Track Listing

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

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1137 in Music
• Released on: 2004-03-23
• Number of discs: 1
• 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

Allen Jackson - Greatest Hits Volume II
I am thrilled with the CD. I play the piano and purchased the sheet music to "Remember When". I decided to search the internet for the CD so that I could play the piano along with the CD. I have other sheet music that I have purchased CDs to play along with it.

WOW
I'm a country newbie so I'm trying to catch up with some Greatest hits Collections.
This album is awesome from start to finish...
I guess I'm now a big AJ fan!!

Greatest Hits, Great Album
You expect a greatest hits to be a great all around album. This one delivers and delivers well. This is one of those you can forget you have in the CD player and enjoy for days on end. I have thoroughly enjoyed this album.