Greatest Hits (Pam Tillis album) Compilation album by Pam Tillis
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Greatest Hits is a 1997 compilation album from American country music artist Pam Tillis . The album reached #6 on the Billboard country albums charts. It chronicles her greatest hits from her first four albums for Arista Nashville . The tracks "Land of the Living" and "All the Good Ones Are Gone" are new to this compilation. Both were released as singles, reaching Top Five on the Hot Country Songs charts in 1997. The album was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of over 1,000,000 copies in the U.S. This was the last of her albums to receive certification in sales. "Land of the Living" would also be Pam's last top 10 appearance in the Country Singles Charts.
Track listing
Title Writer(s) 1. "Land of the Living " Wayland Patton, Tia Sillers 3:32 2. "All the Good Ones Are Gone " Dean Dillon , Bob McDill 3:17 3. "Don't Tell Me What to Do " Harlan Howard , Max D. Barnes 3:12 4. "Maybe It Was Memphis " Michael Anderson 4:00 5. "Shake the Sugar Tree " Chapin Hartford 3:08 6. "Let That Pony Run " Gretchen Peters 3:30 7. "Cleopatra, Queen of Denial " Pam Tillis , Bob DiPiero , Jan Buckingham3:12 8. "Spilled Perfume " Tillis, Dillon 3:53 9. "When You Walk in the Room " Jackie DeShannon 2:44 10. "In Between Dances " Barry Alfonso, Craig Bickhardt 3:21 11. "Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life) " Tillis, Jess Leary 2:51 12. "The River and the Highway " Gerry House , Don Schlitz 4:21
Production
Credits adapted from Discogs . [ 2]
Tracks 1 and 2 produced by Billy Joe Walker, Jr. and Pam Tillis
Tracks 3-7 produced by Paul Worley and Ed Seay
Tracks 8-11 produced by Pam Tillis and Steve Fishell
Track 12 produced by Pam Tillis
Personnel
Eddie Bayers – drums
Richard Bennett – acoustic guitar , electric guitar
Stephanie Bentley – background vocals
Bruce Bouton – steel guitar
Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
Melissa Britt – background vocals
Dennis Burnside – organ , piano
Larry Byrom – electric guitar
Mary Chapin Carpenter – background vocals
Joe Chemay – bass guitar
Ashley Cleveland – background vocals
Bob DiPiero – 12-string acoustic guitar
Dan Dugmore – acoustic guitar
Stuart Duncan – fiddle
Mike Elmore – electric guitar
Paul Franklin – steel guitar
Sonny Garrish – steel guitar, lap steel guitar
Steve Gibson – electric guitar
Vince Gill – background vocals
Rob Hajacos – fiddle
Vicki Hampton – background vocals
John Hobbs – piano
Dann Huff – electric guitar
Bill Hullett – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin
Carl Jackson – acoustic guitar
John Barlow Jarvis – accordion , keyboards
John Jorgenson – electric guitar, acoustic guitar solo
Mary Ann Kennedy – background vocals
Paul Leim – drums
Greg Leisz – steel guitar
Terry McMillan – percussion
Liana Manis – background vocals
Anthony Martin – piano, synthesizer
Brent Mason – electric guitar
Steve Nathan – piano, synthesizer
Mark O'Conner – fiddle, mandolin
Bobby Ogdin – synthesizer
Larry Paxton – bass guitar
Suzy Ragsdale – background vocals
Kim Richey – background vocals
Matt Rollings – piano
Pamela Rose – background vocals
Milton Sledge – drums
Blaine Sprouse – fiddle
Karen Staley – background vocals
Harry Stinson – percussion, background vocals
Pam Tillis – lead vocals, background vocals
Cindy Richardson-Walker – background vocals
Billy Joe Walker Jr. – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Tricia Walker – background vocals
Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
Willie Weeks – bass guitar
Lonnie Wilson – drums, percussion
Glenn Worf – bass guitar
Paul Worley – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
Studio albums Compilation albums Songs See also