The Best of Collin Raye: Direct Hits | ||||
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Released | August 26, 1997 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 49:55 | |||
Label | Epic | |||
Producer | Jerry Fuller Garth Fundis John Hobbs Collin Raye Ed Seay Billy Joe Walker Jr. Paul Worley | |||
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The Best of Collin Raye: Direct Hits is American country music artist Collin Raye's first greatest hits album. Released on August 26, 1997, via 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 Journey's "Open Arms".
In October 1998 the album was certified Platinum by the RIAA.[2]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Little Rock" | Tom Douglas | 3:57 |
2. | "I Think About You" | Don Schlitz, Steve Seskin | 3:26 |
3. | "Not That Different" | Karen Taylor-Good, Joie Scott | 3:56 |
4. | "That's My Story" | Lee Roy Parnell, Tony Haselden | 3:03 |
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 | 2:55 |
9. | "That Was a River" | Susan Longacre, Rick Giles | 3:12 |
10. | "What the Heart Wants" | Michael Dulaney | 3:441 |
11. | "The Gift" (featuring Jim Brickman and Susan Ashton) | Douglas, Jim Brickman | 3:431 |
12. | "Open Arms" | Jonathan Cain, Steve Perry | 3:211 |
13. | "Little Red Rodeo" | Charlie Black, Phil Vassar, Rory Bourke | 3:231 |
14. | "Love, Me" | Skip Ewing, Max T. Barnes | 3:51 |
The following musicians perform on tracks 10 through 13:
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