Beyond his now very prominent role as Citizen Toby Keith, the release of Greatest Hits 2 is also a reminder of his presence as one of popular music’s premier entertainers. Underplayed facets of his talent–his humor, his romanticism, his gift for telling stories–reassert themselves in this music. The collection’s three new recordings bring these traits to the fore–the keenly-observed “Stays In Mexico,” which was Tobys highest debuting single ever, the pure fun and family harmony on “Mockingbird,” a duet with his teenage daughter Krystal, and the wryly honest portrait of lifelong devotion culled from a conversation with his late father in “Go With Her.” And in a nod to those early songs and the fans that sing along to them every night, he’s added live versions of “You Ain’t Much Fun” and “Shouldve Been A Cowboy.”