A Collection of Hits

Kathy Mattea | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 7, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mercury/Polygram
• ASIN: B000001FSH
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #32,738 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A gem of an album, February 15, 2000

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mark eastman (Chapel Hill, NC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Collection of Hits (Audio CD)

This album is my introduction to Kathy Mattea. I'm very glad I picked it up. Not a weak song in the collection and some standouts include 18 Wheels and a Dozen Roses, Train of Memories, Love at the Five and Dime and the beautiful, superb Goin' Gone. If you haven't heard it, this song is worth getting the album for alone.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Music, Great Words, September 27, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: A Collection of Hits (Audio CD)

I bought this album because I liked one song (Where've You Been)on it and was delighted with the rest of the album. These songs tug at your heartstrings. This is a must-have for Kathy Mattea fans old or new.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant eighties folk-country, October 3, 2003

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Collection of Hits (Audio CD)

Please note that a new compilation, Definitive collection, has now been released at a similar price. It contains 20 tracks compared to ten here. The only one included here but omitted from that set is A few good things remain. Unless you particularly want that track, I recommend buying Definitive collection instead.

In the late eighties and early nineties, Kathy's music based on traditional country but with folk influences, was extremely popular. This album contains ten of her finest and most successful songs. At the time of its original release, a European version was released with three extra tracks (She came from Fort Worth Texas, Come from the heart and Burning old memories, all from her Willow in the wind album) and a different title (Untold stories) but that has long been unavailable.Love at the five and dime was the song that provided Kathy with her breakthrough, becoming a top three country hit. It was followed by a series of other country hits including Walk the way the wind blows, Going gone, Eighteen wheels and a dozen roses and Where've you been, all included here.