From There to Here: Greatest Hits

From There To Here: Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits compilation released by American country music group Lonestar. In addition to chronicling the greatest hits from their first four studio albums, the album includes three newly recorded tracks "My Front Porch Looking In", "Walking in Memphis" (a cover of the 1991 Marc Cohn song) and "I Pray", as well as a second recording of their 2001 single "I'm Already There". "My Front Porch Looking In" and "Walking in Memphis" were both released as singles.

From There to Here: Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Lonestar
Released	June 3, 2003 June 23, 2003 (Europe)
Recorded	1995 - 2003
Genre	Country pop rock
Length	64:47 (U.S. version)
Label	BNA
Producer	Don Cook Wally Wilson Dann Huff
Lonestar chronology
I'm Already There (2001) From There to Here: Greatest Hits (2003) Let's Be Us Again (2004)
Singles from From There to Here: Greatest Hits
"My Front Porch Looking In" Released: March 10, 2003 "Walking in Memphis" Released: August 11, 2003

Content

From There to Here: Greatest Hits comprises thirteen tracks from the band's first four studio albums, arranged chronologically and starting with the band's 1995 debut single "Tequila Talkin'" from Lonestar's self-titled debut album up to "Not a Day Goes By" from 2001's I'm Already There. Four single releases are missing from the album: "When Cowboys Didn't Dance" and "Heartbroke Every Day" from Lonestar, "Say When" from Crazy Nights, and "Unusually Unusual" from I'm Already There.

Also included on this album are three new recordings: "My Front Porch Looking In" and "I Pray", as well as a cover of Marc Cohn's "Walking in Memphis". "My Front Porch Looking In" and "Walking in Memphis" were both released as singles in 2003, respectively reaching #1 and #8 on the U.S. country charts.[1] Closing off the album on the North American version is a remix of "I'm Already There" entitled the "Message from Home". This remix is interspersed with telephone calls placed by family members of soldiers. The international version replaces this track with two other tracks: "Love Can Change Your Mind", recorded for the 1999 film Jesus, and "Gimme All Your Lovin'", a cover of a ZZ Top song recorded for the 2002 tribute album Sharp Dressed Men: A Tribute to ZZ Top.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	favorable[2]
Allmusic	[3]
Country Weekly	favorable[4]
Robert Christgau	[5]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave the album four stars out of five on Allmusic, where he called it a "fine retrospective" of the band's sound.[3] In the Consumer Guide, however, Robert Christgau gave the album a "dud" rating[5] and called it "a bad record whose details rarely merit further thought."[6]

Track listing

North American version

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Album	Length
1.	"Tequila Talkin'"	Chris Waters Bill LaBounty	Lonestar, 1995	3:27
2.	"No News" (radio edit)	Phil Barnhart Sam Hogin Mark D. Sanders	Lonestar	2:53
3.	"Runnin' Away with My Heart"	Hogin Sanders Michael Britt	Lonestar	2:53
4.	"Come Cryin' to Me"	Sanders Wally Wilson John Rich	Crazy Nights, 1997	3:31
5.	"You Walked In"	Bryan Adams Robert John "Mutt" Lange	Crazy Nights	4:31
6.	"Everything's Changed"	Paul Nelson Larry Boone Richie McDonald	Crazy Nights	3:53
7.	"Amazed"	Chris Lindsey Aimee Mayo Marv Green	Lonely Grill, 1999	4:01
8.	"Smile"	Keith Follesé Lindsey	Lonely Grill	3:35
9.	"What About Now"	Ron Harbin Aaron Barker Anthony L. Smith	Lonely Grill	3:32
10.	"Tell Her" (album version)	Kwesi B. Craig Wiseman	Lonely Grill	3:28
11.	"I'm Already There"	Gary Baker Frank J. Myers McDonald	I'm Already There, 2001	4:13
12.	"With Me"	Brett James Troy Verges	I'm Already There	3:51
13.	"Not a Day Goes By"	Maribeth Derry Steve Diamond	I'm Already There	4:07
14.	"My Front Porch Looking In"	Myers McDonald Don Pfrimmer	Previously unreleased, 2003	4:13
15.	"I Pray"	James Dean Hicks Chuck Cannon	Previously unreleased, 2003	3:47
16.	"Walking in Memphis"	Marc Cohn	Previously unreleased, 2003	3:50
17.	"I'm Already There" (Message from Home version)	Baker Myers McDonald	I'm Already There	4:31

International version

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Album	Length
1.	"Tequila Talkin'"	Waters LaBounty	Lonestar	3:27
2.	"No News" (radio edit)	Barnhart Hogin Sanders	Lonestar	2:53
3.	"Runnin' Away with My Heart"	Hogin Sanders Britt	Lonestar	2:53
4.	"Come Cryin' to Me"	Sanders Wilson Rich	Crazy Nights	3:31
5.	"You Walked In"	Adams Lange	Crazy Nights	4:31
6.	"Everything's Changed"	Nelson Boone McDonald	Crazy Nights	3:53
7.	"Amazed"	Lindsey Mayo Green	Lonely Grill	4:01
8.	"Smile"	Follesé Lindsey	Lonely Grill	3:35
9.	"What About Now"	Harbin Barker Smith	Lonely Grill	3:32
10.	"Tell Her" (album version)	Kwesi B. Wiseman	Lonely Grill	3:28
11.	"I'm Already There"	Baker Myers McDonald	I'm Already There	4:13
12.	"With Me"	James Verges	I'm Already There	3:51
13.	"Not a Day Goes By"	Derry Diamond	I'm Already There	4:07
14.	"My Front Porch Looking In"	Myers McDonald Pfrimmer	Previously unreleased	4:13
15.	"I Pray"	Hicks Cannon	Previously unreleased	3:47
16.	"Walking in Memphis"	Cohn	Previously unreleased	3:50
17.	"Love Can Change Your Mind"	Bob Farrell Regie Hamm	Jesus: Music from and Inspired by the Epic Mini-Series, 2000	4:17
18.	"Gimme All Your Lovin'"	Frank Beard Billy Gibbons Joe Michael Hill	Sharp Dressed Men: A Tribute to ZZ Top, 2002	4:24

Production

• Don Cook and Wally Wilson – tracks 1-6
• Dann Huff – tracks 7-17 (7-18 on international version)

Personnel on new tracks

• Tim Akers - keyboards
• Mike Brignardello - bass guitar
• Michael Britt - electric guitar
• Stuart Duncan - fiddle, mandolin
• Paul Franklin - steel guitar
• Dann Huff - electric guitar
• Paul Leim - drums, percussion
• Richie McDonald – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards
• Jimmy Nichols - keyboards
• Matt Rollings - keyboards
• Dean Sams - keyboards, acoustic guitar, background vocals
• Russell Terrell - background vocals
• John Willis - acoustic guitar, banjo

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2003) Peak position US Billboard 200[7] 7 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[8] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2003) Position US Billboard 200[9] 99 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[10] 14 Chart (2004) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[11] 32 Chart (2005) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[12] 75

References

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