Super Colossal Smash Hits of the 90's: The Best of The Mavericks
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Super Colossal Smash Hits of the 90's: The Best of The Mavericks is the first greatest hits collection by American country music
band The Mavericks
. The album was originally released on November 9, 1999 by Mercury Nashville. It was re-released on January 25, 2000 with three bonus tracks. "Here Comes My Baby" and "Things I Cannot Change" were released as singles.
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
band The Mavericks
The Mavericks
The Mavericks is a country music band founded in 1989 in Miami, Florida, United States. Between 1991 and 2003 they recorded six studio albums, in addition to charting 14 singles on the Billboard country charts...
. The album was originally released on November 9, 1999 by Mercury Nashville. It was re-released on January 25, 2000 with three bonus tracks. "Here Comes My Baby" and "Things I Cannot Change" were released as singles.
Track listing
- "Things I Cannot Change" (Dennis Britt, Jaime HannaHanna-McEuen-Track listing:#"Fool Around" - 3:22#"Blue Sunrise" - 3:34#"Read Between the Lies" - 3:30#"Something Like a Broken Heart" - 3:52...
, Alan Miller) - 3:41 - "Pizziricco" (KostasKostasKostas Lazarides is a Greek-born American country music songwriter, known professionally as Kostas. He has written for several country music artists, including Dwight Yoakam, Patty Loveless, and Travis Tritt, and has won eleven awards from Broadcast Music Incorporated...
, Raul MaloRaul MaloRaúl Francisco Martínez-Malo Jr. , known professionally as Raúl Malo, is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer. He was the lead singer of country music band The Mavericks and the co-writer of many of their singles, as well as Rick Trevino's 2003 single "In My Dreams"...
) - 4:04 - "Here Comes My Baby" (Cat StevensCat StevensYusuf Islam , commonly known by his former stage name Cat Stevens, is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, educator, philanthropist, and prominent convert to Islam....
) - 3:13 - "Think of Me (When You're Lonely)" (Estella Olson, Don RichDon RichDonald Eugene Ulrich, best known by the stage name Don Rich was a country musician who helped develop the Bakersfield sound in the early 1960s. He was a noted guitarist and fiddler, and a member of the Buckaroos, the backing band of country singer Buck Owens.-Biography:Donald Eugene Ulrich was...
) - 2:22 - "Dance the Night Away" (Malo) - 4:22
- "All You Ever Do Is Bring Me DownAll You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down"All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down" is the title of a song written by Raul Malo and Al Anderson, and recorded American country music group The Mavericks featuring accordionist Flaco Jiménez. It was released in January 1996 as the second single from the album Music for All Occasions...
" (Al AndersonAl Anderson (NRBQ)Alan Gordon "Al" Anderson is an American guitarist, singer, and songwiter. Between 1971 and the early 1990s, he was the lead guitarist in the rock band NRBQ, also releasing several solo albums. He also played electric guitar on Jonathan Edwards' 1973 album Have a Good Time for Me...
, Malo) - 4:21- with Flaco JiménezFlaco JiménezLeonardo "Flaco" Jiménez is a Tejano music accordionist from San Antonio, Texas. Jiménez's father, Santiago Jiménez Sr. was a pioneer of conjunto music. He began performing with his father at age seven and recording at age fifteen, as a member of Los Caporales...
- with Flaco Jiménez
- "Here Comes the RainHere Comes the Rain"Here Comes the Rain" is the title of a song written by Raul Malo and Kostas, and recorded by American country music group The Mavericks. It was released in August 1995 as the first single from the album Music for All Occasions...
" (Kostas, Malo) - 3:47 - "I Should Have Been True" (Stan LynchStan LynchStanley Joseph "Stan" Lynch is an American songwriter and record producer. He was the original drummer for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers for 18 years until his departure in 1994.- Early years :...
, Malo) - 5:12 - "There Goes My Heart" (Kostas, Malo) - 3:16
- "What a Crying ShameWhat a Crying Shame (song)"What a Crying Shame" is the title of a song written by Raul Malo and Kostas, and recorded by American country music group The Mavericks. It was released in November 1993 as the first single and title track from the album What a Crying Shame...
" (Kostas, Malo) - 3:51 - "This Broken Heart" (Malo) - 3:49
- "From Hell to Paradise" (Malo) - 4:53
Re-release
- "Things I Cannot Change" (Dennis Britt, Jaime HannaHanna-McEuen-Track listing:#"Fool Around" - 3:22#"Blue Sunrise" - 3:34#"Read Between the Lies" - 3:30#"Something Like a Broken Heart" - 3:52...
, Alan Miller) - 3:41 - "A World Without LoveA World Without Love"A World Without Love" is a song recorded by the English duo Peter and Gordon and released as their first single in February 1964, reaching number one in the UK Singles Chart in April. The song was written by Paul McCartney and attributed to Lennon–McCartney. The B-side was "If I Were You" written...
" (John LennonJohn LennonJohn Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
, Paul McCartneyPaul McCartneySir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
) - 3:44A - "Are You Lonesome Tonight?Are You Lonesome Tonight? (song)"Are You Lonesome Tonight?" is a popular song with music by Lou Handman and lyrics by Roy Turk. It was written in 1926, first published in 1927 and most notably revived by Elvis Presley in 1960 ....
" (Lou HandmanLou HandmanLou Handman is a composer born in New York City on September 10, 1894 and died in Flushing, New York on December 9, 1956. In his early career toured in vaudeville shows in Australia and New York. Handman worked closely with Roy Turk...
, Roy TurkRoy TurkRoy Kenneth Turk was an American songwriter. A lyricist, he frequently collaborated with composer Fred E. Ahlert – their popular 1928 song "Mean to Me" has become a jazz standard. He worked with many other composers, including for film lyrics...
) - 3:02A - "Think of Me (When You're Lonely)" (Estella Olson, Don RichDon RichDonald Eugene Ulrich, best known by the stage name Don Rich was a country musician who helped develop the Bakersfield sound in the early 1960s. He was a noted guitarist and fiddler, and a member of the Buckaroos, the backing band of country singer Buck Owens.-Biography:Donald Eugene Ulrich was...
) - 2:22 - "Here Comes My Baby" (Cat StevensCat StevensYusuf Islam , commonly known by his former stage name Cat Stevens, is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, educator, philanthropist, and prominent convert to Islam....
) - 3:13 - "Pizziricco" (KostasKostasKostas Lazarides is a Greek-born American country music songwriter, known professionally as Kostas. He has written for several country music artists, including Dwight Yoakam, Patty Loveless, and Travis Tritt, and has won eleven awards from Broadcast Music Incorporated...
, Raul MaloRaul MaloRaúl Francisco Martínez-Malo Jr. , known professionally as Raúl Malo, is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer. He was the lead singer of country music band The Mavericks and the co-writer of many of their singles, as well as Rick Trevino's 2003 single "In My Dreams"...
) - 4:04 - "I've Got This Feeling" (Hanna, Malo) - 3:45A
- "Dance the Night Away" (Malo) - 4:22
- "All You Ever Do Is Bring Me DownAll You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down"All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down" is the title of a song written by Raul Malo and Al Anderson, and recorded American country music group The Mavericks featuring accordionist Flaco Jiménez. It was released in January 1996 as the second single from the album Music for All Occasions...
" (Al AndersonAl Anderson (NRBQ)Alan Gordon "Al" Anderson is an American guitarist, singer, and songwiter. Between 1971 and the early 1990s, he was the lead guitarist in the rock band NRBQ, also releasing several solo albums. He also played electric guitar on Jonathan Edwards' 1973 album Have a Good Time for Me...
, Malo) - 4:21- with Flaco JiménezFlaco JiménezLeonardo "Flaco" Jiménez is a Tejano music accordionist from San Antonio, Texas. Jiménez's father, Santiago Jiménez Sr. was a pioneer of conjunto music. He began performing with his father at age seven and recording at age fifteen, as a member of Los Caporales...
- with Flaco Jiménez
- "Here Comes the RainHere Comes the Rain"Here Comes the Rain" is the title of a song written by Raul Malo and Kostas, and recorded by American country music group The Mavericks. It was released in August 1995 as the first single from the album Music for All Occasions...
" (Kostas, Malo) - 3:47 - "I Should Have Been True" (Stan LynchStan LynchStanley Joseph "Stan" Lynch is an American songwriter and record producer. He was the original drummer for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers for 18 years until his departure in 1994.- Early years :...
, Malo) - 5:12 - "There Goes My Heart" (Kostas, Malo) - 3:16
- "What a Crying ShameWhat a Crying Shame (song)"What a Crying Shame" is the title of a song written by Raul Malo and Kostas, and recorded by American country music group The Mavericks. It was released in November 1993 as the first single and title track from the album What a Crying Shame...
" (Kostas, Malo) - 3:51 - "This Broken Heart" (Malo) - 3:49
- "From Hell to Paradise" (Malo) - 4:53
- ABonus track.
Chart performance
| Chart (1999) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 45 |
| Canadian RPM Country Albums | 13 |