{Songbook} A Collection of Hits | ||||
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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) Harry Stinson (track 11) Trisha Yearwood (tracks 1, 6) | |||
Trisha Yearwood chronology | ||||
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Singles from (Songbook) A Collection of Hits | ||||
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{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
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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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