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Greatest hits

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

 compilation released 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...

 artist Tracy Byrd. It was released in February 1999 as his last album for MCA, and it contains the previously unreleased track "When Mama Ain't Happy", which was issued as a single.

This compilation also features the radio edit of "The Keeper of the Stars", recorded a semitone

Semitone

A semitone, also called a half step or a half tone, is the smallest musical interval commonly used in Western tonal music, and it is considered the most dissonant when sounded harmonically....

 lower than Byrd's original recording from his 1994 album No Ordinary Man

No Ordinary Man

No Ordinary Man is the second studio album by American country music artist Tracy Byrd. It features the singles "The First Step", "Lifestyles of the Not So Rich and Famous", "Watermelon Crawl" and "The Keeper of the Stars", all of which reached Top Five on the Hot Country Songs charts...

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Track listing

1. "When Mama Ain't Happy" (Rick Giles, Tim Nichols
   Tim Nichols
   Tim Nichols Tim Nichols Tim Nichols (born in Portsmouth, Virginia is an American country music singer and songwriter. Active since the late 1980s, Nichols has written for several country music singers, including Keith Whitley, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Jo Dee Messina, and Alan Jackson...
   
   , Giles Godard) – 3:23
2. "Someone to Give My Love To" (Bill Rice
   Bill Rice
   Wilbur Steven "Bill" Rice is an American country music singer and songwriter. Rice charted six singles between 1971 and 1978, including the Top 40 hit "Travelin' Minstrel Man", but is better known for his songwriting...
   
   , Jerry Foster) – 3:23
3. "Holdin' Heaven
   Holdin' Heaven
   "Holdin' Heaven" is a single by American country music artist Tracy Byrd that reached the top of the Billboard, giving Byrd his first Number One single...
   
   " (Bill Kenner, Thom McHugh) – 2:29
4. "Lifestyles of the Not So Rich and Famous
   Lifestyles of the Not So Rich and Famous
   "Lifestyles of the Not So Rich and Famous" is a country song written by Byron Hill and Wayne Tester, and was recorded by Tracy Byrd for MCA Records...
   
   " (Byron Hill
   Byron Hill
   Byron Hill , is an American songwriter from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Working professionally in Nashville, TN for more than thirty years, his songs have been recorded by over 650 Country and Pop artists.-Music career:...
   
   , Wayne Tester) – 2:51
5. "Watermelon Crawl
   Watermelon Crawl
   "Watermelon Crawl" is a song written by Buddy Brock and Zack Turner and recorded by country music artist Tracy Byrd. The song was released in August 1994 as the second single from his 1994 album No Ordinary Man. It peaked at #4 in the United States and #8 in Canada. A dance remix of the song was...
   
   " (Zack Turner, Buddy Brock) – 3:01
6. "The Keeper of the Stars
   The Keeper of the Stars
   "The Keeper of the Stars" is the title of a song recorded by American country music artist Tracy Byrd. Released in early 1995 as the last single from his 1994 album No Ordinary Man, it went on to reach a peak of #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts...
   
   " (Karen Staley, Dickey Lee
   Dickey Lee
   Royden Dickey Lipscomb , known professionally as Dickey Lee , is an American pop/country singer and songwriter, best known for the 1960s teenage tragedy songs "Patches" and "Laurie ."-Career:Lee made his first recordings in his hometown of Memphis for Tampa...
   
   , Danny "Bear" Mayo) – 4:15
7. "Love Lessons
   Love Lessons (song)
   "Love Lessons" is a single by American country music artist Tracy Byrd. Released in 1995, it was the second single and title track from the album Love Lessons...
   
   " (Jerry Kilgore
   Jerry Kilgore (singer)
   Jerry Kilgore is an American country music artist. He has recorded two studio albums: 1999's Love Trip on the Virgin Records label, and 2007's Loaded & Empty on his personal Nic-Nic-Neer label. The former album produced three chart singles on the Billboard country music charts, including a Top 40...
   
   , Ted Hewitt, Monty Powell, Sara Majors) – 3:51
8. "Heaven in My Woman's Eyes" (Mark Nesler
   Mark Nesler
   Mark Nesler is an American country music artist. Signed to Elektra Records as a recording artist in 1998, Nesler charted three singles on the U.S. Billboard country charts...
   
   ) – 3:24
9. "Big Love
   Big Love (Tracy Byrd song)
   "Big Love" is a song recorded by country music artist Tracy Byrd. It is the lead-off single released from his 1996 album of the same name. It peaked at #3 in the United States, and #5 in Canada...
   
   " (Michael Clark, Jeff Stevens
   Jeff Stevens (singer)
   Jeffery David "Jeff" Stevens is an American country music singer, songwriter and record producer. He recorded two albums on Atlantic America Records with his brother Warren Stevens and cousin Terry Dotson as Jeff Stevens and the Bullets, and later as a solo artist on the same label...
   
   ) – 3:39
10. "Don't Take Her She's All I Got" (Gary U.S. Bonds
    Gary U.S. Bonds
    Gary U.S. Bonds is an American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer. He is also a prolific songwriter.-Career:...
    
    , Jerry Williams, Jr.) – 3:26
11. "I'm from the Country
    I'm from the Country (song)
    "I'm from the Country" is the title of a country music song written by Marty Brown, Stan Webb, and Richard Young, who is rhythm guitarist of the band The Kentucky Headhunters...
    
    " (Richard Young, Stan Webb, Marty Brown
    Marty Brown (singer)
    Dennis Marty Brown is an American country music artist. Active between 1991 and 1996, he has released four studio albums and has charted one single on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts....
    
    ) – 3:30

Chart performance

Chart (1999)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	5
U.S. Billboard 200	70