NASHVlLLE, TN. (Arista Records) - Country's favorite duo
Brooks & Dunn keep raising the bar for career excellence as they release their latest Arista Nashville album, The Greatest Hits Collection II, on Tuesday, October 19.
With 24 Number One singles to their credit, the multi-platinum selling twosome have created a retrospective of their last seven-years' worth of chart-toppers and a glance at the future with three newly recorded tracks. The 17-song package includes their most-recent single, "That's What It's All About," just entering the Top Ten on country airplay charts (No 9 Billboard and No 10 R&R this week) and smash hits like "If You See Him (If You See Her" (duet with Reba McEntire), "Ain't Nothing 'Bout You," "Only In America" and "Red Dirt Road." The three new tracks are produced by Kix Brooks, Ronnie Dunn and Mark Wright. (A complete list of song credits is below.)
Hits on this new collection were assembled from the following recordings, all released after their initial The Greatest Hits Collection in 1997: If You See Her (1998), Tight Rope (1999), Steers & Stripes (2001) and Red Dirt Road (2003).
The release of The Greatest Hits Collection II comes at a time of much activity and acclaim for Brooks & Dunn. During a recent Country Music Association press conference, the multi-platinum power duo were announced as hosts of the 2004 CMA Awards on Tuesday, November 9, on CBS, 8-11 p.m. Eastern/Pacific. At that same media gathering, they received three 2004 CMA award nominations - "Entertainer of the Year," "Duo of the Year" and "Album of the Year" for Red Dirt Road on Arista Nashville.
At a mid-summer event, the 4-time "Entertainer of the Year" winners were surprised by RCA Label Group-Nashville and Arista Nashville label executives and industry friends with a celebration commemorating 25 million career sales - that has now actually surpassed 27 million worldwide.
As their high-octane live shows continue to receive industry and critic's nods, 14 forthcoming dates will finish up this year's tour calendar. (See end of release for list of remaining 2004 concerts.)
List of songs and songwriter credits for Brooks & Dunn's The Greatest Hits Collection II (*indicates newly recorded tracks):
1) *"That's What It's All About" (Steve McEwan/Craig Wiseman)
2) "How Long Gone" (Shawn Camp/John Scott Sherrill)
3) "Ain't Nothing 'Bout You" (Tom Shapiro/Rivers Rutherford)
4) "The Long Goodbye" (Paul Brady/Ronan Keating)
5) "My Heart Is Lost To You" (Brett Beavers/Connie Harrington)
6) "I Can't Get Over You" (Ronnie Dunn/Terry McBride)
7) "Red Dirt Road" (Kix Brooks/Ronnie Dunn)
8) "Husbands and Wives" (Roger Miller)
9) "That's What She Gets For Loving Me" (Ronnie Dunn/Terry McBride)
10) "You Can't Take The Honky Tonk Out Of The Girl" (Bob DiPiero/Bart Allmand)
11)*"It's Getting Better All The Time" (Ronnie Bowman/Don Cook)
12) "Only In America" (Kix Brooks/Don Cook/Ronnie Rogers)
13) "A Man This Lonely" (Ronnie Dunn/Tommy Lee James)
14)*"Independent Trucker" (Chris Stapleton/Jeffrey Steele)
15) "I'll Never Forgive My Heart" (Ronnie Dunn/Janine Dunn/Dean Dillon)
16) "If You See Him (If You See Her)" [duet with Reba McEntire] (Tommy Lee James/Jennifer Kimball/Terry McBride)
17) "South of Santa Fe" (Kix Brooks/Paul Nelson/Larry Boone)
Brooks & Dunn tour dates for remainder of 2004:
September 23 - Puyallup, WA
September 24 - Portland, OR
September 25 - Kelseyville, CA
September 28 - Concord, CA
September 30 - Phoenix, AZ
October 1 - San Bernardino, CA
October 2 - Primm, NV
October 3 - Albuquerque, NM
October 15 - Charlotte, NC
October 16 - Raleigh, NC
October 17 - Washington, DC
October 22 - West Palm Beach, FL
October 23 - Tampa, FL
October 24 - Atlanta, GA
