Then & Now: The Hits Collection is the second compilation album by 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 numbers 35 and 42, respectively, on the country charts.
Content "Used to the Pain" was previously released by its co-writer, Mark Nesler, on his 1998 debut album I'm Just That Way, and it was a number 45 single for him that year. Bobby Pinson, who co-wrote "If I Don't Make It Back", later recorded it 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 for Atlantic Records.Tracy Lawrence - Now and Then: Hits Collection - Cut by CutNews : CMA Close UP : Tracy Lawrence: Loving Life : Great American Country This album is also his only release for Mercury.
Track listing
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 Tracy Lawrence – lead 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
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2005) Peak position
Year-end charts Chart (2006) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 73
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