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Tracy Byrd's first hits compilation, 1999's Keepers: Greatest Hits, covered his hits for MCA during the '90s, as did his second, 2001's 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection (eight of its ten songs were on Keepers as well). His third collection is 2005's Greatest Hits and it's the first to cover his recordings for RCA in the 2000s. While this is only three albums -- 1999's It's About Time, 2001's Ten Rounds, and 2003's The Truth About Men -- it is a period of time that not only gave Byrd his biggest hit with "Ten Rounds With Jose Cuervo," but found him coming into his own as a funny, loose-limbed neo-traditional country singer. His material wasn't only become more distinctive, so were his performances, and the best moments of these three records were ridiculously fun. Most, but not all, of those performances are collected on Greatest Hits, along with two new songs -- the rowdy road trip anthem "Johnny Cash" and the even better "Revenge of a Middle-Aged Woman" -- and new versions of his MCA hits "Watermelon Crawl," "Keeper of the Stars," and "I'm From the Country." Often, re-recorded tunes for hits collections are rote, perfunctory filler, but these three tunes illustrate how Byrd has hit his stride; they equal, or arguably eclipse, the originals and help keep the record moving along at a rapid clip. Yes, a couple of charting singles are missing -- 2000's "Love, You Ain't Seen the Last of Me" and 2004's "How'd I Wind Up in Jamaica" -- and since this clocks in at a mere 12 tracks, they really could have fit on here, but that aside, this is an otherwise impeccable collection that's nothing but pure fun.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Tracy Byrd, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Billy Joe Walker, Jr., Producer - Rory Lee, Composer, Lyricist - Paul Overstreet, Composer, Lyricist - Tim Johnson, Composer, Lyricist - Andy Griggs, Associated Performer - Montgomery Gentry, Associated Performer - Blake Shelton, Associated Performer - John Wesley Ryles
(P) 2003 BMG Music
Tracy Byrd, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Producer, Associated Performer, Producer - Billy Joe Walker, Jr., Producer - Tony Martin, Composer, Lyricist - Mark Nesler, Composer, Lyricist - Tom Shapiro, Composer, Lyricist - Wes Hightower - Liana Manis
(P) 2001 BMG Music
Tracy Byrd, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Billy Joe Walker, Jr., Producer - Casey Beathard, Composer, Lyricist - Kerry Kurt Phillips, Composer, Lyricist - Wes Hightower - John Wesley Ryles - Neil Thrasher
(P) 2003 BMG Music
Tracy Byrd, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Producer, Associated Performer, Producer - Billy Joe Walker, Jr., Producer - Buddy Brock, Composer, Lyricist - Zack Turner, Composer, Lyricist - John Wesley Ryles - Curtis "Mr. Harmony" Young
(P) 2004 BMG Music
Tracy Byrd, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Producer, Associated Performer, Producer - Billy Joe Walker, Jr., Producer - Danny Mayo, Composer, Lyricist - Karen Staley, Composer, Lyricist - Dickey Lee, Composer, Lyricist - Wes Hightower - Liana Manis
(P) 2001 BMG Music
Tracy Byrd, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Mark Chesnutt, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Billy Joe Walker, Jr., Producer - George Teren, Composer, Lyricist - Rivers Rutherford, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2004 BMG Music
Tracy Byrd, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Producer, Associated Performer, Producer - Billy Joe Walker, Jr., Producer - Casey Beathard, Composer, Lyricist - Michael P. Heeney, Composer, Lyricist - Maria Cannon-Goodman, Composer, Lyricist - Mark Chesnutt - Andy Griggs - Wes Hightower - Curtis Wright
(P) 2001 Sony Music Entertainment
Tracy Byrd, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Producer, Associated Performer, Producer - Billy Joe Walker, Jr., Producer - Skip Ewing, Composer, Lyricist - Jimmy Wayne Barber, Composer, Lyricist - Wes Hightower - Liana Manis - Dennis Wilson
(P) 1999 BMG Music
Tracy Byrd, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Producer, Associated Performer, Producer - Marty Brown, Composer, Lyricist - Stan Webb, Composer, Lyricist - Richard Young, Composer, Lyricist - Billy Joe Walker, Jr., Producer - Joe Carter - John Wesley Ryles - Mike Taliaferro - Curtis "Mr. Harmony" Young
(P) 2004 BMG Music
Tracy Byrd, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Keith Stegall, Composer, Lyricist - Billy Joe Walker, Jr., Producer - Wes Hightower - Neil Thrasher
(P) 2003 BMG Music
Tracy Byrd, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Producer, Associated Performer, Producer - Billy Joe Walker, Jr., Producer - Rodney Clawson, Associated Performer, Lyricist - Vicky McGehee, Composer, Lyricist - John Rich, Composer, Lyricist - Wes Hightower - Neil Thrasher
(P) 2004 BMG Music
Tracy Byrd, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Producer, Associated Performer, Producer - Dave Berg, Composer, Lyricist - Annie Tate, Composer, Lyricist - Sam Tate, Composer, Lyricist - Billy Joe Walker, Jr., Producer - Wes Hightower
(P) 2004 BMG Music
Album review
Tracy Byrd's first hits compilation, 1999's Keepers: Greatest Hits, covered his hits for MCA during the '90s, as did his second, 2001's 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection (eight of its ten songs were on Keepers as well). His third collection is 2005's Greatest Hits and it's the first to cover his recordings for RCA in the 2000s. While this is only three albums -- 1999's It's About Time, 2001's Ten Rounds, and 2003's The Truth About Men -- it is a period of time that not only gave Byrd his biggest hit with "Ten Rounds With Jose Cuervo," but found him coming into his own as a funny, loose-limbed neo-traditional country singer. His material wasn't only become more distinctive, so were his performances, and the best moments of these three records were ridiculously fun. Most, but not all, of those performances are collected on Greatest Hits, along with two new songs -- the rowdy road trip anthem "Johnny Cash" and the even better "Revenge of a Middle-Aged Woman" -- and new versions of his MCA hits "Watermelon Crawl," "Keeper of the Stars," and "I'm From the Country." Often, re-recorded tunes for hits collections are rote, perfunctory filler, but these three tunes illustrate how Byrd has hit his stride; they equal, or arguably eclipse, the originals and help keep the record moving along at a rapid clip. Yes, a couple of charting singles are missing -- 2000's "Love, You Ain't Seen the Last of Me" and 2004's "How'd I Wind Up in Jamaica" -- and since this clocks in at a mere 12 tracks, they really could have fit on here, but that aside, this is an otherwise impeccable collection that's nothing but pure fun.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:41:36
- Main artists: Tracy Byrd
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: BNA Records Label
- Genre: Country
(P) 2004 BMG Music
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