Greatest Hits Volume II
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Greatest Hits Volume II专辑介绍
You don't have to get very far into Alan Jackson's splendid second anthology of hits before you're struck by how well the rangy Georgian has built his catalogue and how beautifully Keith Stegall continually produces his songs, filling the instrumental breaks with unexpectedly creative solos. While Jackson's choice of cover songs is usually inspired ("Pop-A-Top," "Little Bitty"), he's a deft writer, alternating his tongue-in-cheek, Sheriff Andy Taylor persona with his "just a singer of simple songs" earnestness, lacing it all with an unfettered delivery and a Haggardesque dedication to the bedrock honky-tonk sound. There are times when he edges too close to formula, running the romanticized, small-town, cornbread-and-chicken conceits ("Where I Come From") into the ground. But then he quickly redeems himself with a lip-tremblingly good "Drive" or "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)." This package consists of two discs, 16 hits and two new cuts filling the first and an unnecessary and somewhat inferior eight album tracks occupying the second. Of the two new songs, the emotional husband-and-wife ballad "Remember When" handily outdistances the too-trite "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" with perennial smart-ass Jimmy Buffett. Jackson's too good an artist to settle for such an easy reach, but hey, let's cut him a little slack. He's paid his dues. --Alanna Nash
《Greatest Hits, Vol. 2》是Alan Jackson的第二张精选辑，首周表现十分优异，以32万8千张的销量荣登榜首，这也是他继2002年的专辑《Drive》之后，第二张Billboard 200排行榜的冠军专辑，去年专辑《Drive》的首周销量达到了42万3千张。他此前的精选辑《Greatest Hits Collection》在1995年发行时首周也达到了31万8千张，并且这张专辑的销量目前已经超过了五百万张。
本张精选辑主要收录的是1995年精选辑《Greatest Hits Collection》发行之后面世的专辑中的优秀单曲，专辑的排列顺序基本是按照专辑发行的时间自然排列的，前四首单曲全部选自96年的专辑《Everything I Love》；之后的四首全部是98年专辑《High Mileage》中诞生的单曲榜前五名的单曲；从99年的《Under the Influence》中选取了包括向Hank Williams Jr.致敬的《The Blues Man》在内的三首歌；2000年的《When Somebody Loves You》中同样也有三首单曲榜前十名的单曲入选本精选辑；最后两首则是2002年的专辑《Drive》中两首震人心魄的代表曲目，为“9·11”事件创作的《Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)》和献给亡父的《Drive (For Daddy Gene)》。同时在本精选辑的另一个Bonus版本中共收录了多达25首歌曲，其中还包括了Alan Jackson和Jimmy Buffett合作的新歌《It's Five O'Clock Somewhere》。
本精选辑的歌曲几乎涵盖了Alan Jackson自1995年以来发行的专辑中所有好歌，这其中多数由Alan Jackson亲自创作，带有很强的Alan Jackson的风格特点和思想，本张专辑可以说是新传统主义的乡村音乐中一本教科书式的专辑，有理由相信这张精选辑的销量不会低于他的前一辑。（CatCobain）
You don't have to get very far into Alan Jackson's splendid second anthology of hits before you're struck by how well the rangy Georgian has built his catalogue and how beautifully Keith Stegall continually produces his songs, filling the instrumental breaks with unexpectedly creative solos. While Jackson's choice of cover songs is usually inspired ("Pop-A-Top," "Little Bitty"), he's a deft writer, alternating his tongue-in-cheek, Sheriff Andy Taylor persona with his "just a singer of simple songs" earnestness, lacing it all with an unfettered delivery and a Haggardesque dedication to the bedrock honky-tonk sound. There are times when he edges too close to formula, running the romanticized, small-town, cornbread-and-chicken conceits ("Where I Come From") into the ground. But then he quickly redeems himself with a lip-tremblingly good "Drive" or "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)." This package consists of two discs, 16 hits and two new cuts filling the first and an unnecessary and somewhat inferior eight album tracks occupying the second. Of the two new songs, the emotional husband-and-wife ballad "Remember When" handily outdistances the too-trite "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" with perennial smart-ass Jimmy Buffett. Jackson's too good an artist to settle for such an easy reach, but hey, let's cut him a little slack. He's paid his dues. --Alanna Nash
Little Bitty
Everything I Love
Who's Cheatin' Who
There Goes
I'll Go On Loving You
Right On The Money
Gone Crazy
Little Man
Pop A Top
The Blues Man
It Must Be Love
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When Somebody Loves You
Where I Come From
Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)
Drive (For Daddy Gene)
It's Five O'Clock Somewhere (Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett)
Remember When