Alan Jackson - The Greatest Hits Collection (New)

Alan Jackson – The Greatest Hits Collection

Artist: Alan Jackson
Album: The Greatest Hits Collection
Released: 1995
Genre: Country / Neo-Traditional Country
Label: Arista
Producer: Keith Stegall; Scott Hendricks on select tracks Alan Jackson Official Webstore

About the Album:
Alan Jackson’s first major greatest-hits collection pulls from his first four studio albums and includes staples like “Chattahoochee,” “Gone Country,” “Don’t Rock the Jukebox,” “Livin’ on Love,” “Midnight in Montgomery,” and “Here in the Real World.” It also introduced two new recordings, “Tall, Tall Trees” and “I’ll Try,” both of which became No. 1 country hits. The collection reached No. 1 on Billboard’s country albums chart and was later certified 6× Platinum in the U.S. Wikipedia

Members / Personnel:
Alan Jackson – vocals, guitar
Keith Stegall – producer, acoustic guitar, harmony, piano
Scott Hendricks – producer on select tracks
Stuart Duncan – fiddle
Paul Franklin – steel guitar
Hargus “Pig” Robbins – piano Amoeba Music

Cultural Facts:

• “Home” was originally written by Jackson as a Mother’s Day present for his mother, Ruth. It first appeared on his debut album and later became a hit again after being included on this collection. Alan Jackson
• In 1995—the same year this collection came out—Jackson won his first CMA Entertainer of the Year award. Alan Jackson
• That year he also visited Hank Williams’ grave at midnight and joined fans in singing “I Saw the Light” and “Your Cheatin’ Heart.” Alan Jackson
• “Tall, Tall Trees” had deep country roots: it was a song written by George Jones and Roger Miller, giving Jackson’s version a direct link to an earlier generation of honky-tonk country.

Notable Tracks: “Chattahoochee,” “Gone Country,” “Tall, Tall Trees,” “Don’t Rock the Jukebox,” “Livin’ on Love,” “Midnight in Montgomery,” “Mercury Blues,” “Here in the Real World”