Super Hits (Ricky Van Shelton album) explained

Super Hits
Type:greatest
Artist:Ricky Van Shelton
Cover:Super Hits album cover by Ricky Van Shelton.jpg
Released:May 2, 1995
Genre:Country
Length:30:48
Label:Columbia Nashville
Producer:Steve Buckingham
Joe Casey
Prev Title:Love and Honor
Prev Year:1994
Next Title:Super Hits Vol. 2
Next Year:1996

Super Hits is a budget music compilation of Ricky Van Shelton released by Columbia Records after he had left the label. Sony Records re-released the compilation the same year under their budget label with a different cover. It includes many of his hit singles as well as album tracks.

Super Hits was certified Gold by the RIAA for sales of 500,000 copies.[1]

Critical reception

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

Chart performance

Super Hits peaked at #64 on the U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums chart the week of June 17, 1995.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Top Country Albums 1964 to 2007. Record Research, Inc. 2008. 225. 0-89820-173-X.
  2. Web site: [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=ricky van shelton|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''Super Hits'']. Billboard. 24 September 2010.