The Hits (Garth Brooks album)
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| Greatest hits album by Garth Brooks | ||||
| Released | December 13, 1994 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 1:06:05 | |||
| Label | Liberty Records | |||
| Producer | Allen Reynolds | |||
| Garth Brooks chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |  [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[2] |
The Hits is an out-of-print second compilation album and first wide-released greatest hits album from American country music artist Garth Brooks. Brooks first greatest hits album, The Garth Brooks Collection, was released three months earlier exclusively at McDonald's restaurants for a limited time to raise money for the Ronald McDonald Children's Charities. The Hits was released on December 13, 1994 and was quickly deleted at Brooks' request[why?]. He insisted it only be available for a limited time, but not before it sold well over ten million copies. The Hits debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, and Top Country Albums. In June 1995, the master was buried under Garth’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[3]
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[edit] Track listing
- "Ain't Goin' Down ('Til The Sun Comes Up)" (from In Pieces) (Kent Blazy, Kim Williams, Garth Brooks) – 4:33
- "Friends in Low Places" (from No Fences) (DeWayne Blackwell, Earl "Bud" Lee) – 4:18
- "Callin' Baton Rouge" (from In Pieces) (Dennis Linde) – 2:38
- "The River" (from Ropin' the Wind) (Victoria Shaw, Brooks) – 4:25
- "Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)" (from Garth Brooks) (Randy Taylor, Brooks) – 2:53
- "The Thunder Rolls" (from No Fences) (Pat Alger, Brooks) – 3:42
- "American Honky-Tonk Bar Association" (from In Pieces) (Bryan Kennedy, Jim Rushing) – 3:33
- "If Tomorrow Never Comes" (from Garth Brooks) (Blazy, Brooks) – 3:37
- "Unanswered Prayers" (from No Fences) (Alger, Larry Bastian, Brooks) – 3:23
- "Standing Outside The Fire" (from In Pieces) (Jenny Yates, Brooks) – 3:52
- "Rodeo" (from Ropin' the Wind) (Bastian) – 3:53
- "What She's Doing Now" (from Ropin' the Wind) (Alger, Brooks) – 3:26
- "We Shall Be Free" (from The Chase) (Stephanie Davis, Brooks) – 3:48
- "Papa Loved Mama" (from Ropin' the Wind) (Williams, Brooks) – 2:51
- "Shameless" (from Ropin' the Wind) (Billy Joel) – 4:19
- "Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House" (from No Fences) (Bobby Boyd, Warren Haynes, Dennis Robbins) – 2:31
- "That Summer" (from The Chase) (Alger, Sandy Mahl-Brooks, Brooks) – 4:46
- "The Dance" (from Garth Brooks) (Tony Arata) – 3:37
- In Europe both "The Red Strokes" and "Burning Bridges" were added to the album due to their success on that continent. "Burning Bridges" as 3rd Track and "The Red Strokes" as 19th Track.
[edit] Chart performance
The Hits debuted at #1 on the U.S. Billboard 200, becoming his fourth, and #1 on the Top Country Albums, becoming his fifth #1 Country album. In November 1998, The Hits was certified 10 x Platinum by the RIAA.
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[edit] End of decade charts
| Chart (1990–1999) | Position |
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| U.S. Billboard 200[8] | 24 |
[edit] References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Entertainment Weekly review
- ^ "Garth Brooks". Garth Brooks. 1994-12-13. http://www.garthbrooks.com/dialup/index.cfm?id=3&discoID=17. Retrieved 2012-02-21.
- ^ a b http://www.billboard.com/#/album/garth-brooks/the-hits/160793
- ^ "Canadian Recording Industry Association: Certification Results- February 15, 2010". CRIA. http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php?page=2&wclause=WHERE+artist_name+like+%27%25Garth+brooks%25%27+ORDER+BY+cert_date%2C+cert_award+&rcnt=75&csearch=40&nextprev=1. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
- ^ "Gold & Platinum - February 12, 2010". RIAA. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS. Retrieved 2010-02-12.
- ^ Grein, Paul (2011-09-14). "Chart Watch Extra: All The Greatest Hits | Chart Watch - Archives - Yahoo! Music". New.music.yahoo.com. http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/74410/chart-watch-extra-all-the-greatest-hits/. Retrieved 2012-02-21.
- ^ Geoff Mayfield (December 25, 1999). 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade - The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s. Billboard. http://books.google.com/books?id=9w0EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&lr&rview=1&pg=RA1-PA4#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
| Preceded by Miracles: The Holiday Album by Kenny G Balance by Van Halen |
Billboard 200 number-one album January 7 - February 10, 1995 February 18 - March 10, 1995 |
Succeeded by Balance by Van Halen II by Boyz II Men |
| Preceded by Not a Moment Too Soon by Tim McGraw John Michael Montgomery by John Michael Montgomery |
Top Country Albums number-one album December 31, 1994 - April 14, 1995 July 15–21, 1995 |
Succeeded by John Michael Montgomery by John Michael Montgomery The Woman in Me by Shania Twain |
| Preceded by Waitin' on Sundown by Brooks & Dunn Stones in the Road by Mary Chapin Carpenter Read My Mind by Reba McEntire If I Could Make a Living by Clay Walker If I Could Make a Living by Clay Walker The Woman in Me by Shania Twain The Woman in Me by Shania Twain |
RPM Country Albums number-one album January 9 - February 5, 1995 February 13–19, 1995 February 27 - March 19, 1995 March 27 - April 2, 1995 April 10–16, 1995 April 24–30, 1995 July 31 - August 27, 1995 |
Succeeded by Stones in the Road by Mary Chapin Carpenter Read My Mind by Reba McEntire If I Could Make a Living by Clay Walker If I Could Make a Living by Clay Walker The Woman in Me by Shania Twain This Child by Susan Aglukark John Michael Montgomery by John Michael Montgomery |
| Preceded by Not a Moment Too Soon by Tim McGraw |
Top Country Albums number-one album of the year 1995 |
Succeeded by The Woman in Me by Shania Twain |
| Preceded by Kickin' It Up by John Michael Montgomery |
RPM Country Albums number-one album of the year 1995 |
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