The Hits (Hal Ketchum album)

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The Hits (Hal Ketchum album) - Wikipedia

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The Hits

Greatest hits album by

Hal Ketchum

Released

May 7, 1996

Recorded

1990–1996^[1]

Genre

Country

Length

51:40

Label

MCG/Curb

Producer

Allen Reynolds
Jim Rooney

Hal Ketchum chronology

Every Little Word
(1994)

The Hits
(1996)

I Saw the Light
(1998)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic -	^[2]

The Hits is the first compilation album by American country music artist Hal Ketchum, released on May 7, 1996. It briefly appeared on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart, peaking at No. 43. Three songs were newly recorded for this collection, "Satisfied Mind", the Bob Ferguson cover "Wings of a Dove", and "Hang in There Superman". Also included is "I Miss My Mary", an album cut from Ketchum's debut album Past the Point of Rescue.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Small Town Saturday Night"	Pat Alger, Hank DeVito	2:55
2.	"Mama Knows the Highway"	Pete Wasner, Charles John Quarto	4:17
3.	"I Know Where Love Lives"	Hal Ketchum	3:30
4.	"Past the Point of Rescue"	Mick Hanly	4:25
5.	"Someplace Far Away (Careful What You're Dreaming)"	Ketchum	4:04
6.	"Sure Love"	Gary Burr, Ketchum	3:28
7.	"Satisfied Mind"	Tony Arata	4:30
8.	"Hang in There Superman"	Ketchum, Roger Cook	4:53
9.	"Five O'Clock World"	Allen Reynolds	3:02
10.	"Hearts Are Gonna Roll"	Ketchum, Ronny Scaife	3:05
11.	"Stay Forever"	Benmont Tench, Ketchum	2:54
12.	"I Miss My Mary"	Ketchum	3:12
13.	"That's What I Get for Losin' You"	Al Anderson, Ketchum	3:41
14.	"Wings of a Dove"	Bob Ferguson	3:40

Production on new tracks

As listed in liner notes^[1]

Produced by Allen Reynolds and Jim Rooney
Recorded and Mixed by Mark Miller
Mastered by Denny Purcell at Georgetown Masters, Nashville, TN
Digital editing by Carlos Grier

Personnel on new tracks

As listed in liner notes^[1]

"Hang in There Superman"

Mark Casstevens - acoustic guitar
Dan Dugmore - Pedal steel guitar
Mike Leech - bass guitar
Delbert McClinton - harmonica
George Marinelli - electric guitar
Milton Sledge - drums
Bobby Wood - Wurlitzer electric piano

Background vocals: The W.O. Smith Nashville Community Singers (Angela Barlow, Esther Beckford, Merle Harden, Merlicia Harden, Tamica Head, Marquita Holt, Leslie Williams, Kameka Word) and "Metropolis Singers" (Delbert McClinton, Bobby Wood, Roger Cook, Jim Rooney, Tony Arata, Sandy Mason, Benita Hill, Matt Lindsey, Richard Aspinwall, Julie B. Freeman, Terrell Ketchum, Josh Allen, Mary Todd-Roberts, Charles Green, TerryPalmer, Randy Handley, Sarah Miller, Debbie Miller, Herb McCullough, Debbie Nims)

"Satisfied Mind"

Chris Leuzinger - electric guitar
Russ Pahl - acoustic guitar
Milton Sledge - drums
Pete Wasner - piano
Bobby Wood - organ
Bob Wray - bass guitar

Strings by The Nashville String Machine arranged by Charles Cochran

"Wings of a Dove"

Richard Bennett - acoustic guitar
Stuart Duncan - mandolin
Chris Leuzinger - electric guitar
Ruby Lovett - background vocals
Scott Neubert - acoustic guitar
Milton Sledge - drums
Pete Wasner - piano
Bob Wray - bass guitar

Chart performance

Chart (1996)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	43

Sources

^ ^a ^b ^c The Hits (CD). Hal Ketchum. Curb Records. 1996. 77797.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ Campbell, Al. "Hal Ketchum — The Hits". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-09-25.

v t e Hal Ketchum
Discography
Studio albums	Past the Point of Rescue Sure Love Every Little Word I Saw the Light Lucky Man Father Time
Compilation albums	The Hits
Notable singles	"Small Town Saturday Night" "I Know Where Love Lives" "Past the Point of Rescue" "Five O'Clock World" "Sure Love" "Hearts Are Gonna Roll" "Mama Knows the Highway" "Someplace Far Away (Careful What You're Dreaming)" "(Tonight We Just Might) Fall in Love Again" "That's What I Get for Losin' You" "Stay Forever" "I Saw the Light"

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