Reflections: Greatest Hits

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Reflections: Greatest Hits
Reflections- Greatest Hits album cover art.jpg
Original limited edition cover
Compilation album by
ReleasedJune 27, 1995
Recorded1988–1995
Genre Country
Length38:35
Label BNA
Producer Barry Beckett, Garth Fundis, Richard Landis, Mike Love, Blake Mevis, Doug Rich, James Stroud, Joe Thomas, Brian Wilson
Lorrie Morgan chronology
War Paint
(1994)
Reflections: Greatest Hits
(1995)
Greater Need
(1996)
Singles from Reflections: Greatest Hits
  1. "I Didn't Know My Own Strength"
    Released: c. May 6, 1995 [1]
  2. "Back in Your Arms Again"
    Released: August 28, 1995 [2]
  3. "Standing Tall"
    Released: September 1995 [3]

Reflections: Greatest Hits is the first compilation album by American country music artist Lorrie Morgan. [4] It was released on Morgan's birthday in 1995 as a special, limited production; deluxe edition. It featured three previously unreleased tracks, an enclosed biography of Lorrie Morgan, ornate packaging and the allure of collectability.

Contents

Reflections: Greatest Hits debuted on Billboard's "Hot Country Albums" chart, July 15, 1995. Morgan won the "Hot Shot Debut" award for an impressive #5 debut on the country albums chart. It debuted on the "Billboard 200" at No. 54 that same week. [5]

Measured success

All three previously unreleased songs on the Reflections: Greatest Hits compilation were released as a single. The first, "I Didn't Know My Own Strength" was released in advance of the album and had been on the "Hot Country Singles & Tracks" chart for 11 weeks when the album debuted. [6] The second single, "Back in Your Arms Again", was released on August 28, 1995. [2] They peaked at numbers 1 and 4 [7] on the Billboard "Hot Country Singles & Tracks" chart respectively. "Standing Tall", a cover of Billie Jo Spears' 1980 single, was released in September 1995 [3] and peaked at 32 in early 1996. [7]

The rest of the album consists of two hits from Leave the Light On , three from Something in Red , two from Watch Me , and the #13 duet with Morgan's then husband Keith Whitley, "'Til a Tear Becomes a Rose", which originally appeared on Whitley's own Greatest Hits album in 1990. Reflections peaked at #5 on the "Top Country Albums" chart and #46 on the U.S. "Billboard 200" album chart.

Track listing

CD
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Five Minutes" Beth Nielsen Chapman 3:34
2."Dear Me" Carson Whitsett, Scott Mateer3:45
3."Except for Monday"Reed Nielsen2:54
4."A Picture of Me (Without You)" Norro Wilson, George Richey 3:37
5."Watch Me" Tom Shapiro, Gary Burr 3:34
6."Something in Red"Angela Kaset4:35
7."Back in Your Arms Again" J. Fred Knobloch, Paul Davis 3:43
8."I Didn't Know My Own Strength"Rick Bowles, Robert Byrne 3:19
9."Standing Tall" Larry Butler, Ben Peters 3:03
10."What Part of No" Wayne Perry, Gerald Smith2:43
11."'Til a Tear Becomes a Rose" (duet with Keith Whitley) Bill Rice, Sharon Vaughn 3:29
Total length:38:16
1996 re-issue
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Five Minutes"Beth Nielsen Chapman3:34
2."Dear Me"Carson Whitsett, Scott Mateer3:45
3."Except for Monday"Reed Nielsen2:54
4."A Picture of Me (Without You)"Norro Wilson, George Richey3:37
5."Watch Me"Tom Shapiro, Gary Burr3:34
6."Something in Red"Angela Kaset4:35
7."Back in Your Arms Again"J. Fred Knobloch, Paul Davis3:43
8."I Didn't Know My Own Strength"Rick Bowles, Robert Byrne3:19
9."Don't Worry Baby" (with The Beach Boys) Brian Wilson, Roger Christian 3:16
10."What Part of No"Wayne Perry, Gerald Smith2:43
11."'Til a Tear Becomes a Rose" (with Keith Whitley)Bill Rice, Sharon Rice3:29
Total length:38:29

Personnel on new tracks

Adapted from liner notes. [8]

'"Back in Your Arms Again"

"I Didn't Know My Own Strength" and "Standing Tall"

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [13] Gold50,000^
United States (RIAA) [14] 2× Platinum2,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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