Super Hits
Greatest hits album by
Willie Nelson
Released1994
GenreCountry
LabelLegacy
ProducerWillie Nelson, Sydney Pollack, Merle Haggard, Fred Foster, Booker T. Jones, Chips Moman
Willie Nelson chronology
Half Nelson
(1985) 		Super Hits
(1994) 		Super Hits, Volume 2
(1995)

Super Hits is the first of two compilation albums in the Super Hits series featuring songs by country singer Willie Nelson.The album was certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA for sales of 2 million copies.[1] As of April 2017, the album has sold 2,919,300 copies in the United States.[2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."On the Road Again"Willie Nelson2:34
2."My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys"Sharon Vaughn3:04
3."Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain"Fred Rose2:20
4."Nothing I Can Do About It Now"Beth Nielsen Chapman3:19
5."Georgia on My Mind"Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell4:21
6."Living in the Promiseland"David Lynn Jones3:22
7."Pancho and Lefty" (with Merle Haggard)Townes Van Zandt4:48
8."Always on My Mind"Johnny Christopher, Mark James, Wayne Carson Thompson3:33
9."City of New Orleans"Steve Goodman4:50
10."Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground"Nelson4:24

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

Super Hits received three out of five stars from Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic.[3] Erlewine concludes that the album is "not bad" but "far from definitive."[3]

Chart performance

Super Hits peaked at No. 34 on the U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums chart the week of July 22, 1995.[4]

Super Hits, Volume 2

Super Hits, Volume 2
Greatest hits album by
Willie Nelson
Released1995
GenreCountry
LabelLegacy
Willie Nelson chronology
Super Hits
(1994) 		Super Hits, Volume 2
(1995) 		Revolutions of Time...The Journey 1975/1993
(1995)

The success of the album resulted in the release of a second volume in 1995. This volume did not repeat the success of the first.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Ain't Necessarily So"Beth Nielsen Chapman3:06
2."Just Out of Reach"Virgil Stewart3:36
3."Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys"Ed Bruce3:28
4."Stardust"Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish3:53
5."Without a Song"Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans3:52
6."Seven Spanish Angels"Troy Seals, Eddie Setser3:52
7."Harbor Lights"Jimmy Kennedy, Hugh Williams3:50
8."Remember Me (When the Candlelights Are Gleaming)"Scotty Wiseman3:50
9."When I Dream"Sandy Mason3:35
10."Let It Be Me"Gilbert Bécaud, Mann Curtis, Pierre Delanoë3:30

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Top Country Albums 1964 to 2007. Record Research, Inc. p. 176. ISBN 978-0-89820-173-4.
  2. ^ Bjorke, Matt (April 18, 2017). "Top Country Catalog Album Sales Chart: April 18, 2017". Roughstock.
  3. ^ a b c Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Super Hits review". Allmusic. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
  4. ^ "Chart listing for Super Hits". Billboard. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
  5. ^ "Willie Nelson Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  6. ^ "Willie Nelson Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  7. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1995". Billboard. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  8. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1996". Billboard. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
  9. ^ "Top 100 country albums of 2001 in Canada". Jam!. Archived from the original on July 1, 2002. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
  10. ^ "Top 100 country albums of 2002 in Canada". Jam!. Archived from the original on December 4, 2003. Retrieved March 28, 2022.


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