Greatest Hits: Decade #1

by Carrie Underwood

Overview

If the subtitle "Decade #1" seems too optimistic, consider this: back in 2004, few ever would've bet that the winner of the third season of American Idol would still be on the charts. A decade later, Carrie Underwood was a genuine superstar who left her television roots far behind. Greatest Hits: Decade #1 helps bury those early American Idol memories by sandwiching her coronation song "Inside Your Heaven" between two bombastic new songs ("Something in the Water," the better of the two, opens up the proceedings, followed by "Little Toy Guns") and "Jesus, Take the Wheel," the song that truly kicked off her streak at the top of the country charts. Between 2005 and 2012, every song she released went to either number one or two on the Billboard country charts ("Some Hearts," serviced to adult contemporary, went to 12 on the AC charts and isn't here). Every one of those songs is here, along with the songs that stopped the streak: 2012's "Two Black Cadillacs" and 2013's "See You Again," which peaked at four and seven respectively, positions that are hardly shabby. As the years progressed, Underwood embraced her divahood and the shift occurs with 2009's "Cowboy Casanova," a number one smash that opens the second disc of this double-disc hits disc. It's a neat division but the 21 singles -- which are supplemented by three demos that reveal Carrie works well in a stark setting, too -- are of a piece, expertly constructed post-Shania and Faith Hill country-pop proving that Underwood is the new-millennial heir to their throne. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	11/12/2021
Label:	19 Recordings / Arista / Sony Music
UPC:	0194398838618
Rank:	3654

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Something in the Water
2. Little Toy Guns
3. Inside Your Heaven
4. Jesus, Take the Wheel
5. Don't Forget to Remember Me
6. Before He Cheats
7. Wasted
8. So Small
9. All-American Girl
10. Last Name

Disc 2

11. Just a Dream
12. I Told You So
13. Cowboy Casanova
14. Temporary Home
15. Undo It
16. Mama's Song
17. Remind Me
18. Good Girl
19. Blown Away
20. Two Black Cadillacs
21. See You Again

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Carrie Underwood   Primary Artist,Vocals (Background)
Brad Paisley   Primary Artist
Vince Gill   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
Kim Parent   Vocals (Background)
Chris McHugh   Drums
Larry Paxton   Bass
Tommy White   Guitar (Steel)
John Jarvis   Piano
Jimmy Nichols   Piano
Joe Chemay   Vocals (Background)
Edgar Struble   Guitar,Keyboards
Vicki Hampton   Vocals (Background)
Steve Gibson   Guitar (Acoustic)
Perry Coleman   Vocals (Background)
Jimmie Lee Sloas   Bass
Randy Travis   Featured Artist
Brent Mason   Guitar
Hillary Lindsey   Vocals (Background)
Kenny Greenberg   Guitar (Electric)
Eric Darken   Percussion
Stuart Duncan   Fiddle,Guitar,Mandolin
Brett James   Vocals (Background)
Eddie Bayers   Drums
Robert Bailey, Jr.   Vocals (Background)
Chris DeStefano   Vocals (Background)
Charlie Judge   Synthesizer
Ilya Toshinskiy   Banjo,Guitar (Acoustic)

Technical Credits

Troy Verges   Composer
Andreas Carlsson   Composer
Steve McEwan   Composer
Kelley Lovelace   Composer
David Hodges   Composer
Frank Rogers   Producer
Desmond Child   Producer
Mark Bright   Producer
Kara DioGuardi   Composer
Marti Frederiksen   Composer
Ashley Gorley   Composer
Randy Travis   Composer
Mike Elizondo   Composer
Stuart K. Hine   Composer
Brad Paisley   Duet,Composer
Hillary Lindsey   Composer
Zac Maloy   Composer
Adam Ayan   Mastering
Josh Kear   Composer
Marv Green   Composer
Carrie Underwood   Composer
Morgane Hayes   Composer
Brett James   Composer
Gordie Sampson   Composer
Kirsten Wines   Production Assistant
Savan Kotecha   Composer
Per Nylen   Composer
Mike "Frog" Griffith   Production Coordination
Chris DeStefano   Composer
Luke Laird   Composer
Jeremy Cowart   Photography
Charlie Judge   Programming
Chris Dubois   Composer
Chris Small   Digital Editing,Assistant Engineer
Chris Tompkins   Composer
Derek Branson   Mixing,Engineer,Digital Editing