Greatest Hits: The Show Dog Years

by Toby Keith

Overview

The details get a little fuzzy, since his Show Dog imprint was formed in 2005 right in the thick of a major-label restructuring, but for greatest-hits purposes, Toby Keith's Show Dog Years begin with the release of That Don't Make Me a Bad Guy in 2008 and run until this 2019 release of Greatest Hits: The Show Dog Years. In practical terms, this contains Keith's last great run in the country Top Ten, featuring the number ones "She Never Cried in front of Me," "God Love Her," "American Ride," and "Made in America," plus the viral smash "Red Solo Cup." Alongside these songs are many, but not all, of the charting hits from this time. The Top Ten hits are favored, so his stretch of drinking songs after 2012's "Beers Ago" -- "I Like Girls That Drink Beer," "Drinks After Work," and "Drunk Americans" -- are ignored outside of the quite strong "Hope on the Rocks." To this mix are four relatively new cuts: the hushed, melancholy "Don't Let the Old Man In," which was featured in Clint Eastwood's 2018 film The Mule, the charting single "That's Country Bro," a ham-fisted mock-dance remix of "American Ride" featuring DJ KO, and "Back in the 405," a groovy, horn-punctuated R&B tune co-written with Colt Ford. Not all of this is great -- the new version of "American Ride" is forced -- but it all adds up to a pretty representative summary of the opening of the third chapter of Toby Keith's career. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	10/25/2019
Label:	Show Dog
UPC:	0644216240364
Rank:	173

Tracks

1. That's Country Bro
2. Made in America
3. Beers Ago
4. Red Solo Cup
5. American Ride
6. Don't Let the Old Man In
7. God Love Her
8. Hope on the Rocks
9. Trailerhood
10. Cryin' for Me [Wayman's Song]
11. She Never Cried in Front of Me
12. High Maintenance Woman
13. Love Me if You Can
14. Lost You Anyway
15. Back in the 405
16. American Ride [Official Remix]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Toby Keith   Primary Artist
Brent Mason   Guitar
Ian Fitchuk   Bass,Drums
Tim Lauer   Keyboards
F. Reid Shippen   Percussion
Mac McAnally   Piano,Guitar (Acoustic)
Jimmy Bowland   Saxophone
Russ Pahl   Guitar (Steel)
Jason Eskridge   Vocals (Background)
Perry Coleman   Vocals (Background)
Sam Levine   Saxophone
Scotty Emerick   Guitar
Jimmie Lee Sloas   Bass
Matt Rollings   Piano,Wurlitzer
Mills Logan   Percussion
Maureen Murphy   Vocals (Background)
Nickie Conley   Vocals (Background)
Steve Patrick   Trumpet
Jeff Hyde   Guitar (Acoustic)
Mike Haynes   Trumpet
DJ KO   Featured Artist
Evan Hutchings   Drums
Justin Ostrander   Guitar (Electric)
Mark Doulhit   Saxophone

Technical Credits

Brett Warren   Composer
Dave Pahanish   Composer
Tim Wilson   Composer
Brad Warren   Composer
Brett Beavers   Composer
Bergen White   Brass Arrangement
Kip Raines   Digital Editing
Craig Wiseman   Composer
F. Reid Shippen   Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Programming
Vicky McGehee   Composer
Joe West   Composer
Pete Lyman   Mastering
Jim Beavers   Composer
Mills Logan   Engineer,Digital Editing
Toby Keith   Composer,Producer
Bobby Pinson   Composer,Producer
Colt Ford   Composer
Chris Wallin   Composer
Richard McLaren   Photography
Greg Watermann   Photography
Elaine Schock   Creative Director
Shauna Dodds   Design,Art Direction
Danny Simpson   Composer
Scott Johnson   Production Coordination
Arturo Buenahora, Jr.   Executive Producer
Meredith Louie   Creative Director
Sarah Dodds   Design,Art Direction
Gregory Scott Reeves   Composer
Alena Moran   Production Coordination
Bud Fox   Executive Production Coordinator
Josh Ditty   Assistant
Brendan St. Gelais   Assistant
Collin Trudan   Production Coordination
Michael Mechling   Assistant
Joel McKenny   Assistant
Sherri Kimbrell Green   Production Coordination