Hits and More is the second greatest hits package released by American country music singer Martina McBride. The album was released on January 16, 2012, in the United Kingdom and January 17, 2012, in the United States;[2] it was McBride's final release under her contract with RCA Records.[3]

Hits and More
Greatest hits album by
ReleasedJanuary 16, 2012
Recorded1993–2009
GenreCountry
Length77:18
LabelRCA Nashville
Martina McBride chronology
Eleven
(2011)
Hits and More
(2012)
The Essential Martina McBride
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Content

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The album spans between 1993 and 2009, from her second album The Way That I Am to her tenth, Shine.[4] It also includes three of the four new songs from her previous hits compilation, Greatest Hits, and unlike that album it includes songs from Martina, Waking Up Laughing and Shine.

The set also features two new songs, "Surrender" and "Straight to the Bone", as well as "Being Myself" which was previously only available on the limited edition On Target EP released at Target stores in 2004.[5] With the exception of these three songs, all of the songs on the album are top-twenty hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, including four number ones, ten top-fives and two top-tens.[6] The album debuted at 47 on the Billboard 200 and 11 on the Country album charts in the US while making number 1 on the UK Country Compilations Chart.

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."My Baby Loves Me"Gretchen Peters2:36
2."Independence Day"Peters3:26
3."Wild Angels"Matraca Berg, Harry Stinson, Gary Harrison3:46
4."A Broken Wing"James House, Sam Hogin, Phil Barnhart3:35
5."Valentine" (featuring Jim Brickman)Jim Brickman, Jack Kugell3:13
6."Happy Girl"Beth Nielsen Chapman, Annie Roboff3:28
7."Whatever You Say"Ed Hill, Tony Martin4:30
8."I Love You"Keith Follesé, Adrienne Follesé, Tammy Hyler2:53
9."Love's the Only House"Buzz Cason, Tom Douglas5:13
10."Blessed"Brett James, Hillary Lindsey, Troy Verges4:35
11."Where Would You Be"Rick Ferrell, Rachel Proctor4:33
12."Concrete Angel"Rob Crosby, Stephanie Bentley4:13
13."This One's for the Girls"Chris Lindsey, Hillary Lindsey, Aimee Mayo4:03
14."In My Daughter's Eyes"James T. Slater3:14
15."Anyway"Martina McBride, Brad Warren, Brett Warren4:44
16."Ride"Michael Davey, Andrew Dorff, Chris A. Robbins3:54
17."Wrong Baby Wrong Baby Wrong"Stephen Barker Liles, Robert Ellis Orrall, Brad Warren, Brett Warren3:41
18."Surrender"James, Verges3:44
19."Straight to the Bone"Barnhart, Lindsey, Kevin Paige4:17
20."Being Myself"James, Lindsey, Verges3:40
Total length:77:18

Personnel on tracks 18-20

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Release history

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Region Date Label Format
United Kingdom January 16, 2012[7] Sony Music CD, digital download
United States January 17, 2012[8] RCA Nashville

Chart performance

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Chart (2012) Peak
position
UK Country Compilations Chart[9] 1
US Billboard Top Country Albums[10] 11
US Billboard 200[10] 47

References

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  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Hits and More review". Allmusic. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
  2. ^ "Martina McBride's Hits and More Due Jan. 17". Country Music Television. December 15, 2011. Archived from the original on January 20, 2012. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
  3. ^ Conaway, Alanna (December 15, 2011). "Martina McBride 'Hits and More' Album to Be Released in 2012". Taste of Country. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
  4. ^ Dauphin, Chuck (December 15, 2011). "Martina McBride 'Hits' Collection Will Include Unreleased Tracks". Billboard. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
  5. ^ Stromblad, Cory (December 15, 2011). "Martina McBride's 'Hits and More' to Hit Shelves in January". The Boot. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
  6. ^ Bjorke, Matt (December 7, 2011). "Martina McBride "Hits and More" Tracklist". Roughstock. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
  7. ^ "Hits and More by Martina McBride". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved December 15, 2011.
  8. ^ "RCA Records Nashville to Release Martina McBride's Hits and More on January 17". Sony Music Nashville. Archived from the original on January 8, 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2011.
  9. ^ "2012 Top 40 Country Compilation Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
  10. ^ a b "Chart listing for Hits and More". Billboard. Retrieved January 26, 2012.