Super Hits | ||||
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Greatest hits album by | ||||
Released | 31 May 1994 | |||
Recorded | 1988 - 1992 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 34:15 | |||
Label | Columbia Nashville | |||
Producer | Robert Byrne Rick Hall | |||
Shenandoah chronology | ||||
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Alternative Cover | ||||
2007 re-issue |
Super Hits is a budget priced compilation album from country music group Shenandoah.
Super Hits was certified Gold by the RIAA for sales of 500,000 copies. [1]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Any Ole Stretch of Blacktop" | Frank J. Myers, Bernie Nelson | 3:49 |
2. | "Mama Knows" | Tony Haselden, Tim Mensy | 3:26 |
3. | "Sunday in the South" | Jay Booker | 4:02 |
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 Zavitson | 3:12 |
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 Narmore | 3:14 |
Year | Type | Label | Catalogue |
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1994 | Cassette | Columbia | 64183 |
1994 | CD | Columbia | 64183 |
2007 | CD | SBME Special Mkts | 705369 |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic |
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]
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 |
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U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 65 |
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