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Super Hits (Willie Nelson album)

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Super Hits is the first of two compilation albums in the Super Hits series featuring songs by country singer Willie Nelson.The album was certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA for sales of 2 million copies.[1] As of April 2017, the album has sold 2,919,300 copies in the United States.[2]

Track listing

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

Super Hits received three out of five stars from Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic.[3] Erlewine concludes that the album is "not bad" but "far from definitive."[3]

Chart performance

Super Hits peaked at No. 34 on the U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums chart the week of July 22, 1995.[4]

Chart (1994–1995) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 34
U.S. Billboard 200[5] 98
Canadian RPM Country Albums 6

Super Hits, Volume 2

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The success of the album resulted in the release of a second volume in 1995. This volume did not repeat the success of the first.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Ain't Necessarily So"Beth Nielsen Chapman3:06
2."Just Out of Reach"Virgil Stewart3:36
3."Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys"Ed Bruce3:28
4."Stardust"Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish3:53
5."Without a Song"Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans3:52
6."Seven Spanish Angels"Troy Seals, Eddie Setser3:52
7."Harbor Lights"Jimmy Kennedy, Hugh Williams3:50
8."Remember Me (When the Candlelights Are Gleaming)"Scotty Wiseman3:50
9."When I Dream"Sandy Mason3:35
10."Let It Be Me"Gilbert Bécaud, Mann Curtis, Pierre Delanoë3:30

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Top Country Albums 1964 to 2007. Record Research, Inc. p. 176. ISBN 0-89820-173-X.
  2. ^ Bjorke, Matt (April 18, 2017). "Top Country Catalog Album Sales Chart: April 18, 2017". Roughstock.
  3. ^ a b c Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Super Hits review". Allmusic. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
  4. ^ "Chart listing for Super Hits". Billboard. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  5. ^ "Chart listing for Super Hits". Billboard. Retrieved February 9, 2012.