Reflections: Greatest Hits Explained

Reflections: Greatest Hits
Type:compilation
Artist:Lorrie Morgan
Cover:Reflections- Greatest Hits album cover art.jpg
Caption:Original limited edition cover
Released:June 27, 1995
Recorded:1988–1995
Genre:Country
Length:38:35
Label:BNA
Producer:Barry Beckett, Garth Fundis, Richard Landis, Mike Love, Blake Mevis, Doug Rich, James Stroud, Joe Thomas, Brian Wilson
Prev Title:War Paint
Prev Year:1994
Next Title:Greater Need
Next Year:1996

Reflections: Greatest Hits is the first compilation album by American country music artist Lorrie Morgan.[1] It was released on Morgan's birthday in 1995 as a special, limited production; deluxe edition. It featured three previously unreleased tracks, an enclosed biography of Lorrie Morgan, ornate packaging and the allure of collectability.

Reflections: Greatest Hits debuted on Billboard's "Hot Country Albums" chart, July 15, 1995. Morgan won the "Hot Shot Debut" award for an impressive #5 debut on the country albums chart. It debuted on the "Billboard 200" at No. 54 that same week.[2]

Measured success

All three previously unreleased songs on the Reflections: Greatest Hits compilation were released as a single. The first, "I Didn't Know My Own Strength" was released in advance of the album and had been on the "Hot Country Singles & Tracks" chart for 11 weeks when the album debuted.[3] The second single, "Back in Your Arms Again", was released on August 28, 1995. They peaked at numbers 1 and 4[4] on the Billboard "Hot Country Singles & Tracks" chart respectively. "Standing Tall", a cover of Billie Jo Spears' 1980 single, was released in September 1995 and peaked at 32 in early 1996.

The rest of the album consists of two hits from Leave the Light On, three from Something in Red, two from Watch Me, and the #13 duet with Morgan's then husband Keith Whitley, "'Til a Tear Becomes a Rose", which originally appeared on Whitley's own Greatest Hits album in 1990. Reflections peaked at #5 on the "Top Country Albums" chart and #46 on the U.S. "Billboard 200" album chart.

Personnel on new tracks

Adapted from liner notes.[5]

'"Back in Your Arms Again"

"I Didn't Know My Own Strength" and "Standing Tall"

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (1995)Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[6] 41
Chart (1996)Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[7] 41

Notes and References

  1. http://www.allmusic.com/album/reflections-greatest-hits-r1679288 Reflections: Greatest Hits Lorrie Morgan
  2. Billboard, July 15, 1995, page 32, "Country Corner", "Milestone: Lorrie Morgan takes the Hot Shot Debut award on Top Country Albums for her "Greatest Hits" package (BNA)" by Wade Jessen
  3. Billboard, July 15, 1995, page 33, "Hot Country Singles&<sub>Tracks"
  4. http://www.allmusic.com/album/greatest-hits-r218300/charts-awards/billboard-single Greatest Hits Lorrie Morgan
  5. Refelctions: Greatest Hits . Lorrie Morgan . 1995 . CD booklet . BNA Records . BG4-66508.
  6. Top Country Albums – Year-End 1995. Billboard. February 22, 2021.
  7. Top Country Albums – Year-End 1996. Billboard. February 22, 2021.