''Decade of Hits'' is the first greatest hits album by Canadian
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
artist
George Canyon
George Canyon (born Frederick George Lays, August 22, 1970) is a Canadian country music singer. He was the runner up on the second season of ''Nashville Star'' in 2004. He grew up in Fox Brook, Pictou County, Nova Scotia before he moved west to ...
. It was released on September 9, 2014, by Big Star Recordings. The album features fifteen of Canyon's biggest singles. It also includes two new songs, "Slow Dance" and "Crazy Love", both of which were released as singles. ''Decade of Hits'' was also released on vinyl.
Critical reception
Bob Mersereau
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He is a music columnist and longtime arts reporter for CBC Television in New Brunswick.CBC.ca gave the album a favourable review, calling it "everything you want in a best-of from a favourite artist." Mersereau wrote that "for a guy who grew up small-town, and lives on an Alberta ranch now, he doesn't push the cliche cowboy lyrics like so many of his Nashville peers, who own far fewer country credentials." He described the new songs as "a couple of strong love songs that move the country star just a little out of his comfort zone."