The Hits (Faith Hill album)

The Hits
Greatest hits album by Faith Hill
Released	October 2, 2007
Recorded	1993–2007
Genre	Country
Length	59:10
Label	Warner Bros. Nashville
Producer	Gary Burr Mike Clute Byron Gallimore Scott Hendricks Faith Hill Dann Huff
Faith Hill chronology
Fireflies (2005) The Hits (2007) Joy to the World (2008)
Singles from The Hits
"Lost" Released: June 19, 2007 "Red Umbrella" Released: September 13, 2007

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[1]
Allmusic	[2]

The Hits is the first greatest hits album from country singer Faith Hill issued in the United States. Originally slated for release on May 8, 2007, the album was delayed several times until it was finally released on October 2, 2007.^[3]

Hill initially planned to re-record her prior hits for the album:

“

It’s been difficult selecting the songs for The Hits. But when we decided to focus on what you’d want, the decisions became much clearer. We’re planning on newer, different versions of some songs and we’ve got a few new surprises on The Hits. Leave it to me, I would’ve made a whole album of surprises, but then it wouldn’t have been The Hits and it wouldn’t be coming out on October 2nd.[3]

”

Ultimately, the live version of "Stronger" (an album track from Cry), a more country sounding "Let Me Let Go" and pop remixes of "Breathe", "The Way You Love Me", and "This Kiss" are the only tracks that differ from their album versions. The album contains all eight of her solo No. 1 Country singles in addition to two songs, "Cry" (No. 12 Country) and "There You'll Be" (No. 11 Country), which topped the AC chart.

History

The first single, "Lost" was released in May, 2007. The song did not perform well on the Country charts peaking at #32.^[4] In September 2007, the song was released to AC radio and has peaked at #11 in January 2008. Faith debuted the second and final new track from the album, "Red Umbrella", on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on September 5. The song was released to Country radio on September 13.^[5] It peaked at #28 on the country charts. The album also features her Grammy nominated duet with Tim McGraw "I Need You".

The album debuted at #12 on the Billboard 200 and #3 on the Country Albums charts selling 69,368 copies in its first week. This became her lowest debuting album on the Billboard 200 since 1995's It Matters to Me. A special edition of the CD was also released with a companion DVD featuring videos of some of Hill's singles.^[6]

In April 2009, after 18 months on chart, the album moved to the Billboard Top Country Catalog Albums. As of the chart dated March 09, 2013, the album has sold 446,055 copies in the US.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Red Umbrella"	Aimee Mayo, Chris Lindsey, Brett Warren, Brad Warren	3:39
2.	"Stronger" (Live)	Hillary Lindsey, Troy Verges	6:15
3.	"I Need You" (with Tim McGraw)	David Lee, Tony Lane	4:09
4.	"Lost"	Kara DioGuardi, Mitch Allan	4:11
5.	"Mississippi Girl"	John Rich, Adam Shoenfeld	3:53
6.	"Cry"	Angie Aparo	3:48
7.	"There You'll Be"	Diane Warren	3:42
8.	"The Way You Love Me" (Radio Remix)	Keith Follesé, Michael Dulaney	3:29
9.	"Breathe" (Pop Version)	Stephanie Bentley, Holly Lamar	4:08
10.	"The Secret of Life"	Gretchen Peters	4:15
11.	"Let Me Let Go"	Steve Diamond, Dennis Morgan	4:25
12.	"This Kiss" (Pop Version)	Beth Nielsen Chapman, Robin Lerner, Annie Roboff	3:15
13.	"It Matters to Me"	Ed Hill, Mark D. Sanders	3:18
14.	"Piece of My Heart"	Jerry Ragovoy, Bert Berns	4:02
15.	"Wild One"	Pat Bunch, Jaime Kyle, Will Rambeaux	2:47
Total length:			59:10

Special Edition bonus DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mississippi Girl"
2.	"Cry"
3.	"The Way You Love Me"
4.	"Breathe"
5.	"The Secret of Life"
6.	"Just to Hear You Say That You Love Me" (with Tim McGraw)
7.	"Let Me Let Go"
8.	"This Kiss"
9.	"It Matters to Me"
10.	"Piece of My Heart"
11.	"Wild One"

Personnel

David Angell – violin Greg Barnhill – background vocals Stephanie Bentley – background vocals Bruce Bouton – steel guitar Bekka Bramlett – background vocals Mike Brignardello – bass guitar Dean Brown – fiddle, mandolin Pat Buchanan – electric guitar Tom Bukovac – acoustic guitar, electric guitar Paul Bushnell – bass guitar Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar David Campbell – string arrangements, conductor John Catchings – cello Beth Nielson Chapman – background vocals Lisa Cochran – background vocals Vinnie Colaiuta – drums Perry Coleman – background vocals Bill Coumo – synthesizer Eric Darken – percussion David Davidson – violin Chip Davis – background vocals Dan Dugmore – electric guitar, steel guitar, lap steel guitar, soloist Glen Duncan – fiddle Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin David Dunkley – percussion

Connie Ellisor – violin Shannon Forrest – drums, percussion Paul Franklin – dobro, steel guitar Marti Frederiksen – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals Byron Gallimore – 12-string acoustic guitar, 12-string electric guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, drum loops Sonny Garrish – steel guitar Vince Gill – background vocals Carl Gorodetzky – violin Jim Grosjean – viola Aubrey Haynie – fiddle Tom Hemby – gut string guitar Denny Hemingson – electric guitar, steel guitar Faith Hill – lead vocals Steve Hornbeak – background vocals Dann Huff – electric guitar John Barlow Jarvis – piano Mary Ann Kennedy – background vocals Jeff King – electric guitar Michael Landau – electric guitar Lee Larrison – violin Tim Lauer – accordion Paul Leim – drums Chris Lindsey – piano

B. James Lowry – electric guitar Mark Luna – background vocals Tim McGraw – duet vocals on "I Need You" Chris McHugh – drums Jeff McMahon – Fender Rhodes Terry McMillan – percussion Jerry McPherson – electric guitar Richard Madenfort – 12-string acoustic guitar, background vocals Anthony LaMarchina – cello John Marcus – bass guitar Rick Marty – electric guitar Billy Mason – drums Bob Mason – cello Brent Mason – electric guitar Bob Minner – acoustic guitar Jamie Muhoberac – Hammond B-3 organ, piano, programming, synthesizer, synthesizer programming Cate Myer – violin Steve Nathan – keyboards, synthesizer Craig Nelson – bass guitar Jimmy Nichols – keyboards, Hammond B-3 organ Gary Van Osdale – viola Mary Kathryn Van Osdale – violin Monet Owens – background vocals

Richard Pagano – drums Kim Parent – background vocals Tim Pierce – electric guitar Kathryn Plummer – viola Don Potter – acoustic guitar Michael Rhodes – bass guitar Chris Rodriguez – background vocals Pam Rose – background vocals Darrell Scott – mandolin Tony Shanahan – bass guitar Ira Siegel – acoustic guitar Pam Sixfin – violin Darren Smith – electric guitar Karen Staley – background vocals Crystal Taliefero – background vocals Julia Tanner – cello Alan Umstead – violin Catherine Umstead – violin Billy Joe Walker Jr. – acoustic guitar Cindy Richardson-Walker – background vocals Biff Watson – acoustic guitar Lari White – background vocals Kris Wilkinson – string arrangements, viola Lonnie Wilson – drums Glenn Worf – bass guitar Curtis Young – background vocals

Release history

Country	Date
Italy	September 28, 2007
United States	October 2, 2007

Chart performance

Chart (2007–2015)	Peak position
UK Country Compilation Albums (OCC)[7]	2
scope="row"	US Billboard 200[8]	12
scope="row"	US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[9]	3

References

1. About.com review
2. Allmusic review
3. "The Hits" To Be Released October 2nd!
4. Billboard Chart Listing for "Lost"
5. Faith Debuts New Single on Ellen
6. allmusic (((The Hits CD/DVD Overview)))
7. "Official Country Compilations Chart Top 20: 22 March 2015 - 28 March 2015". UK Albums Chart. The Official Charts Company.
8. "Faith Hill – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Faith Hill.
9. "Faith Hill – Chart history" Billboard Top Country Albums for Faith Hill.