''The Greatest Hits Collection'' is the first
greatest hits album by the Canadian country music singer
Michelle Wright. It was released on November 2, 1999, on
Arista Nashville/
BMG Music Canada in Canada. The album has thirteen of Wright's singles and three newly recorded songs.
Track listing
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New Kind of Love
"New Kind of Love" is a song written by Steve Bogard and Rick Giles, and recorded by Canadian country music artist Michelle Wright. It was released in April 1990 as the first single from her album '' Michelle Wright''. It peaked at number 4 on ...
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(Steve Bogard, Rick Giles) - 3:56
# "
All You Really Wanna Do"
(Bogard, Giles) - 3:18
# "
Take It Like a Man"
(Tony Haselden) - 3:57
# "
He Would Be Sixteen
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(Charlie Black
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Biography
Black graduated from University of Maryland in 1970 and moved to Nashville, Tennessee the same year. His first c ...
, Jill Colucci, Austin Roberts Austin Roberts may refer to:
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Austin Roberts (3 January 1883 – 5 May ...
) - 3:43
# "
Guitar Talk
"Guitar Talk" is a single by Canadian country music artist Michelle Wright. Released in 1993, it was the sixth single from her album '' Now and Then''. The song reached #1 on the ''RPM
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(Bogard, Colin Linden) - 3:33
# "
Now and Then"
( Gary Harrison, Karen Staley) - 3:48
# "
One Good Man"
(Bogard, Giles) - 3:40
# "
Safe in the Arms of Love"
( Pat Bunch, Mary Ann Kennedy, Pam Rose) - 3:30
# "
Nobody's Girl"
( Gretchen Peters) - 3:19
# "
What Love Looks Like"
(Michelle Wright, Christi Dannemiller, Lisa Drew) - 3:18
# "
The Answer Is Yes"
( Rodney Crowell) - 3:41
# "
People Get Ready"
( Curtis Mayfield) - 3:24
# "Your Love"
( Jim Brickman, Dave Deviller, Sean Hosein) - 3:41
# "
Walkin' After Midnight"
(Alan Block, Don Hecht) - 3:26
#*
duet with Patsy Cline
#*
previously unreleased
# "
When I Found You"
(Deviller, Hosein, Wright) - 3:40
#*
previously unreleased
# "
I Surrender"
(Eric Silver, Wright) - 3:37
#*
previously unreleased
Personnel
* John Acosta – background vocals
* Michael Black – background vocals
* Bruce Bouton –
steel guitar
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* Spady Brannen –
bass guitar
*
Jim Brickman –
piano
* Mak Casstevens –
acoustic guitar
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,
mandolin
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* Joe Chemay – bass guitar
*
Patsy Cline – duet vocals on "Walkin' After Midnight"
* Lisa Cochran – background vocals
* Dave Deviller – acoustic guitar, programming
* Tabitha Fair – background vocals
* Larry Franklin –
fiddle
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*
Paul Franklin –
dobro
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The Dobro was originally ...
, steel guitar
* John Gardner –
drums
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* Sonny Garrish – dobro, steel guitar
* Rick Giles – background vocals
* Mark Hill – bass guitar
* John Hobbs –
organ
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* Organ (music), a family of keyboard musical instruments characterized by sustained tone
** Electronic organ, an electronic keyboard instrument
** Hammond ...
, piano
* Paul Hollowell –
keyboards
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* Sean Hosein – programming
*
Dann Huff –
electric guitar
*
Paul Leim – drums,
percussion
*
Terry McMillan – percussion
* Liana Manis – background vocals
* Carl Marsh –
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In places:
* Fairlight, East Sussex, a village east of Hastings in southern England, UK
* Fairlight, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia
* Fairlight, Saskatchewan, Canada
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*
Brent Mason – electric guitar
* Anthony Miracle – drums, keyboards
* Steve Nathan – keyboards, piano
* Brian Newcombe – bass guitar
* Michael Omartian – piano
* Larry Paxton – string arrangements
* Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
* Bill Sample – conductor, string arrangements
* Eric Silver – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, background vocals
* Karen Staley – background vocals
* Catherine Styron – keyboards
*
Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
*
Lari White – background vocals
* Kris Wilkinson – string arrangements,
strings
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* ''Strings'' (1991 film), a Canadian anim ...
* John Willis – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin
*
Lonnie Wilson – drums, percussion
*
Michelle Wright – lead vocals
Chart performance
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1999 greatest hits albums
Michelle Wright albums
Arista Records compilation albums