16 Biggest Hits

• Artist: Ricky Van Shelton
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• Release Date: February 02, 1999
• Total Time: 50:18
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Country

Review

Ricky Van Shelton scored 16 Top Ten country solo hits between 1987 and 1993, and they are all on this appropriately named compilation, which is sequenced in hit order: first the ten number ones, then the three number twos, and so on. Van Shelton came in on the neo-traditionalist wave of the mid-'80s, and his hits spotlight such veteran country songwriters as Harlan Howard, Roger Miller, and Boudleaux and Felice Bryant and include revivals of standards like "From a Jack to a King." They also exhibit the sentiment and wordplay typical of the country songwriting craft on such newly composed works as the philosophical "Keep It Between the Lines" and the romantic twist of "I Meant Every Word He Said." As country veered toward pop in the Garth-and-Shania era of the '90s, sturdy talents like Van Shelton struggled, but this thorough collection of his most popular material confirms his veneration of traditional country and his status as one of its latter day masters. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Somebody Lied (Lyrics)	Joe Chambers, Larry Jenkins	Ricky Van Shelton	(3:20)
Life Turned Her That Way (Lyrics)	Harlan Howard	Ricky Van Shelton	(3:22)
Don't We All Have the Right (Lyrics)	Roger Miller	Ricky Van Shelton	(2:33)
I'll Leave This World Loving You (Lyrics)	Wayne Kemp	Ricky Van Shelton	(3:06)
From a Jack to a King	Ned Miller	Ricky Van Shelton	(2:21)
Living Proof (Lyrics)	Steve Clark, Johnny MacRae	Ricky Van Shelton	(3:21)
I've Cried My Last Tear for You (Lyrics)	Tony King, Chris Waters	Ricky Van Shelton	(2:29)
I Am a Simple Man	Walt Aldridge	Ricky Van Shelton	(3:27)
Keep It Between the Lines (Lyrics)	Russell Smith, Kathy Louvin	Ricky Van Shelton	(3:49)
Statue of a Fool	Jan Crutchfield	Ricky Van Shelton	(3:03)
I Meant Every Word He Said (Lyrics)	Bucky Jones, Curly Putman	Ricky Van Shelton	(3:01)
Backroads	Charlie Majors	Ricky Van Shelton	(3:42)
(I Got) A Hole in My Pocket	Felice Bryant, Boudleaux Bryant	Ricky Van Shelton	(2:32)
Life's Little Ups and Downs	Margaret Ann Rich	Ricky Van Shelton	(3:36)
Crime of Passion (Lyrics)	Walt Aldridge, Mac McAnally	Ricky Van Shelton	(3:22)
Wild Man (Lyrics)	Rick Giles, Susan Longacre	Ricky Van Shelton	(3:18)

Credits

Steve Buckingham (Compilation Producer), Alan Messer (Photography), Robert Goodman (Design), Steve Buckingham (Producer), Jonathan Russell (Mastering Assistant), Carlos Grier (Digital Editing), Eric Conn (Digital Editing), Robert Goodman (Art Direction), Margie Hunt (Executive Producer), Denny Purcell (Mastering), Jonathan Russell (Assistant)

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