Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits

Greatest hits

A greatest hits album is a music compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular artist or band...

 album by American 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...

 band Shenandoah

Shenandoah (band)

Shenandoah is an American country music group founded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama in 1984 by Marty Raybon , Ralph Ezell , Stan Thorn , Jim Seales , and Mike McGuire...

. It was released in 1992 on Columbia Records

Columbia Records

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. The album includes five singles from their 1989 album The Road Not Taken

The Road Not Taken (Shenandoah album)

The Road Not Taken was the second album released by country music group Shenandoah and their most successful album to date. Of the six singles released from 1988 to 1990, all charted within the top ten and three of those, "The Church on Cumberland Road", "Sunday in the South", and "Two Dozen Roses"...

and three from their 1990 album Extra Mile

Extra Mile (album)

Extra Mile is the third studio album by the American country music band Shenandoah. It was released May 2, 1990 on Columbia Records. Their final album for the label, it produced five chart singles on the Billboard country charts...

, as well as the new tracks "Any Ole Stretch of Blacktop" and "(It's Hard to Live Up to) The Rock". The former was previously recorded by Collin Raye

Collin Raye

Floyd Collin Wray Floyd Collin Wray Floyd Collin Wray (born August 22, 1959 or 1960,Although multiple online sources all indicate Raye's date of birth as 1959, Raye's MySpace lists his date of birth as 1960. Furthermore, the 2004 Deseret News article cited in this article indicates the singer as...

 on his 1991 debut album All I Can Be

All I Can Be

All I Can Be is the debut album of American country music artist Collin Raye. It features the hit singles "All I Can Be ", "Love, Me" , and "Every Second". The final track, "If I Were You", is a different song than the song of the same name recorded on Raye's 1994 album Extremes...

, and the latter was co-written by Stan Munsey, who would later become the band's keyboardist.

Track listing

1. "Any Ole Stretch of Blacktop" (Frank J. Myers
   Frank J. Myers
   Frank Joseph Myers is an American country music singer, songwriter and record producer. In his career, he has written songs for John Michael Montgomery, Eddie Rabbitt, Crystal Gayle, Lonestar and others...
   
   , Bernie Nelson)
2. "Mama Knows
   Mama Knows
   "Mama Knows" is the title of a song written by Tony Haselden and Tim Mensy, and recorded by American country music group Shenandoah. It was released in August 1988 as the first single from their album The Road Not Taken. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in...
   
   " (Tony Haselden, Tim Mensy
   Tim Mensy
   Timmie Menzies is an American country music artist known as Tim Mensy. Initially, he was a member of the band Bandana, in which he charted several singles on the Hot Country Songs charts in the 1980s...
   
   )
3. "Sunday in the South
   Sunday in the South
   "Sunday in the South" is the title of a song written by Jay Booker and recorded by country music group Shenandoah. It was released in May 1989 as the fourth single to their 1989 album The Road Not Taken...
   
   " (Jay Booker)
4. The Church on Cumberland Road
   The Church on Cumberland Road
   "The Church on Cumberland Road" is the title of a song recorded by country music group Shenandoah. It was released in January 1989 as the third single to their 1988 album The Road Not Taken. It was their first number-one hit in both the United States and Canada. In 2001, on a live CMT special,...
   
   " (Bob DiPiero
   Bob DiPiero
   Bob DiPiero is an American country music songwriter. He has written 15. U.S. Number 1 hits and countless top 20 hits for the likes of Tim McGraw, The Oak Ridge Boys, Reba McEntire, Vince Gill, Faith Hill, Shenandoah, Neal McCoy, Highway 101, Restless Heart, Ricochet, John Anderson, Montgomery...
   
   , Dennis Robbins
   Dennis Robbins
   Dennis Robbins is an American musician who first made himself known as a guitarist in the band The Rockets. After his departure from The Rockets, he began a career in country music, recording two major-label albums and several singles of his own, in addition to writing hit singles for Shenandoah...
   
   , John Scott Sherrill
   John Scott Sherrill
   John Scott Sherrill is an American songwriter whose work is primarily in the field of country music. He has written songs for such artists as John Anderson, Brooks & Dunn, Jimmy Buffett , Johnny Lee, George Strait, Steve Wariner, Patty Loveless, Josh Turner, Waylon Jennings, Alison Krauss, Peter...
   
   )
5. "Two Dozen Roses
   Two Dozen Roses
   "Two Dozen Roses" is a song recorded by country music group Shenandoah. It was released in August 1989 as the fifth single from their 1989 album The Road Not Taken. It was their third number-one hit in both the United States and Canada...
   
   " (Mac McAnally
   Mac McAnally
   Lyman Corbitt "Mac" McAnally, Jr. is an American country music singer-songwriter, session musician and record producer. In his career, he has recorded ten studio albums and eight singles. Two of his singles were hits on the Billboard Hot 100, and six more on the Hot Country Songs charts...
   
   , Robert Byrne)
6. "(It's Hard to Live Up to) The Rock" (Steve Baccus, Steve Dukes, Stan Munsey, Russ Zavitson)
7. "Next to You, Next to Me
   Next to You, Next to Me
   "Next to You, Next to Me" is the title of a song written by Robert Ellis Orrall and Curtis Wright, and recorded by country music group Shenandoah. It was released in June 1990 as the lead-off single to their 1990 album Extra Mile...
   
   " (Robert Ellis Orrall
   Robert Ellis Orrall
   Robert Ellis Orrall is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. Signed to RCA Records in 1980, Orrall debuted that year with the album "Fixation". His first Top 40 single was "I Couldn't Say No", a duet with Carlene Carter...
   
   , Curtis Wright
   Curtis Wright
   Curtis Blaine Wright is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1989 with the single "She's Got a Man on her Mind" on a branch of MCA Records, before recording a solo album in 1992 on Liberty Records...
   
   )
8. "Ghost in This House
   Ghost in This House
   "Ghost in This House" is the title of a song written by Hugh Prestwood and recorded by American country music group Shenandoah. It was released in September 1990 as the second single from their album Extra Mile...
   
   " (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...
   
   )
9. "I Got You
   I Got You (Shenandoah song)
   "I Got You" is the title of a song recorded by American country music group Shenandoah. It was released in January 1991 as the third single from their album Extra Mile. The song reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in March 1991. It also peaked at #4 on the Canadian RPM...
   
   " (Byrne, Teddy Gentry, Greg Fowler)
10. "The Moon Over Georgia
    The Moon Over Georgia
    "The Moon Over Georgia" is the title of a song written by Mark Narmore and recorded by American country music group Shenandoah. It was released in April 1991 as the fourth single from their album Extra Mile. The song reached #9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in July 1991.-Chart...
    
    " (Mark Narmore)

Chart performance

Chart (1992)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	43
Canadian RPM Country Albums	13