In 2004, the duo of songwriter "Big" Kenny Alphin and Lonestar ex-pat John Rich burst onto the country scene with a raucous bar-and-brew, rock-oriented brand of honky tonk. Their debut HORSE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR went triple-platinum and spawned a memorable hit with the borderline-novelty "Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)." They proved durable when sophomore record returned them to radio with a number one country smash in ballad "Lost in the Moment." The duo have fun with the greatest hits format, throwing in fan-favorite album tracks like "Rollin' (The Ballad of Big & Rich)" in with all the hits, and presenting a new song in the soulfully melancholy "The Man I Am Right Now."

Big & Rich first hit the charts a mere five years before they released their Greatest Hits in 2009, but their presence was so pervasive it seems like they've been around twice as long. Part of the reason for this is that they wrote and produced for a huge number of artists, sometimes giving their best music to other singers, and the result of this is that Greatest Hits plays a bit patchier than you might imagine, with the earliest hits and songs -- "Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)," "Wild West Show," "Holy Water," the barroom brag "Kick My Ass" -- holding up better than the power ballads and goofiness of their second two albums. Although anybody who wants to really hear Big & Rich at their best should probably stick with their debut, Horse of a Different Color, those who want just the hits will find them all here. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Big & Rich first hit the charts a mere five years before they released their Greatest Hits in 2009, but their presence was so pervasive it seems like they've been around twice as long. Part of the reason for this is that they wrote and produced for a huge number of artists, sometimes giving their best music to other singers, and the result of this is that Greatest Hits plays a bit patchier than you might imagine, with the earliest hits and songs -- "Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)," "Wild West Show," "Holy Water," the barroom brag "Kick My Ass" -- holding up better than the by-the-number power ballads and goofiness of their second two albums. So, anybody who wants to really hear Big & Rich at their best should probably stick with their debut, Horse of a Different Color, which contains all their best tracks, but those who want just the hits will find them all here. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine