The Hits (Hal Ketchum album)

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 title of the first compilation album by country music artist Hal Ketchum in 1996. It briefly appeared on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart, peaking at #43. Three songs were newly recorded for this collection, "Satisfied Mind", the Bob Ferguson cover "Wings of a Dove" and "Hang in There Superman", the latter of which was released as a single and failed to chart. It features Delbert McClinton playing harmonica.

Track listing

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 Losing 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
• Hal Ketchum - lead vocals
• 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

Satisfied Mind

• Hal Ketchum - lead vocals
• 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
• Hal Ketchum - lead vocals
• 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

1. The Hits (CD). Hal Ketchum. Curb Records. 1996. 77797.
2. Campbell, Al. "Hal Ketchum — The hits". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-09-25.

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