Greatest Hits, Volume 1 (Randy Travis album)
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Greatest Hits, Volume 1 is the first of two greatest hits albums released on the same day in 1992 by country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 artist Randy Travis
Randy Travis
Randy Travis is an American country music singer and actor. Since 1985, he has recorded 20 studio albums and charted more than 30 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, 22 of which were number one hits...

. Two new songs were recorded for this album and released as singles. "If I Didn't Have You
If I Didn't Have You (Randy Travis song)
"If I Didn't Have You" is the title of a song written by Skip Ewing and Max D. Barnes, and recorded by American country music singer Randy Travis...

" reached number 1 on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

 chart while "An Old Pair of Shoes" reached #21. This album has been certified platinum by the RIAA.

Track listing

  1. "If I Didn't Have You
    If I Didn't Have You (Randy Travis song)
    "If I Didn't Have You" is the title of a song written by Skip Ewing and Max D. Barnes, and recorded by American country music singer Randy Travis...

    " (Max D. Barnes
    Max D. Barnes
    Max D. Barnes was a country music singer and songwriter.As a songwriter, Barnes composed many familiar songs of the '80s and '90s, receiving 42 songwriter awards in his career...

    , Skip Ewing
    Skip Ewing
    Donald Ralph "Skip" Ewing is an American country music singer and songwriter. Active since 1988, Ewing has recorded nine studio albums, and has charted fifteen singles on the Billboard country charts.-Career:...

    ) - 3:05
    • previously unreleased
  2. "1982
    1982 (song)
    "1982" is a single by American country music singer Randy Travis. Released as the second single from his 1986 album Storms of Life. It peaked at #6 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, and #5 in Canada...

    " (Buddy Blackmon, Vip Vipperman) - 2:58
  3. "Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart
    Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart
    "Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart" is the title of a song written by Hugh Prestwood and recorded by American country music singer Randy Travis. Originally released in January 1990, the song was the second track released from Travis' 1989 album, No Holdin' Back...

    " (Hugh Prestwood
    Hugh Prestwood
    Hugh Prestwood is an American songwriter whose work is primarily in country music. His first hit as a songwriter was "Hard Time for Lovers", which was recorded in 1978 by Judy Collins. Prestwood also wrote "Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart", a Number One for Randy Travis in 1990, and a song for...

    ) - 4:06
  4. "On the Other Hand
    On the Other Hand
    "On the Other Hand" is a country music song written by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz. First recorded by Keith Whitley on his 1985 album L.A. to Miami, it was later released as a single by Randy Travis. It was the lead-off single to his 1986 album Storms of Life, and it peaked at #67 in the United...

    " (Paul Overstreet
    Paul Overstreet
    Paul Lester Overstreet is an American country music singer and songwriter. He recorded 10 studio albums between 1982 and 2005, and charted 16 singles on the Billboard country charts, including two #1 hits...

    , Don Schlitz
    Don Schlitz
    Donald Alan "Don" Schlitz, Jr. is a country music songwriter. For his songwriting efforts, Schlitz has earned two Grammys, as well as four ASCAP Country Songwriter of the Year awards...

    ) - 3:05
  5. "Honky Tonk Moon
    Honky Tonk Moon
    "Honky Tonk Moon" is the title of a song written by Dennis O'Rourke and recorded by American country music artist Randy Travis. It was the lead off single released from his album, Old 8x10. It became his seventh and fifth consecutive #1 hit in the United States. It peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot...

    " (Dennis O'Rourke) - 2:49
  6. "An Old Pair of Shoes" (Jerry Foster, Art Masters, Johnny Morris) - 2:54
    • previously unreleased
  7. "I Told You So
    I Told You So (Randy Travis song)
    Carrie Underwood released a cover version of the song on her 2007 album Carnival Ride. It was the fifth and final single released from the album. Her version of the song was featured on the album Now That's What I Call Country Volume 2...

    " (Travis) - 3:38
  8. "Too Gone Too Long
    Too Gone Too Long
    "Too Gone Too Long" is a song by En Vogue, released as the final single from their third album, EV3. The song was written by famed writer Diane Warren who has written mega hits like "Un-Break My Heart" and "Because You Loved Me"...

    " (Gene Pistilli) - 2:24
  9. "Heroes and Friends
    Heroes and Friends
    "Heroes and Friends" is the title of a song co-written by recorded by American country music artist Randy Travis. It was written with Don Schlitz. It was the second and final single released from his album of duets, Heroes & Friends and his only song on the album that was not a duet. The song opens...

    " (Don Schlitz, Travis) - 3:16
  10. "Deeper Than the Holler
    Deeper Than the Holler
    "Deeper Than The Holler" is a single released by American country music singer Randy Travis and written by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz. The second single released from Travis's 1988 album, Old 8x10, the song was his eighth Number One single, and his sixth consecutive.-Content:"Deeper Than the...

    " (Paul Overstreet
    Paul Overstreet
    Paul Lester Overstreet is an American country music singer and songwriter. He recorded 10 studio albums between 1982 and 2005, and charted 16 singles on the Billboard country charts, including two #1 hits...

    , Don Schlitz
    Don Schlitz
    Donald Alan "Don" Schlitz, Jr. is a country music songwriter. For his songwriting efforts, Schlitz has earned two Grammys, as well as four ASCAP Country Songwriter of the Year awards...

    ) - 3:39
  11. "Reasons I Cheat" (Travis) - 4:23

Chart performance

Chart (1992) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 14
U.S. Billboard 200 44
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