The Best of Collin Raye: Direct Hits

The Best of Collin Raye: Direct Hits
Greatest hits album by Collin Raye
Released March 11, 1997 (1997-03-11)
Genre Country
Label Epic
Producer Jerry Fuller
Garth Fundis
John Hobbs
Collin Raye
Ed Seay
Billy Joe Walker Jr.
Paul Worley
Collin Raye chronology
Christmas: The Gift
(1996)
The Best of Collin Raye: Direct Hits
(1997)
The Walls Came Down
(1998)
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The Best of Collin Raye: Direct Hits is the title of country singer Collin Raye's first greatest hits album. Released by Epic Records, the album contains the greatest hits from his first studio albums plus several new tracks.

Among the new recordings were three singles. "What the Heart Wants" and "Little Red Rodeo" were both Top 5 hits on the country charts. "The Gift", a collaboration with Jim Brickman and Susan Ashton, was released only to the adult contemporary format. Also included on the album is a cover of rock band Journey's ballad "Open Arms".

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Little Rock" (Tom Douglas) – 3:58
  2. "I Think About You" (Don Schlitz, Steve Seskin) – 3:27
  3. "Not That Different" (Karen Taylor-Good, Joie Scott) – 3:56
  4. "That's My Story" (Lee Roy Parnell, Tony Haselden, C. Alex Hawkins) – 3:09
  5. "If I Were You" (John Hobbs, Chris Farren) – 4:06
  6. "One Boy, One Girl" (Mark Alan Springer, Shaye Smith) – 4:05
  7. "In This Life" (Mike Reid, Allen Shamblin) – 3:12
  8. "My Kind of Girl" (Debi Cochran, John Jarrard, Monty Powell) – 3:56
  9. "That Was a River" (Susan Longacre, Rick Giles) – 3:48
  10. "What the Heart Wants" (Michael Dulaney) – 3:461
  11. "The Gift" (Douglas, Jim Brickman) – 3:441
  12. "Open Arms" (Jonathan Cain, Steve Perry) – 3:221
  13. "Little Red Rodeo" (Charlie Black, Phil Vassar, Rory Michael Bourke) – 3:231
  14. "Love, Me" (Skip Ewing, Max T. Barnes) – 3:54

Production

Personnel

The following musicians perform on tracks tracks 10 through 13:

Chart performance

Chart (1997) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 4
U.S. Billboard 200 33
Canadian RPM Country Albums 3
Canadian RPM Top Albums 70

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