The Greatest Hits Collection (Michelle Wright album)
Encyclopedia
The Greatest Hits Collection is the first greatest hits
album by Canadian
country music
singer/songwriter
Michelle Wright
, and was released in Canada on November 2, 1999 on Arista Nashville
.
Greatest hits
A greatest hits album is a music compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular artist or band...
album by Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
singer/songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
Michelle Wright
Michelle Wright
Michelle Wright is a Canadian country music artist. She is one of the country's most widely recognized and awarded female country singers of the 1990s, winning the Canadian Country Music Association's Fans' Choice Award twice...
, and was released in Canada on November 2, 1999 on Arista Nashville
Arista Nashville
Arista Nashville is an American record label that is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment, operated under the Sony Music Nashville division. Founded in 1989, the label specializes in country music artists, including Alan Jackson, Brooks & Dunn, Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood...
.
Track listing
- "New Kind of Love" (Steve Bogard, Rick Giles) - 3:56
- "All You Really Wanna Do" (Bogard, Giles) - 3:18
- "Take It Like a ManTake It Like a ManThe Take It Like a Man EP was recorded by rock/blues singer/songwriter Shannon Curfman, and released, for Purdy Records label, in early 2006, as a heads up to her second album, which was due for release in 2007...
" (Tony Haselden) - 3:57 - "He Would Be Sixteen" (Charlie Black, Jill Colucci, Austin Roberts) - 3:43
- "Guitar TalkGuitar Talk"Guitar Talk" is a single by Canadian country music artist Michelle Wright. Released in 1993, it was the sixth single from her album Now and Then. The song reached #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in January 1994.-Chart performance:...
" (Bogard, Colin LindenColin LindenColin Linden is a Canadian musician, songwriter and record producer. He has worked with a wide variety of artists including Bruce Cockburn, Lucinda Williams, T-Bone Burnett, Colin James, Leon Redbone, Rita Chiarelli, Chris Thomas King and The Band.Linden is primarily a electric blues guitarist,...
) - 3:33 - "Now and Then" (Gary Harrison, Karen Staley) - 3:48
- "One Good ManOne Good Man"One Good Man" is a single by Canadian country music artist Michelle Wright. Released in 1994, it was the first single from her album The Reasons Why. The song reached #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in October 1994.-Chart performance:...
" (Bogard, Giles) - 3:40 - "Safe in the Arms of LoveSafe in the Arms of Love"Safe in the Arms of Love" is a country music song written by Mary Ann Kennedy, Pam Rose and Pat Bunch in 1986. The song was originally recorded by Gail Davies in 1986 on her Wild Choir album, which was released as a single in 1986 but failed to chart. A music video, directed by Dave Hogan, was...
" (Pat Bunch, Mary Ann Kennedy, Pamela Rose) - 3:30 - "Nobody's GirlNobody's Girl (song)"Nobody's Girl" is a single by Canadian country music artist Michelle Wright. Released in 1996, it was the first single from her album For Me It's You. The song reached #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in August 1996.-Chart performance:...
" (Gretchen PetersGretchen PetersGretchen Peters is a singer-songwriter in the folk/country genre. She was born in New York and raised in Boulder, Colorado, but moved to Nashville in the late 1980s...
) - 3:19 - "What Love Looks Like" (Michelle Wright, Christi Dannemiller, Lisa Drew) - 3:18
- "The Answer Is Yes" (Rodney CrowellRodney CrowellRodney Crowell is a Grammy Award-winning musician, known primarily for his work as a singer and songwriter in country music....
) - 3:41 - "People Get ReadyPeople Get Ready (song)"People Get Ready" was a 1965 single by The Impressions, and the title track from the album of the same name. The single is today the group's best-known hit, reaching number-three on the Billboard R&B Chart and number 14 on the Billboard Pop Chart...
" (Curtis MayfieldCurtis MayfieldCurtis Lee Mayfield was an American soul, R&B, and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer.He is best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's and for composing the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Super Fly, Mayfield is highly...
) - 3:24 - "Your Love" (Jim BrickmanJim BrickmanJim Brickman is an American songwriter and pianist. He has been named the most charted male Adult Contemporary artist to date, with six of his albums receiving Gold and Platinum status. He is known for his solo piano compositions, pop-style instrumentals, and vocal collaborations with artists...
, Dave Deviller, Sean Hosein) - 3:41 - "Walkin' After MidnightWalkin' After Midnight"Walkin' After Midnight" is a song by written by Alan Block and Donn Hecht and originally recorded by American country music artist Patsy Cline. The song was originally given to pop singer Kay Starr; however, it was rejected by her record label. The song was left unused until Hecht rediscovered the...
" (Alan Block, Don Hecht) - 3:26- duet with Patsy ClinePatsy ClinePatsy Cline , born Virginia Patterson Hensley in Gore, Virginia, was an American country music singer who enjoyed pop music crossover success during the era of the Nashville sound in the early 1960s...
- duet with Patsy Cline
- "When I Found You" (Deviller, Hosein, Wright) - 3:40
- "I Surrender" (Eric Silver, Wright) - 3:37
Chart performance
Chart (1999) | Peak position |
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Canadian RPM Country Albums | 12 |