Super Hits (Shenandoah album)

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Super Hits
Shenandoah super hits1.jpg
Greatest hits album by
Released31 May 1994
Recorded1988 - 1992
Genre Country
Length34:15
Label Columbia Nashville
Producer Robert Byrne
Rick Hall
Shenandoah chronology
Under the Kudzu
(1993)
Super Hits
(1994)
In the Vicinity of the Heart
(1994)
Alternative Cover
Shenandoah super hits2.jpg
2007 re-issue

Super Hits is a budget priced compilation album from country music group Shenandoah.

Contents

Super Hits was certified Gold by the RIAA for sales of 500,000 copies. [1]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Any Ole Stretch of Blacktop" Frank J. Myers, Bernie Nelson3:49
2."Mama Knows"Tony Haselden, Tim Mensy 3:26
3."Sunday in the South"Jay Booker4:02
4."The Church on Cumberland Road" Bob DiPiero, Dennis Robbins, John Scott Sherrill 3:00
5."Two Dozen Roses" Robert Byrne, Mac McAnally 3:44
6."(It's Hard to Live Up to) the Rock"Steve Baccus, Steve Dukes, Stan Munsey, Russ Zavitson3:12
7."Next to You, Next to Me" Robert Ellis Orrall, Curtis Wright 3:39
8."Ghost in This House" Hugh Prestwood 3:37
9."I Got You"Byrne, Greg Fowler, Teddy Gentry 3:46
10."The Moon Over Georgia"Mark Narmore3:14

Release history

YearTypeLabelCatalogue
1994CassetteColumbia64183
1994CDColumbia64183
2007CDSBME Special Mkts705369

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]

Super Hits received three and a half stars out of five from Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic. [2] Erlewine concludes that the album is "a good bargain for the budget-conscious.". [2]

Chart performance

Super Hits peaked at #65 on the U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums chart the week of January 28, 1995. [3]

Chart (1994–1995)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums65

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Top Country Albums 1964 to 2007. Record Research, Inc. p. 225. ISBN   0-89820-173-X.
  2. 1 2 3 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Super Hits review". Allmusic . Retrieved 27 September 2010.
  3. "Chart listing for Super Hits". Billboard . Retrieved 24 September 2010.