The Ultimate Hits
by
Garth Brooks
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First released:
Nov 6 2007

Overview Edit

The Ultimate Hits is an album from country music artist Garth Brooks, released on November 6, 2007, comprising 34 songs (four of which were new) over two compact discs, as well as a DVD containing his music videos.

The first single released from the album, "More Than a Memory", made US country chart history the week of September 15, 2007, when it debuted at #1, the first to do so. The other new singles are "Midnight Sun" (written by Brooks, Jerrod Niemann, and Richie Brown), and "Workin' for a Livin'" which peaked in the Top 20. A non-single, "Leave the Light On" (Randy Goodrum and Tommy Sims), is also on this album.

The album was also released in a special pink edition on October 15, 2007, with proceeds going to Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

The album debuted at number three on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling about 352,000 copies in its first week. Selling 204,000 copies, the album went to number one on the Top Country Albums chart in its second week. In its third week, The Ultimate Hits sold 192,000 bringing its three week total to more than 748,000 albums sold. In Great Britain the album was also a hit, reaching #1 in the Country music charts and the top 10 on the pop charts.

On January 18, 2008, the RIAA certified The Ultimate Hits Gold, Platinum & 5× Multi-platinum - denoting shipments of 2.5 million in the United States.

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  • Nov 6 2007 in United States

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4 stars It's "The Hits" updated
This is a great collection, no question, however there are a lot of songs that are missing from here, "The Red Strokes" for instance. What this album does is presents the entire original 18 songs from "The Hits" album with other songs released since that time. The focus though is primarily on the first half of his career. The DVD features videos for every song on the album, using live clips or TV show appearences for the songs that didn't have videos made.

Last year Garth released "The Entertain…
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Written by Allen Chapman
3 stars Why repeat 1994 The Hits
I'm gonna buy this, only because I have to have "More than a Memory" in my collection for those DJ gigs where country music is a must. What kind of DJ would I be without that song? However, I'm saddened that for those of us who already own The Hits, we have to buy them again. I'm not sure what the purpose of that is. He could have used the space for those great missing tracks already mentioned in the previous reviews. And i could care less about the videos. I'm not a video watcher. All I know is…
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Track listing Edit

  • CD 1 : The Ultimate Hits

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    1
    Ain't Going Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)
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    2
    Friends in Low Places
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    3
    Shameless
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    4
    Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House
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    5
    The Beaches of Cheyenne
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    6
    If Tomorrow Never Comes
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    7
    Papa Loved Mama
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    8
    More Than a Memory
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    9
    Good Ride Cowboy
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    10
    In Another's Eyes
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    11
    The Fever
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    12
    Midnight Sun
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    13
    Learning to Live Again
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    14
    Longneck Bottle
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    15
    To Make You Feel My Love
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    16
    We Shall Be Free
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    17
    The Dance
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  • CD 2 : The Ultimate Hits

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    1
    Callin' Baton Rouge
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    2
    Two Piña Coladas
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    3
    The Thunder Rolls
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    4
    That Summer
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    5
    The River
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    6
    Beer Run
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    7
    Unanswered Prayers
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    8
    Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)
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    9
    Workin' for a Livin'
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    10
    What She's Doing Now
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    11
    When You Come Back to Me Again
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    12
    Standing Outside the Fire
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    13
    American Honky-Tonk Bar Association
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    14
    The Change
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    15
    Rodeo
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    16
    Wrapped Up in You
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    17
    Leave a Light On
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