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. The Blues Man
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
18. Remember When

Disc 2:

1. Job Description
2. Tropical Depression
3. Let's Get Back To Me and You
4. You Can't Give Up On Love
5. Hole In The Wall
6. Buicks to the Moon
7. When Love Comes Around
8. The Sounds

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #77474 in Music
• Released on: 2003-08-12
• Number of discs: 2
• Formats: Extra tracks, Limited Edition

Amazon.com
You don't have to get very far into Alan Jackson's splendid second anthology of hits before you're struck by how well the rangy Georgian has built his catalogue and how beautifully Keith Stegall continually produces his songs, filling the instrumental breaks with unexpectedly creative solos. While Jackson's choice of cover songs is usually inspired ("Pop-A-Top," "Little Bitty"), he's a deft writer, alternating his tongue-in-cheek, Sheriff Andy Taylor persona with his "just a singer of simple songs" earnestness, lacing it all with an unfettered delivery and a Haggardesque dedication to the bedrock honky-tonk sound. There are times when he edges too close to formula, running the romanticized, small-town, cornbread-and-chicken conceits ("Where I Come From") into the ground. But then he quickly redeems himself with a lip-tremblingly good "Drive" or "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)." This package consists of two discs, 16 hits and two new cuts filling the first and an unnecessary and somewhat inferior eight album tracks occupying the second. Of the two new songs, the emotional husband-and-wife ballad "Remember When" handily outdistances the too-trite "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" with perennial smart-ass Jimmy Buffett. Jackson's too good an artist to settle for such an easy reach, but hey, let's cut him a little slack. He's paid his dues. --Alanna Nash

Customer Reviews

well, it's Alan
Alan Jackson is an anomaly in modern country music. He's a traditionalist in an era tending away from tradition, and he continually defies the odds by remaining popular and relevant. His second greatest hits album does not sound like quite as much of a throwback to the old country style as his first greatest hits album did: there is an undeniable radio-friendly sheen to the music. It feels contemporary. Still, at the center of the music is Jackson, expressing his down-home sentiments in an impressive country voice; when the instrumentation and production stray into pop territory, we still have Alan there to hold it all together and bring it back home. Which makes this collection a fine one indeed, with a whole line-up of instantly recognizable radio hits from the past several years. Very enjoyable.

STELLAR STUFF!
I like that, Alan Jackson just happens to include some "other stuff" along with his GREATEST HITS 2 album. But what stellar stuff! Two discs, 26 tracks and no filler and what you've got is an album that's got to be one of the best in recent times.

Jackson hits include Little Bitty, Who's Cheatin' Who, The Blues Man, Drive and Remember When (Jackson's newest hit!). It's Five O' Clock Somewhere is a classic duet with Jimmy Buffet. And that's just disc 1!

For Alan Jackson fans everywhere or a great one with which to start a country music collection.

THE HORSEMAN

Alan Jackson could be the greatest Country Music Star EVER!
Here is yet another album from Alan Jackson that is sure to go Platinum. Just when you get finished with his #1 Album "Drive", he sends us another treat with GH Volume 2. This, by far, is his greatest album with all of the "Alan Jackson Necessities" enclosed. Just think, this man started as a struggling artist and, if not for his flight attendant wife running up to Glen Campbell, he might never had been heard! His greatest music (eg "Gone Crazy", "I'll go on loving you") came after he and his wife went through a separation and near divorce. A terrible ordeal for anyone but what a blessing for his fans. You truly can't go wrong with this CD. Possibly the best Country Music CD EVER!