Greatest Hits (Waylon Jennings album)

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Greatest Hits
WaylonJenningsGreatestHits.jpg
Greatest hits album by
Waylon Jennings
ReleasedApril 1979
Genre
LabelRCA Nashville
Producer
Waylon Jennings chronology
I've Always Been Crazy
(1978) 		Greatest Hits
(1979) 		What Goes Around Comes Around
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic5/5 stars[1]
Rolling Stone(Not Rated)[2]

Greatest Hits is a compilation album by American country music artist Waylon Jennings, released in 1979 by RCA Nashville.

Background[]

The LP documents Jennings' outlaw country years for RCA and includes several of his most well-known signature songs, the most recent of which had been the title track of I've Always Been Crazy, released the year before. Not counting the Mackintosh & T.J. soundtrack album and the White Mansions concept album, Greatest Hits became Jennings' eighth consecutive release to reach #1 on the charts; it was also one of his last chart-topping records, with What Goes Around Comes Around, released that same year, peaking at #2.

"Amanda" had been a track on his 1974 album The Ramblin' Man, but had not been released as a single at that time. More than 4½ years later, new overdubs were added to the original track and the song was placed on this greatest hits album. In April 1979 it was issued as a single and soon became one of the biggest country hits of 1979.

The album has been 5× Platinum certified by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and 3× Platinum by Music Canada.[3][4] In 1984, RCA issued the original 11-track album on compact disc. In 1989, RCA reissued an abridged CD/Cassette version with the songs resequenced and omitting two tracks ("Ladies Love Outlaws" and "Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line"). This is the version of the CD currently available.

Track listing[]

1979 release[]

  1. "Lonesome, On'ry and Mean" (Young) – 3:38
    From Lonesome, On'ry and Mean (1973)
  2. "Ladies Love Outlaws" (Clayton) – 2:32
    From Ladies Love Outlaws (1972)
  3. "I've Always Been Crazy" (Jennings) – 4:11
    From I've Always Been Crazy (1978)
  4. "I'm a Ramblin' Man" (Ray Pennington) – 2:46
    From The Ramblin' Man (1974)
  5. "Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line" (Bryant) – 2:20
    From Only the Greatest (1968)
  6. "Amanda" (McDill) – 2:56
    New overdub of a song that had appeared on The Ramblin' Man (1974)
  7. "Honky Tonk Heroes" (Billy Joe Shaver) – 3:27
    From Honky Tonk Heroes (1973)
  8. "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" (Bruce, Bruce) – 2:32
    From Waylon and Willie (1978)
  9. "Good Hearted Woman" (Jennings, Nelson) – 2:59
    • With Willie Nelson
    From Wanted! The Outlaws (1976)
  10. "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)" (Emmons, Moman) – 3:19
    From Ol' Waylon (1977)
  11. "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way" (Jennings) – 2:55
    From Dreaming My Dreams (1975)

1989 release[]

  1. "Lonesome, On'ry and Mean" (Young) – 3:38
  2. "I've Always Been Crazy" (Jennings) – 4:11
  3. "Honky Tonk Heroes" (Shaver) – 3:27
  4. "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)" (Emmons, Moman) – 3:19
  5. "I'm a Ramblin' Man" (Pennington) – 2:46
  6. "Amanda" (McDill) – 2:56
  7. "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow up to Be Cowboys" (Bruce, Bruce) – 2:32 (with Willie Nelson)
  8. "A Good Hearted Woman" (Jennings, Nelson) – 2:59
  9. "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way" (Jennings) – 2:55

Charts[]

Certifications[]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[18] 3× Platinum 300,000^
United States (RIAA)[19] 5× Platinum 5,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References[]

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Allmusic review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-08-29.
  2. ^ Marsh, Dave (July 26, 1979). "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on February 4, 2010. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
  3. ^ "RIAA searchable database". RIAA. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
  4. ^ "Music Canada searchable database". Music Canada. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
  5. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 154. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  6. ^ "RPM Top Albums/CDs - Volume 31, No. 21, August 18, 1979". RPM Magazine. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
  7. ^ "RPM Country Albums/CDs - Volume 31, No. 16, July 14, 1979". RPM Magazine. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
  8. ^ "Charts.nz – Waylon Jennings – Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  9. ^ "Waylon Jennings Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  10. ^ "Waylon Jennings Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  11. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1979". Billboard. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  12. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1979". Billboard. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  13. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1980". Billboard. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  14. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1980". Billboard. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  15. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1981". Billboard. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  16. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1981". Billboard. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  17. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1982". Billboard. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  18. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Waylon Jennings – Greatest Hits". Music Canada. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  19. ^ "American album certifications – Waylon Jennings – Greatest Hits". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
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