To Get to You: Greatest Hits Collection

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To Get to You: Greatest Hits Collection
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedFebruary 22, 2000 (2000-02-22)
Genre Country
Length61:36
Label BNA
Producer Jerry Crutchfield
Lorrie Morgan chronology
My Heart
(1999)
To Get to You: Greatest Hits Collection
(2000)
I Finally Found Someone
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Entertainment Weekly B [2]
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To Get to You: Greatest Hits Collection is the second greatest hits compilation album by American country music artist Lorrie Morgan. It was released by BNA Records in February 2000. There were four new songs on this album - "Whoop-De-Do", "To Get to You", "If I Cry", and a live cover of the Sarah McLachlan song, "Angel". The only song released as a single was "To Get to You", which peaked at #63 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [4] The album peaked at #21 on the Top Country Albums chart. [5]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "We Both Walk" (Tom Shapiro, Chris Waters) – 3:08
  2. "Half Enough" (Wendy Waldman, Reed Nielsen) – 3:48
  3. "Another Lonely Song" (Billy Sherrill, Norro Wilson, Tammy Wynette) – 2:38
  4. "Whoop-De-Do" (Craig Carothers, Angela Kaset) – 3:29
  5. "By My Side" (Constant Change) – 2:54
  6. "Good as I Was to You" (Don Schlitz, Billy Livsey) – 3:28
  7. "Go Away" (Stephony Smith, Cathy Majeski, Sunny Russ) – 2:50
  8. "To Get to You" (Brett James, Holly Lamar) – 3:57
  9. "One of Those Nights Tonight" (Susan Longacre, Rick Giles) – 3:51
  10. "Maybe Not Tonight" (Keith Stegall, Dan Hill) – 4:09
  11. "I Guess You Had to Be There" (Jon Robbin, Barbara Cloyd) – 4:10
  12. "Trainwreck of Emotion" (Jon Vezner, Alan Rhody) – 3:07
  13. "If I Cry" (John Bettis, Trey Bruce, Brian D. Siewert) – 4:02
  14. "Standing Tall" (Larry Butler, Ben Peters) - 3:03
  15. "He Talks to Me" (Mike Reid, Rory Bourke) – 3:27
  16. "Something in Red" (Kaset) – 4:40
  17. "Angel" (Sarah McLachlan) – 4:33

Chart performance

Chart (2000)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums21
Canadian RPM Country Albums21

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