''Deep Tracks'' is the fourth
compilation album
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released by American
country music artist
Faith Hill. It was released through
Warner Bros. Nashville
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on November 18, 2016 and features a selection of album tracks from Hill's career that were never released as
single
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s. Upon release, the album entered the
''Billboard'' Country Albums chart at No. 22.
Background
''Deep Tracks'' was Hill's first full-length release in eight years and marked the final album in her contract with Warner, which served as label since her 1993 debut. Comprising mostly non-single tracks from her four most recent, non-
Holiday
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studio albums – ''
Faith'' (1998), ''
Breathe'' (1999), ''
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'' (2002), and ''
Fireflies'' (2005) – the compilation also features three previously unreleased songs. One of these, "
Why
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", was recorded in 2004 during the ''Fireflies'' album sessions, but ended up not making the final track list. The song was later released by country trio
Rascal Flatts, also produced by
Dann Huff. "Boy", one of the last songs she recorded for Warner, and "Come to Jesus", dedicated by Hill to her late mother, are also leftover songs from previous recording sessions.
Critical reception
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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of
AllMusic gave the album a mixed, three out of five star review. "This is
straight-down-the-middle AAA country", he writes, "music that might not be hooky enough to be a hit, but that certainly speaks to a well-manicured lifestyle".
Of the three previously unreleased tracks,
CMT's Alison Bonaguro declared they "sound modern and fresh, regardless of when she recorded them".
Commercial performance
''Deep Tracks'' debuted at number 22 on the
''Billboard'' Top Country Albums chart dated December 10, 2016 with 3,900 units sold in its first week.
The album failed to enter the
''Billboard'' 200 but did reach number 94 on the Top Current Albums chart, which follows a similar methodology but excludes
catalog albums
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.
Track listing
Charts
References
External links
''Deep Tracks''at
AllMusic
{{Faith Hill
2016 compilation albums
Faith Hill albums
Warner Records albums
Albums produced by Byron Gallimore
Albums produced by Dann Huff