Background and content
Greatest Hits consisted of 10 major hits Barbara Mandrell charted between 1978 and 1985, ranging from her second number 1 single in 1978, "If Loving You Is Wrong (I Don't Want to Be Right)", to 1984's "Happy Birthday Dear Heartache". It also included three additional number 1 singles by Mandrell: "Years", "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool" and "One of a Kind Pair of Fools". Dan Cooper of Allmusic gave the album four out of five stars but criticized her musical style: "Hank Williams definitely didn't do it this way. Nevertheless, "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool" summed up a lot of folks' feelings as the Travolta crowd tried to claim him as their own."[1] The album also included "There's No Love in Tennessee", a new song recorded specifically for this collection.
Release
Greatest Hits spawned one single, "There's No Love in Tennessee". The song became a Top 10 hit in 1985, peaking at #7 on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart[2] and also peaked at #24 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. The album itself peaked at #27 on the Billboard Magazine Top Country Albums chart and missed the Billboard 200 albums chart, reaching #210 that year.[3] Greatest Hits was originally released on an LP album upon its original release in 1985, with five songs on each of the record, total of 10 songs.[4] The album was later reissued on a compact disc also under MCA.[1]