''Greatest Hits'' is the first greatest hits compilation by American

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band

Diamond Rio Diamond Rio is an American country music band. The band was founded in 1982 as an attraction for the Opryland USA theme park in Nashville, Tennessee, and was originally known as the Grizzly River Boys, then the Tennessee River Boys. It was foun ...

. The tracks "How Your Love Makes Me Feel" and "Imagine That" are new to this compilation, and both were released as singles. All of the other tracks from this album are reprised from the band's first four albums.

Track listing

Personnel

*Gene Johnson –

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*Jimmy Olander –

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electric guitar An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar (however combinations of the two - a semi-acoustic guitar and an electric acoustic gui ...

*Brian Prout –

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*Marty Roe –

lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of t ...

*Dan Truman –

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*Dana Williams –

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, background vocals

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Greatest Hits (Diamond Rio Album) 1997 greatest hits albums Diamond Rio albums Arista Records compilation albums