A Collection of Hits
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| A Collection of Hits | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | August 7, 1990 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 34:39 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Producer | Allen Reynolds | |||
| Kathy Mattea chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau |  [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |  [3] |
A Collection of Hits is the first greatest hits compilation released by American country music artist Kathy Mattea. It was released in 1990 on Mercury Records and has been certified platinum by the RIAA. The album includes eight of her previous singles, as well as one newly recorded track ("A Few Good Things Remain"), and an album cut from 1987's Untasted Honey, the Tim O'Brien duet "The Battle Hymn of Love". Both of these songs were released as singles in 1990, and both reached #9 on the Billboard country charts.
Track listing
Source: AllMusic[1]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Love at the Five and Dime" | Nanci Griffith | 3:40 |
| 2. | "Walk the Way the Wind Blows" | Tim O'Brien | 3:48 |
| 3. | "Train of Memories" | Andy Byrd, Jimbeau Hinson | 2:52 |
| 4. | "Goin' Gone" | Pat Alger, Bill Dale, Fred Koller | 4:26 |
| 5. | "The Battle Hymn of Love" (featuring Tim O'Brien) | Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz | 2:53 |
| 6. | "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" | Paul Nelson, Gene Nelson | 3:22 |
| 7. | "Untold Stories" | O'Brien | 3:01 |
| 8. | "Life as We Knew It" | Koller, Walter Carter | 3:19 |
| 9. | "A Few Good Things Remain" | Alger, Jon Vezner | 3:51 |
| 10. | "Where've You Been" | Don Henry, Vezner | 3:44 |
Chart performance
| Chart (1990) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 8 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 80 |