''Collection'' is the first compilation album by American
country music
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Wynonna Judd
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. The standard version of the album reprised 11 tracks from her first three studio albums: her 1992 self-titled debut, 1993's '' Tell Me Why'', and 1996's '' Revelations''. The standard edition of the album contained no new tracks, but a number of the songs were presented in remixed versions.
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Australia
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n edition of the album was a more comprehensive collection and included an additional six tracks. This edition added the international singles "Making My Way (Any Way That I Can," "Father Sun," and Wynonna's duet with Michael English "Healing." It also included her cover of the
Lynyrd Skynyrd
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Free Bird
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Tina Arena
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Buddy Buie
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Career
Buie was born in Mariann ...
Gary Burr
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Mary Chapin Carpenter
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Marcus Hummon
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Roger Murrah
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Andrew Gold
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Lisa Angelle
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Dave Loggins
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Naomi Judd
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Karla Bonoff
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