Keepers: Greatest Hits

Keepers: Greatest Hits
Keepers: Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Tracy Byrd
Released	February 23, 1999
Recorded	1992-1998
Genre	Country
Length	37:26
Label	MCA Nashville
Producer	various
Tracy Byrd chronology
Singles from Keepers: Greatest Hits
	"When Mama Ain't Happy"; Released: December 19, 1998;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Keepers: Greatest Hits is the first compilation album by American country music artist Tracy Byrd. It was released in February 1999 as his last album for MCA, and it contains the previously unreleased track "When Mama Ain't Happy", which was issued as a single.^[1]

This compilation also features the radio edit of "The Keeper of the Stars", recorded a semitone lower than Byrd's original recording from his 1994 album No Ordinary Man.

Track listing[edit]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"When Mama Ain't Happy"	Rick Giles, Tim Nichols, Gilles Godard	3:24
2.	"Someone to Give My Love To"	Bill Rice, Jerry Foster	3:23
3.	"Holdin' Heaven"	Bill Kenner, Thom McHugh	2:32
4.	"Lifestyles of the Not So Rich and Famous"	Byron Hill, Wayne Tester	2:51
5.	"Watermelon Crawl"	Zack Turner, Buddy Brock	3:01
6.	"The Keeper of the Stars"	Karen Staley, Dickey Lee, Danny Mayo	4:17
7.	"Love Lessons"	Jerry Kilgore, Ted Hewitt, Monty Powell, Sara Majors	3:52
8.	"Heaven in My Woman's Eyes"	Mark Nesler	3:24
9.	"Big Love"	Michael Clark, Jeff Stevens	3:41
10.	"Don't Take Her She's All I Got"	Gary U.S. Bonds, Jerry Williams	3:28
11.	"I'm from the Country"	Richard Young, Stan Webb, Marty Brown	3:33

Personnel on track 1[edit]

Tracy Byrd- lead vocals
Larry Byrom- electric guitar
Owen Hale- drums, percussion
Aubrey Haynie- fiddle
John Barlow Jarvis- piano
Michael Rhodes- bass guitar
John Wesley Ryles- background vocals
Randy Scruggs- acoustic guitar
Robby Turner- steel guitar
Curtis Young- background vocals

Charts[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (1999)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[2]	70
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[3]	5

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (1999)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[4]	51

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Keepers: Greatest Hits at AllMusic. Retrieved June 17, 2011.
^ "Tracy Byrd Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
^ "Tracy Byrd Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1999". Billboard. Retrieved December 23, 2020.

[AMG-1] Keepers: Greatest Hits at AllMusic. Retrieved June 17, 2011.

[ac_Billboard200_Tracy_Byrd-2] "Tracy Byrd Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 23, 2020.

[ac_BillboardCountry_Tracy_Byrd-3] "Tracy Byrd Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 23, 2020.

[4] "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1999". Billboard. Retrieved December 23, 2020.

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v t e Tracy Byrd
Studio albums	Tracy Byrd No Ordinary Man Love Lessons Big Love I'm from the Country It's About Time Ten Rounds The Truth About Men Different Things
Compilation albums	Keepers: Greatest Hits Greatest Hits
Notable singles	"Holdin' Heaven" "Why Don't That Telephone Ring" "Lifestyles of the Not So Rich and Famous" "Watermelon Crawl" "The First Step" "The Keeper of the Stars" "Walking to Jerusalem" "Love Lessons" "Heaven in My Woman's Eyes" "4 to 1 in Atlanta" "Big Love" "Don't Take Her She's All I Got" "Don't Love Make a Diamond Shine" "I'm from the Country" "I Wanna Feel That Way Again" "When Mama Ain't Happy" "Put Your Hand in Mine" "Love, You Ain't Seen the Last of Me" "A Good Way to Get on My Bad Side" (with Mark Chesnutt) "Just Let Me Be in Love" "Ten Rounds with Jose Cuervo" "The Truth About Men" "Drinkin' Bone"
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