Hank Williams Jr.'s Greatest Hits is a compilation album by American musician Hank Williams Jr. The album features ten tracks, nine of which are singles originally released from the studio albums Family Tradition, Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound, Habits Old and New, Rowdy and The Pressure Is On. The only original single from the album was "The American Dream", which peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.
| Hank Williams Jr.'s Greatest Hits | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | 1982 | |||
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| Length | 33:10 | |||
| Label | Elektra/Curb | |||
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| Allmusic |  [1] |
The album was released by Elektra/Curb Records in 1982 and reached number 4 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart in January 1983.[2][3] The album has been Williams' most commercially successful album to date, having been certified 5× Multi-Platinum by the RIAA by 2003.[4] It has sold 3,410,700 copies in the US as of April 2017 in the SoundScan era when sales figure started to be tracked in 1991.[5]
Track listing
editAll tracks composed by Hank Williams Jr. except where indicated.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Family Tradition" | 4:02 | |
| 2. | "Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound" | 3:08 | |
| 3. | "Women I've Never Had" | 2:51 | |
| 4. | "Old Habits" | 3:02 | |
| 5. | "Kaw-Liga" | Fred Rose, Hank Williams | 4:23 |
| 6. | "Dixie on My Mind" | 2:39 | |
| 7. | "Texas Women" | 2:26 | |
| 8. | "The American Dream" | 2:15 | |
| 9. | "A Country Boy Can Survive" | 4:15 | |
| 10. | "All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)" | 3:54 |
Chart performance
edit| Chart (1982) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200[6] | 107 |
| US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[7] | 4 |
References
edit- ^ a b Owens, Thom. "Hank Williams Jr.'s Greatest Hits review". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
- ^ "Hank Williams Jr.'s Greatest Hits Charts". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
- ^ "Billboard 200". Billboard. January 22, 1983.
- ^ "American album certifications – Hank Williams Jr – Greatest Hits". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ Bjorke, Matt (April 18, 2017). "Top Country Catalog Album Sales Chart: April 18, 2017". Roughstock. Archived from the original on September 22, 2017. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
- ^ "Billboard 200". Billboard. January 22, 1983.
- ^ "Top Country Albums". Billboard. July 20, 1985.