| The Hits & More | ||||
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| Released | 10 August 2012 | |||
| Recorded | 1991-2012 | |||
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| Label | Melissa Tkautz | |||
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The Hits & More is a greatest hits album by Melissa Tkautz. The album comes 21 years after her ARIA Award winning, [1] number one single, "Read My Lips" was released.
The album includes tracks from Tkautz’s entire career as well as new tracks, "Not Enough", "Fake it Good" and "Take Me Away". [2] The album was released on 10 August 2012. [3]
On 9 July 2012, Tkautz released a 1 minute, 30 second promotional video for the album, composed of video clips from throughout her career to the music of "Something About You". [4]
Throughout August, Tkautz performed a number of tracks live on TV in early August 2012, including "Sexy (Is the Word)" on ‘’The Morning Show’’ on 7 August and "Read My Lips" on ‘’The Late News’’ on 10 August. . [5]
Tkautz toured the album across Australia in late 2012. [6] [7] “A lot of my older tracks are quite poppy and I find this is very much up with the times in terms of what is going on in the clubs,” Melissa says. [8]
| Region | Date | Format | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 10 August 2012 | Digital Download | Melissa Tkautz |
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