The Hits (album)

Infobox Album
Name = The Hits
Type = Greatest hits
Artist = Garth Brooks


Released = December 13, 1994
Genre = Country pop
Length = 1 hr. 1:30 min.
Label = Liberty Records
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|5|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:2t5uak8khm3n~T1 Review]
*Entertainment Weekly (B+) [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,305003,00.html Review]
Last album = "The Garth Brooks Collection"
(1994)
This album = "The Hits"
(1994)
Next album = "Fresh Horses"
(1995)

"The Hits" was the second compilation album and first greatest hits album from American country pop artist Garth Brooks. It was released on December 13 1994 by Capitol Records. It was quickly deleted at Brooks' request (he insisted it only be available for a limited time), but not before it sold well over ten million copies. It reached #1 on the Billboard Country music charts and #1 on the Billboard's Pop chart. It was also a huge success in other countries. It topped the pop charts Ireland where Brooks was now a household name. It also topped the country charts in Great Britain and reached #11 in the pop charts there.

Track listing

#"Ain't Goin' Down ('Til The Sun Comes Up)" (from "In Pieces") (Kent Blazy, Kim Williams, Garth Brooks) – 4:33
#"Friends in Low Places" (from "No Fences") (DeWayne Blackwell, Earl "Bud" Lee) – 4:18
#"Callin Baton Rouge" (from "In Pieces") (Dennis Linde) – 2:38
# "The River" (from "Ropin' the Wind") (Victoria Shaw, Brooks) – 4:25
# "Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)" (from " Garth Brooks") (Randy Taylor, Brooks) – 2:53
# " The Thunder Rolls" (from "No Fences") (Pat Alger, Brooks) – 3:42
# "American Honky-Tonk Bar Association" (from "In Pieces") (Bryan Kennedy, Jim Rushing) – 3:33
# "If Tomorrow Never Comes" (from "Garth Brooks") (Blazy, Brooks) – 3:37
# "Unanswered Prayers" (from "No Fences") (Alger, Larry Bastian, Brooks) – 3:23
# "Standing Outside The Fire" (from "In Pieces") (Jenny Yates, Brooks) – 3:52
# "Rodeo" (from "Ropin' the Wind") (Bastian) – 3:53
# "What She's Doing Now" (from "Ropin' the Wind") (Alger, Brooks) – 3:26
# "We Shall Be Free" (from " The Chase") (Stephanie Davis, Brooks) – 3:48
# "Papa Loved Mama" (from "Ropin' the Wind") (Williams, Brooks) – 2:51
# "Shameless" (from "Ropin' the Wind") (Billy Joel) – 4:19
# "Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House" (from "No Fences") (Bobby Boyd, Warren Dale Haynes, Dennis Robbins) – 2:31
# "That Summer" (from "The Chase") (Alger, Sandy Mahl-Brooks, Brooks) – 4:46
# " The Dance" (from "Garth Brooks") (Tony Arata) – 3:37

: In Europe both "The Red Strokes" and "Burning Bridges" were added to the album due to their success on that continent. "Burning Bridges" as 3rd Track and "The Red Strokes" as 19th Track.

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