Super Hits (Shenandoah album)

Super Hits
Greatest hits album by Shenandoah
Released 31 May 1994
Recorded 1988 - 1992
Genre Country
Length 34:15
Label Columbia
Producer Robert Byrne
Rick Hall
Shenandoah chronology
Under the Kudzu
(1993)		 Super Hits
(1994)		 In the Vicinity of the Heart
(1994)
Alternative Cover
SBME Special Markets cover

Super Hits is a budget priced compilation album from country music group Shenandoah. Two versions were released simultaneously with different cover designs. One for Sony's regular sales and the other for budget minded consumers for the Sony Special Markets Division.

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

Contents

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
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"   Robert Byrne, Greg Fowler, Teddy Gentry 3:46
10. "The Moon Over Georgia"   Mark Narmore 3:14

Release history

Year Type Label Catalogue
1994 Cassette Columbia 64183
1994 CD Columbia 64183
1994 CD SBME Special Mkts 705369

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [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 Albums 65

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Top Country Albums 1964 to 2007. Record Research, Inc. p. 225. ISBN 0-89820-173-X. 
  2. ^ a b c Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Super Hits review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r229196. Retrieved 27 September 2010. 
  3. ^ "Chart listing for Super Hits". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/#/album/shenandoah/super-hits/179781. Retrieved 24 September 2010. 
Shenandoah
Mike Folsom · Mike McGuire · Stan Munsey · Jim Seales · Jimmy Yeary
Ralph Ezell · Brent Lamb · Marty Raybon · Rocky Thacker · Stan Thorn · Curtis Wright
Studio albums
Shenandoah · The Road Not Taken · Extra Mile · Long Time Comin' · Under the Kudzu · In the Vicinity of the Heart · Christmas · Shenandoah 2000 · Journeys
Compilation albums
Greatest Hits · Super Hits · The Best of Shenandoah · Now and Then · 15 Favorites · Certified Hits
Notable singles
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