An Alan Jackson Retrospective

First posted 12/5/2020.

A Retrospective: 1989-2010 Alan Jackson

A Brief History: Country singer Alan Jackson was born October 17, 1958 in Newnan, Georgia. He is a member of the Grand Ole Opry and was inducted into the Country Musci Hall of Fame in 2017. He has sold over 75 million records worldwide, had 35 #1 songs, won two Grammys, 16 Country Music Association (CMA) awards, and 17 Association of Country Music (ACM) awards. Compilations: G1 The Greatest Hits Collection (1995) G2 Greatest Hits Volume 2 and Some Other Stuff (2003) VB The Very Best of (2004) 34 34 Number Ones (2010) The above compilations are spotlighted on this page. The snapshots of the studio albums listed below will indicate all songs featured on any of these compilations, noted with the codes above. Appearing after song titles are the songwriters in italicized parentheses, running times in brackets, and when relevant, the date the song was released as a single and its peaks on various charts. Click for codes to singles charts. The Studio Albums: Here in the Real World (1990) Don’t Rock the Jukebox (1991) A Lot About Livin’ and a Little ‘Bout Love (1992) Who I Am (1994) Everything I Own (1996) High Mileage (1998) Under the Influence (1999) When Somebody Loves You (2000) Drive (2002) Good Time (2008) Here in the Real World (1990): Here in the Real World (1/13/90, 3 CW) G1, VB, 34 Wanted (6/23/90, 3 CW) G1, 34 Chasin’ That Neon Rainbow (10/6/90, 2 CW) G1, VB, 34 I’d Love You All Over Again (1/19/91, 12 CW) G1, 34 Home (4/20/96, 3 CW) G1, 34 Don’t Rock the Jukebox (1991): Don’t Rock the Jukebox (4/29/91, 13 CW) G1, VB, 34 Someday (8/19/91, 11 CW) G1, 34 Dallas (12/30/91, 11 CW) G1, 34 Midnight in Montgomery (4/25/92, 3 CW) G1, VB, 34 Love’s Got a Hold on You (7/13/92, 12 CW) G1, 34 A Lot About Livin’ and a Little ‘Bout Love (1992): She’s Got the Rhythm and I Got the Blues (10/5/92, 11 CW) G1, VB, 34 Tonight I Climbed the Wall (2/6/93, 4 CW) 34 Chattahoochee (5/21/93, 46 US, 14 CW, sales: ½ million) G1, VB, 34 Mercury Blues (9/18/93, 2 CW) G1 Who Says You Can’t Have It All (1/29/94, 4 CW) G1, 34 Who I Am (1994): Summertime Blues (6/6/94, 13 CW, airplay: 3 million) G1, 34 Gone Country (8/27/94, 11 CW) G1, VB, 34 Livin’ on Love (8/29/94, 13 CW) G1, VB, 34 I Don’t Even Know Your Name (5/13/95, 11 CW) G1, 34

The Greatest Hits Collection Alan Jackson

Released: October 24, 1995 Recorded: 1989-1995 Peak: 5 US, 14 CW, -- UK, 14 CN, 46 AU Sales (in millions): 6.0 US, -- UK, 7.0 world (includes US and UK) Genre: country

Tracks: (1) Chattahoochee (2) Gone Country (3) She’s Got the Rhythm and I Got the Blues (4) Midnight in Montgomery (5) Tall, Tall Trees (6) Chasin’ That Neon Rainbow (7) I’ll Try (8) Don’t Rock the Jukebox (9) Livin’ on Love (10) Summertime Blues (11) Love’s Got a Hold on You (12) Who Says You Can’t Have It All (13) Home (14) Wanted (15) I Don’t Even Know Your Name (16) Dallas (17) Here in the Real World (18) Someday (19) Mercury Blues (20) I’d Love You All Over Again Total Running Time: 66:24

Rating: 4.217 out of 5.00 (average of 11 ratings) Awards: (Click on award to learn more).

About The Greatest Hits Collection: Alan Jackson’s first greatest-hits set collected 18 songs from his first four albums alongside two new songs (Tall Tall Trees, I’ll Try). Every one of these songs hit the top 5 on the country charts and 13 of them went to #1. Tracks Not on Previously Noted Albums: Tall, Tall Trees (10/21/95, 12 CW) G1, VB, 34 I’ll Try (12/30/95, 11 CW) G1, 34 Everything I Love (1996): Little Bitty (10/26/96, 58 US, 13 CW) G2, VB, 34 Everything I Love (1/18/97, 9) G2, VB Who’s Cheatin’ Who (4/12/97, 2 CW) G2, VB, 34 There Goes (7/12/97, 11 CW) G2, 34 Between the Devil and Me (10/11/97, 2 CW) 34 High Mileage (1998): I’ll Go on Loving You (8/1/98, 3 CW) G2 Right on the Money (10/17/98, 43 US, 11 CW) G2, VB, 34 Gone Crazy (2/6/99, 43 US, 4 CW) G2 Little Man (5/29/99, 38 US, 3 CW) G2, VB Under the Influence (1999): Pop a Top (10/9/99, 43 US, 6 CW) G2, VB The Blues Man (2/19/00, 37 CW) G2 It Must Be Love (4/29/00, 37 US, 11 CW, 0.2 airplay) G2, VB, 34 When Somebody Loves You (2000): www.memory (10/7/00, 45 US, 6 CW) G2, VB Where I Come From (11/25/00, 34 US, 13 CW, 0.3 million) G2, 34 When Somebody Loves You (3/10/01, 52 US, 5 CW) G2 Drive (2002): Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning (11/24/01, 28 US, 15 CW, airplay: 0.2 million) G2, VB, 34 Drive (For Daddy Gene) (2/2/02, 28 US, 14 CW, 0.2 million) G2, VB, 34

Greatest Hits 2 and Some Other Stuff Alan Jackson

Released: August 12, 2003 Recorded: 1996-2003 Peak: 11 US, 111 CW, 47 UK, -- CN, -- AU Sales (in millions): 6.0 US, -- UK, 6.0 world (includes US and UK) Genre: country

Tracks, Disc 1: (1) Little Bitty (2) Everything I Love (3) Who’s Cheatin’ Who (4) There Goes (5) I’ll Go on Loving You (6) Right on the Money (7) Gone Crazy (8) Little Man (9) Pop a Top (10) The Blues Man (11) It Must Be Love (12) www.memory (13) When Somebody Loves You (14) Where I Come From (15) Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning (16) Drive (For Daddy Gene) (17) It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere (with Jimmy Buffett) (18) Remember When Tracks, Disc 2: (1) Job Description (2) Tropical Depression (3) Let’s Get Back to Me and You (4) You Can’t Give Up on Love (5) Hole in the Wall (6) Buicks to the Moon (7) When Love Comes Around (8) The Sounds Total Running Time: 96:46

Rating: 4.529 out of 5.00 (average of 16 ratings) Awards: (Click on award to learn more).

About Greatest Hits 2 and Some Other Stuff: Jackson’s second compilation featured 16 songs from the five studio albums he released from 1996 to 2002 as well as ten new songs. 17 of these songs were top-10 country hits; nine of them went to #1. Tracks Not on Previously Noted Albums: It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere (with Jimmy Buffett) (6/21/03, 17 US, 18 CW, sales: ½ million, airplay: 0.3 million) G2, VB, 34 Remember When (11/8/03, 29 US, 12 CW, sales: 1 million, airplay: 0.3 million) G2, 34 Job Description G2 Tropical Depression G2 Let’s Get Back to Me and You G2 You Can’t Give Up on Love G2 Hole in the Wall G2 Buicks to the Moon G2 When Love Comes Around G2 The Sounds G2

The Very Best of Alan Jackson

Released: June 14, 2004 Recorded: 1989-2003 Peak: -- US, 47 UK, -- CN, -- AU Sales (in millions): -- US, -- UK, -- world (includes US and UK) Genre: country

Tracks: (1) Gone Country (2) Drive (For Daddy Gene) (3) Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning (4) www.memory (5) It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere (with Jimmy Buffett) (6) Chattahoochee (7) She’s Got the Rhythm and I Got the Blues (8) Midnight in Montgomery (9) Little Man (10 Pop a Top (11) Don’t Rock the Jukebox (12) Little Bitty (13) Here in the Real World (14) Livin’ on Love (15) Who’s Cheatin’ Who (16) Tall, Tall Trees (17) Right on the Money (18) Chasin’ That Neon Rainbow (19) It Must Be Love (20) Everything I Love Total Running Time: 69:52

Rating: 3.815 out of 5.00 (average of 7 ratings)

About The Very Best of: This international release was a consolidation of The Greatest Hits Collection and Greatest Hits 2 and Some Other Stuff into a single-disc retrospective. Good Time (2008): Small Town Southern Man (11/19/07, 42 US, 12 CW) 34 Good Time (4/21/08, 40 US, 12 CW, airplay: 0.5 million) 34 Country Boy (9/29/08, 49 US, 11 CW) 34

34 Number Ones Alan Jackson

Released: November 23, 2010 Recorded: 1989-2010 Peak: 37 US, 7 CW, -- UK, 77 CN, 7 AU Sales (in millions): 0.5 US Genre: country

Tracks, Disc 1: (1) Ring of Fire (2) Here in the Real World (3) Wanted (4) Chasin’ That Neon Rainbow (5) I’d Love You All Over Again (6) Don’t Rock the Jukebox (7) Someday (8) Dallas (9) Midnight in Montgomery (10) Love’s Got a Hold on You (11) She’s Got the Rhythm and I Got the Blues (12) Tonight I Climbed the Wall (13) Chattahoochee (14) Who Says You Can’t Have It All (15) Summertime Blues (16) Livin’ on Love (17) Gone Country (18) I Don’t Even Know Your Name (19) Tall, Tall Trees Tracks, Disc 2: (1) As She’s Walking Away (2) Look at Me (3) I’ll Try (4) Home (5) Little Bitty (6) Who’s Cheatin’ Who (7) There Goes (8) Between the Devil and Me (9) Right on the Money (10) It Must Be Love (11) Where I Come From (12) Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning (13) Drive (For Daddy Gene) (14) It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere (with Jimmy Buffett) (15) Remember When (16) Small Town Southern Man (17) Good Time (18) Country Boy Total Running Time: 132:48

Rating: 4.232 out of 5.00 (average of 11 ratings)

About 34 Number Ones: It’s not clear what charts are being referenced that suggest Alan Jackson had 34 #1’s since only 25 of these songs hit the top of the Billboard country song chart. Quibbling aside, this is a nice overview of Jackson’s career. The collection features three songs not previously available on an Alan Jackson album. Look at Me was from the 2008 soundtrack Billy: The Early Years and As Long As She’s Walking Away was first released on Zac Brown Band’s You Get What You Give album. Jackson also turns in a cover of Ring of Fire, a song made famous by Johnny Cash. Tracks Not on Previously Noted Albums: Look at Me (2008) As She’s Walking Away (with Zac Brown Band) (8/9/10, 32 US, 12 CW, 0.1 million airplay) Ring of Fire (12/11/10, 45 CW) Resources and Related Links: DMDB Encyclopedia for Alan Jackson