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Faith Hill discloses tracks for "The Hits"

Wednesday, September 5, 2007 – Faith Hill's first greatest hits package, coming Oct. 2, will contain 15 songs including new vesions of hits and several new songs.

This is Hill's first greatest hits package. She just got off the Soul2Soul 2007 tour with husband Tim McGraw. The package includes new songs "Red Umbrella," the first single, "Lost" and "Stronger."

In a press release, Hill said, "Nearly 15 years have passed since I first recorded 'Take Me As I Am.' It feels like yesterday when I said goodbye to my family and packed up the car to come to Nashville so that I could follow my dream. I remember singing wherever and whenever I could and calling home for the safety of my family's encouragement; dejected, but never discouraged. My persistence was finally rewarded when I met Martha Sharp. The rest as they say is history. I had my record deal."

"I can clearly remember hearing 'Wild One' on the radio for the first time, my first television appearance on 'Nashville Now,' (that's a tough one to watch now), and I can remember that feeling when I received my first gold album. But it wasn't until I began to put 'The Hits' together that I started to think about all the songs, all the songwriters, all the people that have supported me throughout my career and all of the fans that were responsible for making my dream come true. It's for you that 'The Hits' was put together.

"It's been difficult selecting the songs for 'The Hits.' But when we decided to focus on what you'd want, the decisions became much clearer. We're planning on newer, different versions of some songs and we've got a few new surprises on 'The Hits.' Leave it to me, I would've made a whole album of surprises, but then it wouldn't have been The Hits and it wouldn't be coming out on October 2nd.

The disc does not include "Just to Hear YoU Say That You Love Me," "Let's Make Love" and "Let's Go to Las Vegas."

"Some consider the release of a 'greatest hits' as the end of a chapter. I'd prefer to call it an interlude, because I'd never want to close the chapter on what's gotten me to the party. In my dressing room I have a small chalkboard that sits on top of one of my road cases. On it is written a saying from Vincent Van Gogh that asks, 'What would life be, if we had no courage to attempt anything?' It serves as a reminder for me of not only where I've been, but of where I hope to go."

Songs on "The Hits" are:
Red Umbrella
Stronger
Lost
Mississippi Girl
Cry
There You'll Be
The Way You Love Me
Breathe
Secret of Life
Let Me Let Go
This Kiss
It Matters To Me
Piece of My Heart
Wild One
I Need You


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