''Greatest Hits'' is a compilation album by American
country music artist
Janie Fricke. It was released in October 1982 and featured ten tracks of previously recorded material. It was Fricke's first compilation disc released in her career. The collection compiled her most successful
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releases between 1977 and 1981. The album reached chart positions in the United States and was reviewed by
AllMusic.
Background, content and reception
By 1982, Janie Fricke had been on Columbia Records for several years and began having a string of top ten hits on the North American country music charts. This began with the 1980 top five single "
Down to My Last Broken Heart
"Down to My Last Broken Heart" is a song written by Chick Rains, and recorded by American country music artist Janie Fricke. It was released in November 1980 as the first single from the album ''I'll Need Someone to Hold Me When I Cry''. The song ...
", followed by the 1981 number one song "
Don't Worry 'bout Me Baby".
Both songs were included on Fricke's first greatest hits compilation. The album compiled Fricke's most commercially successful singles recorded between 1977 and 1981. These tracks were recorded at the Audio Media Recorders studio and the Columbia Studio. Sessions recorded between 1977 and 1980 were produced by
Billy Sherrill. Fricke's sessions between 1980 and 1981 were produced by
Jim Ed Norman
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''Greatest Hits'' contained a total of ten tracks.
Included were Fricke's initial Columbia singles, beginning with the debut release in 1977 "
What're You Doing Tonight
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". It also includes Fricke's top 20 songs "
Please Help Me, I'm Falling (In Love with You)" and "
I'll Love Away Your Troubles for Awhile
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The album was released in October 1982 and was Fricke's first compilation disc issued in her career. It was available as both a
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and a
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The album reached number 34 on America's ''
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country albums chart in 1983.
Jason Ankeny of
AllMusic gave the album three stars out of five. He found the disc was missing many of Fricke's most successful songs but nonetheless highlighted some of important singles.
Track listings
Personnel
All credits are adapted from the
liner notes of ''Greatest Hits''.
Technical personnel
* Bill Brunt – Design
* Janie Fricke – Liner notes
* Sally Hinkle – Editing
* Bill Johnson – Art direction
* Jeff Morris – Art direction
* Jim Ed Norman – Producer (tracks A1, A5, B1, B3)
* Beverly Parker – Photography
* Billy Sherrill – Producer (tracks A2, A3, A4, B2, B4, B5)
* Virginia Team – Art direction
Charts
Release history
References
{{Janie Fricke
1982 greatest hits albums
Columbia Records compilation albums
Janie Fricke compilation albums