(Songbook) A Collection of Hits

(Songbook) A Collection of Hits is the first greatest hits album by American country music singer Trisha Yearwood. The album was Yearwood's first to reach #1 on the Billboard country albums chart. Due to the success of the single "How Do I Live" in Australia, the album was released there (in 1998) with six extra tracks, including a duet with Australian country star Lee Kernaghan. (Songbook) A Collection of Hits also peaked at number 5 on the ARIA country charts and 22 on the all genre. The album has been certified 4× Multi-Platinum by the RIAA for US shipments of 4 million copies. It has also been certified 2× Platinum in Canada and Platinum in Australia.

{Songbook} A Collection of Hits
Greatest hits album by Trisha Yearwood
Released	August 26, 1997 (1997-08-26)
Genre	Country
Length	43:01
Label	MCA
Producer	Tony Brown (tracks 1, 6) Garth Fundis (tracks 2, 3, 5, 7–12) Allen Reynolds (track 4) Trisha Yearwood (tracks 1, 6)
Trisha Yearwood chronology
Everybody Knows (1996) {Songbook} A Collection of Hits (1997) Where Your Road Leads (1998)
Singles from (Songbook) A Collection of Hits
"How Do I Live" Released: May 23, 1997 "In Another's Eyes" Released: August 18, 1997 "Perfect Love" Released: January 12, 1998

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"How Do I Live"	Diane Warren	4:02
2.	"The Song Remembers When"	Hugh Prestwood	3:54
3.	"Wrong Side of Memphis"	Gary Harrison, Matraca Berg	2:46
4.	"In Another's Eyes" (duet with Garth Brooks)	Garth Brooks, Bobby Wood, John Peppard	3:32
5.	"The Woman Before Me"	Jude Johnstone	3:48
6.	"Perfect Love"	Sunny Russ, Stephony Smith	2:56
7.	"Thinkin' About You"	Bob Regan, Tom Shapiro	3:23
8.	"Down on My Knees"	Beth Nielsen Chapman	3:52
9.	"She's in Love with the Boy"	Jon Ims	4:04
10.	"Walkaway Joe" (featuring Don Henley)	Vince Melamed, Greg Barnhill	4:19
11.	"XXX's and OOO's (An American Girl)"	Matraca Berg, Alice Randall	2:47
12.	"Like We Never Had a Broken Heart"	Pat Alger, Brooks	3:38

International version bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"A Lover Is Forever"	Steve Goodman, J. Fred Knobloch	3:44
14.	"Believe Me Baby (I Lied)"	Larry Gottlieb, Kim Richey	3:42
15.	"On a Bus to St. Cloud"	Gretchen Peters	4:42
16.	"You Can Sleep While I Drive"	Melissa Etheridge	3:15
17.	"The Flame"	Joe Henry, John Barlow Jarvis	5:50
18.	"Save the Land" (duet with Lee Kernaghan, only on the Australian version)	Lee Kernaghan	3:50

Personnel

• Garth Brooks - background vocals, duet vocals on "In Another's Eyes"
• Larry Byrom - acoustic guitar
• Chuck Cannon - background vocals
• Mike Chapman - bass guitar
• Paul Franklin - steel guitar, lap steel guitar
• Garth Fundis - background vocals
• Steve Gibson - electric guitar
• Don Henley - duet vocals on "Walkaway Joe"
• Jim Horn - saxophone
• Ronn Huff - string arrangements, conductor
• Paul Leim - drums
• Raul Malo - background vocals
• The Nashville String Machine - strings
• Steve Nathan - keyboards
• Jim Ed Norman - string arrangements
• Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
• Kim Richey - background vocals
• Matt Rollings - keyboards
• Milton Sledge - drums
• Judson Spence - background vocals
• Harry Stinson - background vocals
• Lari White - background vocals
• Trisha Yearwood - lead vocals, background vocals

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1997) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] 22 Canadian Albums (RPM) 5 Canadian Country Albums (RPM)[5] 1 US Billboard 200[6] 4 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[7] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1997) Position US Billboard 200[8] 59 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[9] 8 Chart (1998) Position US Billboard 200[10] 71 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[11] 11

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[12]	Platinum	70,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[13]	2× Platinum	200,000^
Indonesia[14]	Gold	25,000[14]
Malaysia[14]	Gold	15,000[14]
Philippines (PARI)[14]	Gold	20,000*
Taiwan (RIT)[14]	Gold	25,000*
Thailand[14]	Gold	25,000[14]
United Kingdom (BPI)[15]	Silver	60,000‡
United States (RIAA)[16]	4× Platinum	4,000,000^
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.