Greatest Hits, Volume 2 (Randy Travis album)
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Greatest Hits, Volume 2 is the second of two greatest hits albums released on the same day in 1992 by country music
artist Randy Travis
. Three new songs were recorded for this album and one, "Look Heart, No Hands", was released as a single and reached #1 on the Billboard
Hot Country Songs
chart. The other newly recorded songs were "Take Another Swing at Me" and "I'd Do It All Again With You". This album has so far been Travis' last album to be certified platinum by the RIAA.
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...
. Three new songs were recorded for this album and one, "Look Heart, No Hands", was released as a single and reached #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. The other newly recorded songs were "Take Another Swing at Me" and "I'd Do It All Again With You". This album has so far been Travis' last album to be certified platinum by the RIAA.
Track listing
- "Look Heart, No HandsLook Heart, No Hands"Look Heart, No Hands" is the title of a country music song written by Trey Bruce and former Amazing Rhythm Aces member Russell Smith. It was recorded by Randy Travis as a new single for his 1992 album Greatest Hits, Volume 2, from which it was released as a single in November 1992...
" (Trey BruceTrey BruceTrey Bruce is an American country music songwriter. Bruce has co-written three songs that became Number One singles on the Billboard country charts: "Look Heart, No Hands", "Spirit of a Boy, Wisdom of a Man" and "Whisper My Name" by Randy Travis, and "How Your Love Makes Me Feel" by Diamond Rio...
, Russell SmithRussell Smith (singer)Russell Smith is an American country music singer-songwriter. Formerly the lead singer of the Amazing Rhythm Aces, Smith launched a solo country music career in 1984. He was signed by Epic Records in 1988, who released his debut album, This Little Town, the following year...
) - 3:10- previously unreleased
- "Forever and Ever, AmenForever and Ever, Amen"Forever and Ever, Amen" is a single released in 1987 by country music artist Randy Travis, written by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz. It was Travis's third No. 1 single on the U.S...
" (Paul OverstreetPaul OverstreetPaul 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 SchlitzDon SchlitzDonald 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...
) - 3:33 - "No Place Like HomeNo Place Like Home (Randy Travis song)"No Place Like Home" is a single by American country music artist Randy Travis. Released in November 1986, it was the fourth and final single from his 1986 album, Storms of Life. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in March 1987.-Chart performance:...
" (Overstreet) - 4:07 - "Is It Still Over?Is It Still Over?"Is It Still Over?" is the title of a song co-written by Ken Bell and Larry Henley and recorded by American country music artist Randy Travis. It was released in January 1989 as the third single from his album, Old 8x10. It became his ninth as well as his seventh consecutive #1 hit in the United...
" (Ken Bell, Larry HenleyLarry HenleyLarry Henley is an American singer and songwriter, born June 30, 1941 in Arp, Texas. He is perhaps best known for co-writing the 1989 hit record, "Wind Beneath My Wings". The single was a U.S...
) - 3:11 - "He Walked on WaterHe Walked on Water"He Walked on Water" is a country music song written by Allen Shamblin and recorded by American country music singer Randy Travis on his 1989 album No Holdin' Back, from which it was released as the third and final single...
" (Allen ShamblinAllen ShamblinAllen Shamblin is a country music songwriter who was born in Tennessee, and was brought up in Texas.After graduating from Sam Houston State University he worked in Austin as a real estate appraiser. In 1987, he quit his job and moved to Nashville to pursue a career as a song writer. He supported...
) - 3:25 - "Take Another Swing at Me" (Paul Craft) - 2:12
- previously unreleased
- "PromisesPromises (Randy Travis song)"Promises" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Randy Travis. It was released in May 1989 as the fourth and final single from his album, Old 8x10, it peaked at #17 in the United States and #12 Canada. Travis co-wrote this with John Lindley.-Chart...
" (John Lindley, Randy Travis) - 4:00 - "Diggin' Up BonesDiggin' Up Bones"Diggin' Up Bones" is a song recorded by country music artist Randy Travis. It was the third single to his 1986 album Storms of Life. It peaked at number-one in both the United States and Canada.-Chart positions:...
" (Al Gore, Overstreet, Nat StuckeyNat StuckeyNathan Stuckey was an American country singer. He recorded for various labels between 1966 and 1978, charting in the top 10 of Hot Country Songs with "Sweet Thang", "Plastic Saddle", "Sweet Thang and Cisco" and "Take Time to Love Her"-Biography:Raised in Atlanta, Texas, in Cass County, Nat Stuckey...
) - 3:00 - "I Won't Need You Anymore (Always and Forever)I Won't Need You Anymore (Always and Forever)"I Won't Need You Anymore " is the title of a single released by American country music artist Randy Travis. It was co-written by Max D. Barnes and Troy Seals. It was the second single released from his album, Always & Forever. It became his third number 1 hit...
" (Max D. BarnesMax D. BarnesMax 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...
, Troy SealsTroy SealsTroy Seals is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist.He is a member of the prominent Seals family of musicians that includes, Jim Seals and Dan Seals and Brady Seals...
) - 3:11 - "It's Just a Matter of TimeIt's Just a Matter of Time (Brook Benton song)"It's Just a Matter of Time" is a popular song written by Brook Benton and Clyde Otis. The original recording by Benton topped the Billboard rhythm & blues chart in 1959 and peaked at No...
" (Brook BentonBrook BentonBrook Benton was an American singer and songwriter who was popular with rock and roll, rhythm and blues, and pop music audiences during the late 1950s and early 1960s, when he scored hits such as "It's Just A Matter Of Time" and "Endlessly", many of which he co-wrote.He made a comeback in 1970...
, Belford Hendricks, Clyde OtisClyde OtisClyde Otis, born in Prentiss, Mississippi, , was an American songwriter and producer best known for his collaboration with singer Brook Benton, and for being one of the first African American A&R executive for a major label.According to the music licensing organization Broadcast Music Inc., Otis is...
) - 3:56 - "I'd Do It All Again With You" (Travis) - 2:30
- previously unreleased
- omitted from cassette version
Chart performance
Chart (1992) | Peak position |
---|---|
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 20 |
U.S. Billboard 200 | 67 |
Canadian RPM Country Albums | 4 |