This is a brilliant collection with plenty of hard-rocking country, but with some wonderful slower songs too.Description : THE GREATEST HITS COLLECTION contains 3 new songs.Brooks & Dunn: Kix Brooks, Ronnie Dunn (vocals)Additional personnel: Mark Casstevens (acoustic guitar, mandolin) Steve Gibson (acoustic guitar) Brent Mason (electric guitar) Bruce C. Three songs specially recorded for the album complete the nineteen songs. Just two tracks represent their fourth album (My Maria and Mama don't get dressed up for nothing), but there were more than two hits so the others could be included on a second volume. These were You're gonna miss me when I'm gone, She's not the cheating kind, Whiskey under the bridge and Little Miss Honky-tonk. Four tracks from that album are included here, all huge hits. While it was not what I expected at the time, it was a good move on their part to be a little different. Their third album was generally mellower, with more ballads and fewer up-tempo songs. It is also represented by five songs, these being Hard working man, That ain't no way to go, Rock my world (little country girl), We'll burn that bridge and She used to be mine. Just about any song from that debut album could have been a single, something that was also true of their second album. The five songs were Brand new man, Boot scooting boogie, Neon moon, Lost and found and My next broken heart. I became a fan of Brooks and Dunn from their very first album, represented here by five songs, all of them huge hits and four of which went to number one on the country charts. This compilation was released in 1997 and contains all their big hits up to that point, as well as containing some songs that were new at the time. The Greatest Hits Collection captures all of those highlights except for a couple of singles that were left off from the prior album Borderline (most sorely missed is the #1 heartbreaker "A Man This Lonely)." Even with those omissions, you're getting nineteen hits by one of country's top acts. Subsequent albums have been less consistent, but all have their singles highlights. The Brand New Man album provided Brooks & Dunn with a debut of extraordinary depth. About the only place where they shine equally strong in this partnership is in songwriting contributions (together or separately, they had a hand in writing all but two of the enclosed tracks). Where Brooks best complements Dunn is probably on-stage as he romps around entertaining the crowds while a stagnant Dunn merely sings great. Unlike Dunn, Brooks' voice is rather ordinary, yet it somehow lends itself to stellar harmonising.
The singles which feature Kix Brooks' voice, like "You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone," "Lost And Found" and the new track "Days Of Thunder" are certainly the weakest on the collection. Stevenson hit "My Maria." Dunn also impresses by being equally adept at edgy honky tonk numbers ("Boot Scootin' Boogie," "My Next Broken Heart") and mournful ballads ("That Ain't No Way To Go," "Neon Moon"). Check out his incredible range on their remake of the B.D. Ronnie Dunn sings lead on the majority of their material and it is his underrated tenor which elevates the act to something special.
The duo title is a bit misleading when summing up the vocal contributions of Brooks & Dunn. As this generous nineteen-track set illustrates, they have maintained an amazing high standard on their singles going back to their first hit in 1991, "Brand New Man." The absence of competition until recently shouldn't devalue their achievements however.
Of course, that may be at least partly due to the lack of consistent success of any other pairings since the demise of the Judds(watch out for those rising stars Montgomery Gentry and the Warren Brothers though). When you think of modern country duos - particularly at award time - you immediately think of Brooks and Dunn.
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