Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled Explained

Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled
Type:Greatest hits
Artist:Melissa Etheridge
Cover:Melissa Etheridge - Greatest Hits The Road Less Traveled.jpg
Caption:Album cover
Released:October 18, 2005
Genre:Rock
Length:72:16
Label:Island
Prev Title:Lucky
Prev Year:2004
Next Title:The Awakening
Next Year:2007

Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled is a 2005 compilation album by Melissa Etheridge, released by Island Records. It featured 17 tracks from her then-17-year career, five of which were newly recorded.

Commercial performance

The album peaked at #14 on the Billboard 200.[1] With its release, Etheridge also released the single "Refugee", a cover of the Tom Petty song; it reached #96 on the Pop 100. Also released for radio was the new song "I Run for Life", written about her struggle with breast cancer. The song reached #80 on the Pop 100 and #10 on the Adult Contemporary charts.

The album was certified Gold in December 2005, for sales of over 500,000 copies. This was Etheridge's first Gold certification since Breakdown in 1999.[2]

Track listing

All songs by Melissa Etheridge, except where noted

  1. "Refugee" (Tom Petty, Mike Campbell) – 3:37 [new track]
  2. "Similar Features" – 4:44
  3. "Like the Way I Do" – 5:25
  4. "Bring Me Some Water" – 3:54
  5. "You Can Sleep While I Drive" – 3:15
  6. "No Souvenirs" – 4:33
  7. "Ain't It Heavy" – 4:24
  8. "I'm the Only One" – 4:16 [single edit]
  9. "Come to My Window" – 3:35 [single edit]
  10. "If I Wanted To" – 3:55
  11. "I Want to Come Over" – 5:24
  12. "Angels Would Fall" (Etheridge, John Shanks) – 4:39
  13. "Lucky" – 3:58
  14. "Christmas in America" – 4:21 [new track]
  15. "Piece of My Heart" (Bert Berns, Jerry Ragovoy) – 4:19 [new track]
  16. "This Is Not Goodbye" – 3:37 [new track]
  17. "I Run for Life" – 4:21 [new track]
  18. "I Need to Wake Up" – 3:36 [new track, on re-release only]

Charts

Singles – Billboard (United States) [3]

YearSingleChartPosition
2005"Refugee"Pop 10096
2005"I Run for Life"Pop 10080
2005"I Run for Life"Adult Contemporary10

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Melissa Etheridge – Chart history . Billboard . April 29, 2015.
  2. United States. 2014. album. Etheridge, Melissa.
  3. https://www.billboard.com/artist/melissa-etheridge/chart-history/tlp/

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