Greatest Hits (John Michael Montgomery album)

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by
ReleasedOctober 14, 1997 (1997-10-14)
Studio
  • Track 13 recorded at Ocean Way Nashville (Nashville, Tennessee) and mixed at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
GenreCountry
Length50:14
LabelAtlantic
Producer
John Michael Montgomery chronology
What I Do the Best
(1996)
Greatest Hits
(1997)
Leave a Mark
(1998)
Singles from Greatest Hits
  1. "Angel in My Eyes"
    Released: September 29, 1997
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Greatest Hits is the first compilation album by American country music artist John Michael Montgomery; it was released in 1997 on Atlantic Records. The track "Angel in My Eyes" was newly recorded for this compilation and released as a single, peaking at #4 on the Billboard country music charts in 1998.

In August 1999 the album was certified Platinum by the RIAA.[1]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)"Richard Fagan, Robb Royer2:30
2."If You've Got Love"Mark D. Sanders, Steve Seskin3:54
3."Rope the Moon"Jimmy Denton, Aggie Brown, Jess Brown4:06
4."I Love the Way You Love Me"Chuck Cannon, Victoria Shaw4:01
5."Friends"Jerry Holland3:52
6."Cowboy Love"Bill Douglas, Jeff Wood3:12
7."I Miss You a Little"Fagan, John Michael Montgomery, Mike Anthony4:12
8."Beer and Bones"Sanger D. Shafer, Lonnie Williams3:38
9."I Can Love You Like That"Steve Diamond, Maribeth Derry, Jennifer Kimball3:53
10."No Man's Land"John Scott Sherrill, Seskin3:02
11."Be My Baby Tonight"Fagan, Ed Hill2:50
12."I Swear"Gary Baker, Frank J. Myers4:24
13."Angel in My Eyes"Blair Daly, Tony Mullins3:31
14."Life's a Dance"Allen Shamblin, Seskin3:09

Personnel

Angel in My Eyes

Production

  • Scott Hendricks – producer (1–3, 6, 9–12)
  • Doug Johnson – producer (4, 8, 14)
  • Csaba Pectoz – producer (5, 7)
  • Zal Schreiber – mastering (1–12, 14) at Atlantic Studios (New York City, New York)

Credits for Track 13

  • Csaba Pectoz – producer, overdub recording, mixing
  • Joe Chiccarelli – track recording
  • Glenn Spinner – tracking assistant
  • Aaron Swihart – tracking assistant
  • David Hall – mix assistant
  • Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics
  • Mike "Frog" Griffith – production coordinator
  • Lisa Roy – production coordinator

Chart performance

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[8] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "RIAA – Searchable Database: John Michael Montgomery". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  2. ^ "John Michael Montgomery Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
  3. ^ "John Michael Montgomery Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
  4. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1997". Billboard. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
  5. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1998". Billboard. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
  6. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1998". Billboard. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
  7. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1999". Billboard. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
  8. ^ "American album certifications – John Michael Montgomery – Greatest Hits". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved February 11, 2021.