Nashville

Producer:

Keith Stegall

Catalog Number:

54860

Original Release Year:

2003

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Guest Artist:

Jimmy Buffett; Brent Mason; Stuart Duncan; Lloyd Green; John Wesley Ryles

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