| {Songbook} A Collection of Hits | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | August 26, 1997 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 43:01 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Producer | Tony Brown (tracks 1, 6) Garth Fundis (tracks 2, 3, 5, 7–12) Allen Reynolds (track 4) Trisha Yearwood (tracks 1, 6) | |||
| Trisha Yearwood chronology | ||||
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| Singles from (Songbook) A Collection of Hits | ||||
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| Robert Christgau | |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
(Songbook) A Collection of Hits is the first greatest hits album by American country music singer Trisha Yearwood. The album was Yearwood's first to reach #1 on the Billboard country albums chart. Due to the success of the single "How Do I Live" in Australia, the album was released there (in 1998) with six extra tracks, including a duet with Australian country star Lee Kernaghan. (Songbook) A Collection of Hits also peaked at number 5 on the ARIA country charts and 22 on the all genre. The album has been certified 4× Multi-Platinum by the RIAA for US shipments of 4 million copies. It has also been certified 2× Platinum in Canada and Platinum in Australia.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "How Do I Live" | Diane Warren | 4:02 |
| 2. | "The Song Remembers When" | Hugh Prestwood | 3:54 |
| 3. | "Wrong Side of Memphis" | Gary Harrison, Matraca Berg | 2:46 |
| 4. | "In Another's Eyes" (duet with Garth Brooks) | Garth Brooks, Bobby Wood, John Peppard | 3:32 |
| 5. | "The Woman Before Me" | Jude Johnstone | 3:48 |
| 6. | "Perfect Love" | Sunny Russ, Stephony Smith | 2:56 |
| 7. | "Thinkin' About You" | Bob Regan, Tom Shapiro | 3:23 |
| 8. | "Down on My Knees" | Beth Nielsen Chapman | 3:52 |
| 9. | "She's in Love with the Boy" | Jon Ims | 4:04 |
| 10. | "Walkaway Joe" (featuring Don Henley) | Vince Melamed, Greg Barnhill | 4:19 |
| 11. | "XXX's and OOO's (An American Girl)" | Matraca Berg, Alice Randall | 2:47 |
| 12. | "Like We Never Had a Broken Heart" | Pat Alger, Brooks | 3:38 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 13. | "A Lover Is Forever" | Steve Goodman, J. Fred Knobloch | 3:44 |
| 14. | "Believe Me Baby (I Lied)" | Larry Gottlieb, Kim Richey | 3:42 |
| 15. | "On a Bus to St. Cloud" | Gretchen Peters | 4:42 |
| 16. | "You Can Sleep While I Drive" | Melissa Etheridge | 3:15 |
| 17. | "The Flame" | Joe Henry, John Barlow Jarvis | 5:50 |
| 18. | "Save the Land" (duet with Lee Kernaghan, only on the Australian version) | Lee Kernaghan | 3:50 |
Weekly charts
| Year-end charts
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Australia (ARIA) [12] | Platinum | 70,000^ |
| Canada (Music Canada) [13] | 2× Platinum | 200,000^ |
| Indonesia [14] | Gold | 25,000 [14] |
| Malaysia [14] | Gold | 15,000 [14] |
| Philippines (PARI) [14] | Gold | 20,000* |
| Taiwan (RIT) [14] | Gold | 25,000* |
| Thailand [14] | Gold | 25,000 [14] |
| United Kingdom (BPI) [15] | Silver | 60,000‡ |
| United States (RIAA) [16] | 4× Platinum | 4,000,000^ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. | ||
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