Following his Grammy-nominated, high charting, studio album Around the Bend, which marked a return to mainstream country music, Travis released I Told You So concurrently with his compilation of Gospel music, Three Wooden Crosses: The Inspirational Hits of Randy Travis. I Told You So continued Travis' chart success, peaking at number-three on country album charts and number-16 on U.S. charts during its debut week.
A week prior to the album's release, Travis appeared on American Idol with country singer Carrie Underwood to sing a duet of the title track, "I Told You So." The pair had previously released the duet to radio, which peaked at number-one on Canadian charts, number-two on U.S. Country charts and reached number-nine on the Billboard Hot 100. Four days prior to the release, Travis appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno to perform the album's single "Turn It Around" as well as his signature song, "Forever and Ever, Amen."[1]
Allmusic gave the album a favorable review, arguing that the essential tracks were the songs from Travis' album Storms of Life including "Diggin' Up Bones", "1982", "On the Other Hand" and "No Place Like Home", all of which with the exception of "1982" were written or co-written by singer-songwriter Paul Overstreet. "Whisper My Name", Travis' final American Number-one of the 1990s, was also mentioned in the review. Allmusic lauded the new traditional approach of Travis, which it cites as making "him still seem relevant and current even after all these years."[2]
Roughstock.com also wrote a favorable review of the album. It assessed the two new tracks of the album, "Love's Alive and Well" and "You Ain't Right" as probable "future singles." The writer criticized Warner Bros. Records' decision to leave off Travis' major hit "Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart", and was dismayed by the absence of songs during Travis' tenure with DreamWorks. However, the reviewer concludes that the album "is still a great introduction into one of the most influential Country singers of the last 30 years and he, not George Strait or Garth Brooks, was the first multi-platinum Country star. So it's fair to say that without Randy Travis we'd not have Country music as we now know it, an equally popular music format."[5]
^Bjorke, Matt (March 16, 2009). "Randy Travis – 'I Told You So: The Ultimate Hits of Randy Travis'" April 22, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. Roughstock.com.
^"Randy Travis Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
^"Randy Travis Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
^"Top Country Albums – Year-End 2009". Billboard. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
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I Told You So The Ultimate Hits of Randy Travis is a compilation album released by country music artist Randy Travis in 2009 It consists of 32 songs overall in a two disc set Two of the songs were never before released on albums Travis numerous number one hits including I Told You So Deeper Than the Holler Forever and Ever Amen and Three Wooden Crosses are included on the album along with duets with country legends Tammy Wynette and George Jones Travis cover of Roger Miller s King of the Road is also included along with two tracks from his previous studio album Around the Bend I Told You So The Ultimate Hits of Randy TravisGreatest hits album by Randy TravisReleasedMarch 17 2009GenreCountryLabelWarner Bros NashvilleProducerKyle Lehning On the Other Hand produced by Kyle Lehning and Keith Stegall It s Just a Matter of Time produced by Richard PerryRandy Travis chronologyAround the Bend 2008 I Told You So The Ultimate Hits of Randy Travis 2009 Three Wooden Crosses The Inspirational Hits of Randy Travis 2009 Singles from I Told You So The Ultimate Hits of Randy Travis Turn It Around Released March 12 2009 Turn It Around which was also featured on Around the Bend was the album s startup single Contents 1 Content 2 Reception 3 Track listing 3 1 Disc one 3 2 Disc two 4 Charts 4 1 Weekly charts 4 2 Year end charts 5 ReferencesContent Edit nbsp Travis and Underwood perform I Told You So on American IdolFollowing his Grammy nominated high charting studio album Around the Bend which marked a return to mainstream country music Travis released I Told You So concurrently with his compilation of Gospel music Three Wooden Crosses The Inspirational Hits of Randy Travis I Told You So continued Travis chart success peaking at number three on country album charts and number 16 on U S charts during its debut week A week prior to the album s release Travis appeared on American Idol with country singer Carrie Underwood to sing a duet of the title track I Told You So The pair had previously released the duet to radio which peaked at number one on Canadian charts number two on U S Country charts and reached number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 Four days prior to the release Travis appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno to perform the album s single Turn It Around as well as his signature song Forever and Ever Amen 1 Reception EditProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAbout com nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 4 Allmusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2 Country Weekly nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 3 nbsp Randy Travis interviewed at the 2009 Academy of Country Music awardsAllmusic gave the album a favorable review arguing that the essential tracks were the songs from Travis album Storms of Life including Diggin Up Bones 1982 On the Other Hand and No Place Like Home all of which with the exception of 1982 were written or co written by singer songwriter Paul Overstreet Whisper My Name Travis final American Number one of the 1990s was also mentioned in the review Allmusic lauded the new traditional approach of Travis which it cites as making him still seem relevant and current even after all these years 2 Roughstock com also wrote a favorable review of the album It assessed the two new tracks of the album Love s Alive and Well and You Ain t Right as probable future singles The writer criticized Warner Bros Records decision to leave off Travis major hit Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart and was dismayed by the absence of songs during Travis tenure with DreamWorks However the reviewer concludes that the album is still a great introduction into one of the most influential Country singers of the last 30 years and he not George Strait or Garth Brooks was the first multi platinum Country star So it s fair to say that without Randy Travis we d not have Country music as we now know it an equally popular music format 5 Track listing EditDisc one Edit nbsp Travis performs Three Wooden Crosses Diggin Up Bones Al Gore Paul Overstreet Nat Stuckey 3 01 Forever and Ever Amen Overstreet Don Schlitz 3 33 I Told You So Randy Travis 3 40 He Walked on Water Allen Shamblin 3 25 Promises John Lindley Randy Travis 4 00 Three Wooden Crosses Kim Williams Doug Johnson 3 21 Deeper Than the Holler Overstreet Schlitz 3 40 On the Other Hand Overstreet Schlitz 3 07 Too Gone Too Long Gene Pistilli 2 27 We re Strangers Again Merle Haggard Leona Williams 2 48 duet with Tammy Wynette Look Heart No Hands Trey Bruce Russell Smith 3 10 1982 Buddy Blackmon Vip Vipperman 2 58 Better Class of Losers Alan Jackson Travis 2 41 I Won t Need You Anymore Always and Forever Max D Barnes Troy Seals 3 11 Faith in You Tom Douglas Joe Henry Matt Rollings 3 46 Love s Alive and Well Steve Jones John Scott Sherrill 3 18 previously released on the Four Walls EPDisc two Edit Honky Tonk Moon Dennis O Rourke 2 50 Would I Mark Winchester 2 25 It s Just a Matter of Time Brook Benton Belford Hendricks Clyde Otis 3 57 Forever Together Jackson Travis 3 05 No Place Like Home Overstreet 4 07 A Few Ole Country Boys Seals Mentor Williams 3 39 duet with George Jones Is It Still Over Ken Bell Larry Henley 3 12 Whisper My Name Bruce 3 08 Before You Kill Us All Barnes Keith Follese 3 20 Heroes and Friends Schlitz Travis 3 13 This Is Me Thom McHugh Tom Shapiro 3 25 King of the Road Roger Miller 3 49 The Box Buck A Moore Travis 3 22 Are We in Trouble Now Mark Knopfler 4 21 Turn It Around Noah Gordon Matt Kennon 3 00 You Ain t Right Kelley Lovelace Phil O Donnell Tim Owens 3 30 previously unreleasedCharts EditWeekly charts Edit Chart 2009 Peak positionUS Billboard 200 6 21US Top Country Albums Billboard 7 3 Year end charts Edit Chart 2009 PositionUS Top Country Albums Billboard 8 57References Edit Randy Travis To Perform On The Tonight Show In Support Of Greatest Hits Release randytravis com March 2 2009 a b Allmusic review Country Weekly review About com review Bjorke Matt March 16 2009 Randy Travis I Told You So The Ultimate Hits of Randy Travis Archived April 22 2009 at the Wayback Machine Roughstock com Randy Travis Chart History Billboard 200 Billboard Retrieved December 18 2020 Randy Travis Chart History Top Country Albums Billboard Retrieved December 18 2020 Top Country Albums Year End 2009 Billboard Retrieved December 18 2020 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title I Told You So The Ultimate Hits of Randy Travis amp oldid 1072711135, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
