Super Hits (Ricky Van Shelton album)
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| Super Hits | ||||
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| File:Super Hits album cover by Ricky Van Shelton.jpg | ||||
| Greatest hits album by Ricky Van Shelton | ||||
| Released | May 2, 1995 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 30:48 | |||
| Label | Columbia Nashville | |||
| Producer | Steve Buckingham Joe Casey |
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Super Hits is a budget music compilation of Ricky Van Shelton released by Columbia Records after he had left the label. Sony Records re-released the compilation the same year under their budget label with a different cover. It includes many of his hit singles as well as album tracks.
Super Hits was certified Gold by the RIAA for sales of 500,000 copies.[1]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Statue of a Fool" | Jan Crutchfield | 3:04 |
| 2. | "I've Cried My Last Tear for You" | Tony King, Chris Waters | 2:29 |
| 3. | "I'll Leave This World Loving You" | Wayne Kemp | 3:06 |
| 4. | "Life Turned Her That Way" | Harlan Howard | 3:23 |
| 5. | "Don't We All Have the Right" | Roger Miller | 2:36 |
| 6. | "Crime of Passion" | Walt Aldridge, Mac McAnally | 3:27 |
| 7. | "Keep It Between the Lines" | Russell Smith, Cathy Louvin | 3:49 |
| 8. | "I Am a Simple Man" | Walt Aldridge | 3:26 |
| 9. | "Somebody Lied" | Joe Chambers, Larry Jenkins | 3:21 |
| 10. | "From a Jack to a King" | Ned Miller | 2:21 |
Critical reception
| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
Super Hits received four out of five stars from Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic.[2] Erlewine concludes that the album is "not bad" but "far from definitive.".[2]
Chart performance
Super Hits peaked at #64 on the U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums chart the week of June 17, 1995.[3]
| Chart (1995) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 64 |
