The Best of Connie Smith (1977 album)

The Best of Connie Smith is the ninth compilation album released by American country artist, Connie Smith. The album was released in September 1977 on Columbia Records.

The Best of Connie Smith
Greatest hits album by Connie Smith
Released	September 1977
Genre	Country
Length	25:40
Label	Columbia
Connie Smith chronology
Pure Connie Smith (1977) The Best of Connie Smith (1977) New Horizons (1978)

The Best of Connie Smith was her only compilation album released by Columbia. The release was made to showcase Smith's hits with the label, as she had signed with Monument Records in early 1977. The album consists of ten tracks, which include her two Top 10 hits with the label, "Ain't Love a Good Thing" and "(Till) I Kissed You". It included one new song, "I'm in the Middle of a Losing Streak". The album was released on a 12-inch LP album, with five songs on each side of the record. No singles were released from the album and it did not chart on the Billboard magazine Top Country Albums chart.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"(Till) I Kissed You"	Don Everly	The Song We Fell in Love To	2:32
2.	"I Never Knew (What That Song Meant Before)"	Sanger D. Shafer	I Never Knew (What That Song Meant Before)	2:35
3.	"Ain't Love a Good Thing"	Dallas Frazier	That's the Way Love Goes	2:40
4.	"Viva La Love"	Dallas Frazier	The Song We Fell in Love To	2:50
5.	"The Latest Shade of Blue"	Eddy Raven	I Don't Wanna Talk It Over Anymore	2:51

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"I'm in the Middle of a Losing Streak"	Sanger D. Shafer	—	1:58
2.	"I Don't Wanna Talk It Over Anymore"	Eddy Raven	I Don't Wanna Talk It Over Anymore	2:50
3.	"So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)"	Don Everly	I Don't Wanna Talk It Over Anymore	2:22
4.	"The Song We Fell in Love To"	Ray Baker, Tupper Suassy	The Song We Fell in Love To	2:23
5.	"I Got a Lot of Hurtin' Done Today"	Sanger D. Shafer	I Got a Lot of Hurtin' Done Today/I've Got My Baby On My Mind	2:39

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