Greatest Hits (Chris Gaines album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Greatest Hits
Type = studio
Artist = Garth Brooks (as Chris Gaines)


Released = September 28, 1999
Genre = Alternative rock
Label = Capitol
Producer = Don Was
Reviews =
*Entertainment Weekly (C-) [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,64253,00.html Review]
*Allmusic - Rating|3|5 [http://wc02.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:difexqlkldte link]
Chronology = Garth Brooks
Last album = "Double Live"
(1998)
This album = "Greatest Hits"
(1999)
Next album = "Garth Brooks and the Magic of Christmas"
(1999)

"Greatest Hits", also entitled "Garth Brooks in.... The Life of Chris Gaines", is part of the alter ego project of American country music artist Garth Brooks, in which Brooks assumes the fictitious persona of alternative rock artist Chris Gaines. Originally this album was intended to be the soundtrack for a movie called "The Lamb" that would star Garth Brooks as a rock star recalling the different periods of his life. This album was purposely released a year in advance from the scheduled film release date to pique interest in Brooks performing rock instead of country. "The Lamb" was never filmed due to financial and management problems.

This is Brooks' eleventh overall album, released on September 28, 1999. It reached #2 on the Billboard 200 Pop albums chart. Brooks also gained his first and only appearance on the U.S. Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, with "Lost in You" (which hit #5). Through 2006, it sold approximately two million albums in the U.S.

On November 13, 1999, Brooks hosted "Saturday Night Live" as himself but performed the musical numbers as Chris Gaines without acknowledging to the audience that they were the same person. He performed "Way of the Girl."

Track listing

# "That's The Way I Remember It" (Tommy Sims, Tony Arata) – 4:29
# "Lost in You" (Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Sims) – 3:05
# "Snow in July" (Kennedy, Kirkpatrick, Mike More, Andrew Logan) – 4:20
# "Driftin' Away" (Sims) – 4:56
# "Way Of The Girl" (Kennedy) – 3:44
# "Unsigned Letter" (Kennedy, Kirkpatrick, Sims) – 4:17
# "It Don't Matter to the Sun" (Kennedy, Kirkpatrick, Sims) – 4:21
# "Right Now" (Cheryl Wheeler, Chet Powers) – 3:24
# "Main Street" (Kennedy, Kirkpatrick, Trisha Yearwood) – 4:12
# "White Flag" (Kennedy, Kirkpatrick) – 4:43
# "Digging for Gold" (Kennedy, Kirkpatrick) – 5:08
# "Maybe" (Kennedy, Phil Madeira) – 5:11
# "My Love Tells Me So" (Kennedy, Kirkpatrick, Sims) – 4:33

Chart Singles

Personnel

*Kenny Aronoff – drums
*Eddie Bayers – drums
*Garth Brooks (as Chris Gaines) – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
*Lenny Castro – percussion
*Chris Harris – background vocals
*Mark Heimermann – background vocals
*Hutch Hutchison – bass guitar
*Gordon Kennedy – background vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar
*Rami Jaffee – Hammond B-3 organ
*Wayne Kirkpatrick – acoustic guitar, Clavinet, keyboards, background vocals
*Mike Lawler – Clavinet, keyboards
*Phil Madeira – Hammond B-3 organ
*Blair Masters – keyboards
*Chris McHugh – drums, percussion
*Terry McMillan – percussion
*Dan Needham – drums
*Matt Rollings – keyboards
*Greg Phillinganes –keyboards
*Tommy Sims – acoustic guitar, keyboards, programming, background vocals
*Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
*Crystal Taliefero – background vocals
*Reggie Young – electric guitar

References and External Links

* [http://countrymusic.about.com/library/blchrislyrics.htm "Garth Brooks in ... The Life of Chris Gaines" at countrymusic.about.com]