Then & Now: The Hits Collection

Then & Now: The Hits Collection
Greatest hits by Tracy Lawrence
Released	October 18, 2005
Genre	Country
Label	Mercury
Producer	James Stroud and Tracy Lawrence
Professional reviews
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Tracy Lawrence chronology
Strong (2004) Then & Now: The Hits Collection (2005) For the Love (2007) Singles from Then & Now: The Hits Collection "Used to the Pain" Released: September 6, 2005 "If I Don't Make It Back" Released: November 7, 2005

Then & Now: The Hits Collection is the second greatest-hits collection from American country music artist Tracy Lawrence. It is composed several hits from his previous albums, as well as the newly-recorded tracks "Used to the Pain" and "If I Don't Make It Back". Both of these were released as singles, peaking at #35 and #42, respectively, on the country charts. "Used to the Pain" was previously a #45-peaking single in 1998 for Mark Nesler, while "If I Don't Make It Back" was later recorded by Bobby Pinson on his 2007 album Songs for Somebody.

Lawrence re-recorded all of the previously-released material for this album (except for "Paint Me a Birmingham") because Mercury Nashville Records, the label to which he was signed at the time, did not own the rights to his older material.^[1][2] This album is also his only release for Mercury.

Track listing

1. "Used to the Pain" (Mark Nesler, Tony Martin)^A – 3:14
2. "Paint Me a Birmingham" (Buck Moore, Gary Duffy) – 3:49
3. "If I Don't Make It Back" (Brett Jones, Bobby Pinson)^A – 4:04
4. "If the World Had a Front Porch" (Tracy Lawrence, Paul Nelson, Kenny Beard) – 3:05
5. "Sticks and Stones" (Elbert West, Roger Dillon) – 3:39
6. "Is That a Tear" (John Jarrard, Beard) – 3:21
7. "Time Marches On" (Bobby Braddock) – 3:07
8. "I See It Now" (Nelson, Larry Boone, Woody Lee) – 3:37
9. "How a Cowgirl Says Goodbye" (Boone, Nelson, Lawrence) – 3:35
10. "Alibis" (Randy Boudreaux) – 3:07
11. "Today's Lonely Fool" (Beard, Stan Paul Davis) – 3:53
12. "Can't Break It to My Heart" (Kirk Roth, Lawrence, Earl Clark, West) – 3:40
13. "Lessons Learned" (Lawrence, Nelson, Boone) – 3:00
14. "Texas Tornado" (Braddock) – 3:33
15. "Stars over Texas" (Boone, Lawrence, Nelson) – 3:37
16. "My Second Home" (Lawrence, Beard, Nelson) – 2:47
17. "If the Good Die Young" (Nelson, Craig Wiseman) – 2:29

^APreviously unreleased track.

Personnel

• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
• Mark Casstevens – harmonica
• Dan Dugmore – steel guitar, Dobro
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar, Dobro
• Aubrey Haynie – fiddle, mandolin
• Tony Harrell – piano, keyboards
• Wes Hightower – background vocals
• B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar
• Liana Manis – background vocals
• Brent Mason – electric guitar
• Steve Nathan – piano, keyboards
• John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar
• Curtis Wright – background vocals
• Curtis Young – background vocals

References