Greatest Hits (1988 Kenny Rogers album)

Greatest Hits is a 1988 compilation album by Kenny Rogers.

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by
Released1988
Recorded1983–87
GenreCountry
Length39:05
LabelRCA Victor
Kenny Rogers chronology
I Prefer the Moonlight
(1987)
Greatest Hits
(1988)
Something Inside So Strong
(1989)
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All of the tracks on the album were selected from his various recordings for RCA Nashville between 1983 and 1987. There is one track that was not originally a single called "She's Ready for Someone to Love Her", which makes fully half of this greatest hits track list identical to the most recent 1987 album I Prefer the Moonlight.

One single that is notably missing is "Tomb of the Unknown Love" from 1985's The Heart of the Matter. The song was a #1 single in both the US and Canada. Also missing is Rogers' 1986 single "The Pride is Back" which made #30 on the US Billboard AC chart, it had not yet been released on any album. "I Don't Call Him Daddy" was released as a single in support of this album, but with little promotion it peaked at #86 on the country chart.

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Islands in the Stream" (with Dolly Parton)Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice GibbEyes That See in the Dark (1983)4:08
2."Crazy"Richard Marx, Kenny RogersWhat About Me? (1984)3:40
3."Buried Treasure"B. Gibb, R. Gibb, M. GibbEyes That See in the Dark (1983)4:08
4."Twenty Years Ago"Wood Newton, Michael Noble, Michael Spriggs, Dan TylerThey Don't Make Them Like They Used To (1986)3:44
5."I Don't Call Him Daddy"Reed NielsenI Prefer the Moonlight (1987)4:06
6."I Prefer the Moonlight"Gary Chapman, Mark WrightI Prefer the Moonlight (1987)5:07
7."The Factory"Bud McGuireI Prefer the Moonlight (1987)3:18
8."She's Ready for Someone to Love Her"Charlie Black, Jerry Gillespie, Tommy RoccoI Prefer the Moonlight (1987)2:52
9."Make No Mistake, She's Mine" (with Ronnie Milsap)Kim CarnesI Prefer the Moonlight (1987)3:54
10."Morning Desire"Dave LogginsThe Heart of the Matter (1985)4:08

Chart performance

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Chart (1988) Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 66