''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
# "
New Kind of Love"
(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"
( Charlie Black, Jill Colucci, Austin Roberts) - 3:43
# "
Guitar Talk"
(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,
Weissenborn
* Spady Brannen –
bass guitar
*
Jim Brickman –
piano
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* Mak Casstevens –
acoustic guitar
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,
mandolin
* 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
*
Paul Franklin –
dobro, 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, piano
* Paul Hollowell –
keyboards
* Sean Hosein – programming
*
Dann Huff –
electric guitar
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*
Paul Leim – drums,
percussion
*
Terry McMillan – percussion
* Liana Manis – background vocals
* Carl Marsh –
Fairlight
*
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
* 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