Greatest Hits II (Kenny Chesney album)

Greatest Hits II is a compilation album by country music artist Kenny Chesney. It was released on May 19, 2009, and it is his second greatest hits album since Greatest Hits in 2000. The album includes twelve singles from 2002 to 2009, as well as two non-singles from previous albums ("Be as You Are" from Be as You Are (Songs from an Old Blue Chair) and "I'm Alive" from Lucky Old Sun). Also included is the new song "Out Last Night", which was issued as a single in April 2009, followed by "I'm Alive" in August 2009.

Greatest Hits II
Greatest hits album by
Kenny Chesney
ReleasedMay 19, 2009
February 9, 2010 (re-issue)
GenreCountry
Length65:51
LabelBNA
ProducerBuddy Cannon
Kenny Chesney
Kenny Chesney chronology
Lucky Old Sun
(2008)		 Greatest Hits II
(2009)		 Hemingway's Whiskey
(2010)
Singles from Greatest Hits II
  1. "Out Last Night"
    Released: April 6, 2009
  2. "I'm Alive"
    Released: August 17, 2009
  3. "Ain't Back Yet"
    Released: February 22, 2010
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

The album was re-released on February 9, 2010 to include two new tracks, "This Is Our Moment" and "Ain't Back Yet". The former was used by the television network ESPN as a college football theme and peaked at number 46 based on unsolicited airplay, while the latter was released to radio as the album's single in February 2010.[2]

For unknown reasons, several hits, including the number-one singles "Don't Blink", "Better as a Memory", and "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven" were excluded from this album.

Critical reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine, reviewing the album for Allmusic, gave it four stars out of five. He said that the album was stronger than his last two studio albums because it did not contain as many laid-back songs. Erlewine also called "Out Last Night" an "amiable day-after shuffle."[1]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200[3] and number one on the US Top Country Albums in its first week of release.[4] On November 27, 2012, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) selling over a million copies in the United States.[5] As of April 2017, the album has sold 1,343,500 copies in the United States.[6]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Out Last Night"Kenny Chesney, Brett James3:21
2."Living in Fast Forward"David Lee Murphy, Rivers Rutherford3:32
3."Young"Craig Wiseman, Naoise Sheridan, Steve McEwan3:56
4."Summertime"Wiseman, McEwan3:27
5."Down the Road" (duet with Mac McAnally)Mac McAnally3:01
6."Beer in Mexico"Chesney4:32
7."There Goes My Life"Neil Thrasher, Wendell Mobley5:02
8."When the Sun Goes Down" (duet with Uncle Kracker)James4:50
9."Anything but Mine"Scooter Carusoe5:24
10."Be as You Are"Chesney, Dean Dillon4:20
11."I Go Back"Chesney4:03
12."No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems"Casey Beathard3:29
13."The Good Stuff"Wiseman, Jim Collins3:20
14."Never Wanted Nothing More"Ronnie Bowman, Chris Stapleton3:28
15."I'm Alive" (duet with Dave Matthews)Chesney, Dillon, Mark Tamburino3:19
Re-Release Bonus Tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
16."This Is Our Moment"Chesney3:08
17."Ain't Back Yet"Wiseman, Chris Tompkins3:46

Personnel on "Out Last Night"

Charts

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[5] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Greatest Hits II review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
  2. "Kenny Chesney adds two new tracks to Greatest Hits II". CMT. 10 February 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
  3. "Billboard 200". Billboard. June 6, 2009.
  4. "Top Country Albums". Billboard. June 6, 2009.
  5. "American album certifications – Kenny Chesney – Greatest Hits II". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
  6. Bjorke, Matt (April 18, 2017). "Top Country Catalog Album Sales Chart: April 18, 2017". Roughstock.
  7. "Kenny Chesney Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard.
  8. "Kenny Chesney Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  9. "Kenny Chesney Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.
  10. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2009". Billboard. Retrieved December 25, 2020.
  11. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2009". Billboard. Retrieved December 25, 2020.
  12. "Best of 2010 - Billboard Top 200". Billboard.
  13. "Best of 2010 - Top Country Albums". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.
  14. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2018". Billboard. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  15. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2019". Billboard. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  16. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2020". Billboard. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
  17. "American single certifications – Kenny Chesney – Out Last Night". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH. 
  18. "American single certifications – Kenny Chesney – I%27m Alive". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH. 
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