Greatest Hits, Volume 2 (Diamond Rio album)
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Greatest Hits, Volume 2 is the second greatest-hits package released by country music
group Diamond Rio
. The tracks "God Only Cries", "Redneck Love Gone Bad", "Over You" and "In God We Still Trust" were newly recorded for the album. "God Only Cries" was the only one of these to be released as a single; it peaked at #30 on the Hot Country Songs
charts in mid-2006, shortly before the band exited Arista's roster.
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...
group Diamond Rio
Diamond Rio
Diamond Rio is an American Country music/Christian music band formed in 1984 in Nashville, Tennessee. Since its foundation, the group has comprised the same six members: Gene Johnson , Jimmy Olander , Brian Prout , Marty Roe , Dan Truman , and Dana Williams...
. The tracks "God Only Cries", "Redneck Love Gone Bad", "Over You" and "In God We Still Trust" were newly recorded for the album. "God Only Cries" was the only one of these to be released as a single; it peaked at #30 on the 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...
charts in mid-2006, shortly before the band exited Arista's roster.
Track listing
- "God Only Cries" (Tim Johnson) – 3:56
- "Beautiful MessBeautiful Mess"Beautiful Mess" is the title of a song recorded by the American country music band Diamond Rio. It was co-written by Shane Minor, Clay Mills, and former Exile member Sonny LeMaire, and was the first single from Diamond Rio's 2002 studio album Completely...
" (Sonny LeMaire, Shane MinorShane MinorShane Allen Minor is an American country music artist. Signed to Mercury Nashville Records in 1999, Minor released his self-titled album that year, and it produced three hit singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts...
, Clay MillsClay MillsClayton Bernard "Clay" Mills is an American songwriter. His credits include the #1 hits "Beautiful Mess" by Diamond Rio and "Don't Think I Don't Think About It" by Darius Rucker, which won Mills an award from ASCAP. Other country music artists who have charted with his singles include Andy Griggs...
) – 3:48 - "One More DayOne More Day (Diamond Rio song)"One More Day" is a song written by Bobby Tomberlin and Steven Dale Jones, and recorded by American country music group Diamond Rio. It was released in October 2000 as the second single from their 2001 album, also titled One More Day, in addition to gaining popularity after the death of NASCAR...
" (Bobby Tomberlin, Steven Dale Jones) – 3:35 - "Sweet SummerSweet Summer"Sweet Summer" is the title of a song written by Neil Thrasher and Michael Dulaney and recorded by American country music group Diamond Rio. It was released in May 2001 as the third single from their 2001 album, One More Day. It peaked at #18 in the United States and it also peaked at #4 on the U.S...
" (Neil ThrasherNeil ThrasherJoe Neil Thrasher, Jr. is an American country music singer and songwriter. Between 1995 and 1997, he and Kelly Shiver comprised the duo Thrasher Shiver, which recorded a studio album for Asylum Records in 1996 and charted two singles on the Billboard country charts in early 1997...
, Michael Dulaney) – 4:29 - "Redneck Love Gone Bad" (Bobby G. Taylor, Shannon LawsonShannon Lawson (singer)Shannon Lawson is an American country music artist. He is also a member of the MuzikMafia, a collection of country musicians known for their "music without prejudice"....
) – 3:46 - "Over You" (Jason SellersJason SellersJason Sellers is an American country music artist. After several years of touring the United States in his family's band, Sellers joined the road band of Ricky Skaggs. By 1997, he was signed to a recording contract with BNA Records, for whom he recorded two studio albums: 1997's I'm Your Man and...
, Dulaney, Jones) – 3:41 - "UnbelievableUnbelievable (Diamond Rio song)"Unbelievable" is the title of a single, released in late 1998, by American country music band Diamond Rio. It was the second single from their fifth studio album, also titled Unbelievable....
" (Al AndersonAl Anderson (NRBQ)Alan Gordon "Al" Anderson is an American guitarist, singer, and songwiter. Between 1971 and the early 1990s, he was the lead guitarist in the rock band NRBQ, also releasing several solo albums. He also played electric guitar on Jonathan Edwards' 1973 album Have a Good Time for Me...
, Jeffrey SteeleJeffrey SteeleJeffrey LeVasseur is an American country music singer and songwriter, more commonly known by the name Jeffrey Steele...
) – 2:21 - "You're Gone" (Paul WilliamsPaul Williams (songwriter)Paul Hamilton Williams, Jr. is an Academy Award-winning American composer, musician, songwriter, and actor. He is perhaps best known for popular songs performed by a number of acts in the 1970s including Three Dog Night's "An Old Fashioned Love Song", Helen Reddy's "You and Me Against the World",...
, Jon Vezner) – 3:59 - "That's What I Get for Lovin' YouThat's What I Get for Lovin' You"That's What I Get for Lovin' You" is the title of a song co-written by Kent Blazy and Neil Thrasher and released as a single by American country music group Diamond Rio. It was the second single released from their album, IV. It peaked at #4 in the United States, and #19 in Canada...
" (Thrasher, Kent BlazyKent BlazyKent Blazy is an American country music songwriter. His credits include several singles for Garth Brooks , as well as singles by Gary Morris, Diamond Rio, Patty Loveless and Chris Young.-Biography:Kent Blazy was raised in Lexington, Kentucky...
) – 3:17 - "Wrinkles" (Thrasher, Ronny Scaife) – 3:08
- "I BelieveI Believe (Diamond Rio song)"I Believe" is the title of a country music song written by Skip Ewing and Donny Kees. It was recorded by the band Diamond Rio on their 2002 album Completely, from which it was released as that album's second single...
" (Skip EwingSkip EwingDonald 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:...
, Donny Kees) – 3:57 - "Meet in the MiddleMeet in the Middle"Meet in the Middle" is the debut single of the American country music band Diamond Rio. Released in 1991, the single reached Number One on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, making Diamond Rio the first country music band in history to have its debut single reach Number One...
" (Jim Foster, Chapin Hartford, Don Pfrimmer) – 3:20 - "In God We Still Trust" (Rob LeClair, Bill Nash, Kim Nash) – 3:36
Personnel
- Gene Johnson – mandolinMandolinA mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
, background vocals - Jimmy Olander – acoustic guitarAcoustic guitarAn acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
, electric guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker... - Brian Prout – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Marty Roe – acoustic guitarAcoustic guitarAn acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
, lead vocals - Dan Truman – keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
- Dana Williams – bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, background vocals
Chart performance
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 12 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 62 |